2019 SUBARU OUTBACK — Complaint #1938952
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS filed October 27, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1938952 (ODI reference 11552257) concerns a 2019 SUBARU OUTBACK and was filed on October 27, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 1, 2023. The vehicle had 20,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New York based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:wiring:fuses and circuit breakers, 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 electrical system:wiring:fuses and circuit breakers 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 2019 SUBARU OUTBACK shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2019 Subaru Outback. The contact stated while attempting to start the vehicle, it was discovered that the battery power was drained. The battery was recharged; however, later the failure reoccurred. The battery was replaced but the failure continued to occur. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were not yet notified of the failure. The contact stated that after removing the DCM fuse the failure was remedied however, other electrical features became inoperable. The failure mileage was 20,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1938952 |
| ODI Number | 11552257 |
| Date Filed | October 27, 2023 |
| Failure Date | September 1, 2023 |
| VIN | 4S4BSAFCXK3 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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