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2011 SUBARU OUTBACK — Complaint #1927648

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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:SUBFRAME/MOUNTING BRACKET filed September 14, 2023

NHTSA complaint #1927648 (ODI reference 11544449) concerns a 2011 SUBARU OUTBACK and was filed on September 14, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 14, 2023. The vehicle had 109,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Minnesota based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:subframe/mounting bracket, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same SUBARU OUTBACK cohort independently describe similar suspension:subframe/mounting bracket failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2011 SUBARU OUTBACK shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2011 SUBARU OUTBACK
Component
SUSPENSION:SUBFRAME/MOUNTING BRACKET
State
Minnesota
Mileage
109,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2011 Subaru Outback. The contact stated there was a clunking sound coming from the front suspension location and the vehicle started feeling unstable while driving approximately 30 MPH. The steering wheel began to sway towards the left causing the contact to use excessive force to steer the vehicle. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer who diagnosed that the front subframe had fractured due to severe corrosion and needed to be replaced along with the front suspension. The front subframe and suspension was repaired; however, while doing so the dealer further diagnosed that the rear subframe and suspension had severe corrosion. The rear subframe and suspension was not repaired or replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and opened a case. The approximate failure mileage was 109,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1927648
ODI Number 11544449
Date Filed September 14, 2023
Failure Date July 14, 2023
VIN 4S4BRDKCXB2

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.