FaultScore

Subaru seat belt problems

Owners have filed 444 complaints with NHTSA about the seat belts on Subaru vehicles — 1% of everything reported about the brand, across 18 models. The model that accounts for most of them is the Subaru Legacy, worst in 1994.

These are raw counts. A model that sold in millions appears near the top for that reason alone — the grade never compares one model with another.

444

Complaints

1%

Share of all Subaru complaints

79

Crashes

3

Fires

Which Subaru models have the most seat belt problems

Legacy 137 30.9%

Worst in 1994

Forester 94 21.2%

Worst in 2018

Outback 77 17.3%

Worst in 2000

Impreza 36 8.1%

Worst in 2013

GL 27 6.1%

Worst in 1988

Worst Subaru model years for seat belt problems

Vehicle Complaints Share of that year Median miles Grade
1994 Subaru Legacy 26 39% 122,500 F
1992 Subaru Legacy 22 33% F
1991 Subaru Legacy 19 16% 176,000 B
1990 Subaru Legacy 14 14% D
1993 Subaru Legacy 13 14% 98,000 C
1988 Subaru GL 12 55% F
2018 Subaru Forester 10 1% 9,829 B