Steering complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2017 Subaru Outback has 21 NHTSA steering complaints and 2 steering-related recalls.
21
Complaints
2
Recalls
0
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
16V716000
STEERING:COLUMN
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain model year 2017 Legacy and Outback vehicles manufactured September 21, 2016, to September 23, 20...
16V292000
STEERING:COLUMN
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Legacy and Outback vehicles manufactured February 29, 2016, to May 6, 2016....
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2023 | STEERING,LANE DEPARTURE | Had new tires installed and on the way home kept feeling wheel pulling to the right. Eyesight/lane a... |
| Jan 28, 2023 | STEERING,WHEELS,SERVICE BRAKES | In the morning of Jan 28th, I drove this car off highway(North bound MoPac) to the ramp to frontage... |
| Dec 31, 2022 | STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Upon turning off my 2017 Subaru Outback Touring, the engine turned off via the push start/stop butto... |
| Dec 27, 2022 | STEERING | Paddle shift levers--which are positioned on the steering wheel as opposed to the steering column--a... |
| Feb 5, 2022 | STEERING,POWER TRAIN | System does not recognize the car is in park mode correctly. The side effect of this is ignition key... |
| Jan 24, 2022 | STEERING | On January 24th, 2022, during a regularly scheduled maintenance services appointment at a Subaru dea... |
| Dec 1, 2021 | STEERING,SUSPENSION | 2017 SUBARU OUTBACK 2.5 LIMITED HAS LOOSE STEERING IN THE RAIN AND GOING DOWN HILLS. DRIFTS A LOT WI... |
| May 24, 2021 | STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | After the transmission is in park and the key is turned to turn-off the engine, the key will not adv... |
| Feb 1, 2021 | STEERING | KEY GET STUCK IN THE IGNITION LATELY WHEN I TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND IT TAKES AWHILE BEFORE IT'S RELE... |
| Dec 27, 2020 | STEERING,POWER TRAIN,WHEELS | WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH MICHIGAN'S UPPER PENINSULA AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN DURING SNOW FALL WITH A FU... |
| Dec 28, 2019 | STEERING | WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON CLEAR DRY ROADWAYS, THE STEERING FEELS AS IF I HAVE A BRIEF LOSS ... |
| Nov 9, 2019 | STEERING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS (WHEN STARTING IN DRIVEWAY - STOPPED, WHILE DRIVING IN PARKING LOT - 5 MPH, DR... |
| Oct 8, 2019 | STEERING | THE KEY GETS STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND WILL NOT RELEASE. HAVE TO LEAVE THE KEY IN IGNITION ALL THE T... |
| Feb 14, 2019 | STEERING | VEHICLE WOULD NOT START ERROR MESSAGE INDICATED STEERING OVER HEATED THIS HAS HAPPENED ON TWO OCCA... |
| Dec 15, 2018 | STEERING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | WHEN LANE KEEP ASSIST IS ON AT NIGHT (USES EYESIGHT TO KEEP YOU IN YOUR LANE) THE CAR STEERING WHEEL... |
| Nov 1, 2018 | STEERING | IGNITION KEY BECOMES LOCKED IN THE STEERING COLUMN WHEN THE CAR IS TURNED OFF. MANY TIMES WHEN I TU... |
| Mar 3, 2018 | STEERING,ENGINE | NOT ABLE TO TAKE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION, KEY IS BEING STUCK 50% OF THE TIME. SECOND ISSUE IS THE EN... |
| Feb 15, 2018 | STEERING | THE VEHICLE HAS EXCESSIVE WANDER. THE VEHICLE HAS VERY HIGH STEERING EFFORT. DURING HIGH SPEED (60... |
| May 10, 2017 | STEERING | MY OUTBACK WAS PURCHASED NEW IN APRIL 2017. MY CONCERN IS THAT STEERING IS IMPRECISE, PARTICULARLY ... |
| May 4, 2017 | STEERING | I PURCHASED MY 2017 SUBARU OUTBACK BRAND NEW IN JANUARY, 2017. CURRENTLY, IN MAY 2017, THE VEHICLE ... |