2014 Subaru Outback · symptom sheet
Airbag warning light or recall
- 37owner reports
- 45,500median miles
- 6involved a crash
Newest report Jan 6, 2023 · checked Oct 2, 2026
37 of the 179 complaints on this car describe airbag, which makes it the most reported problem on the 2014 Outback.
Tick what matches of 37 reports
Airbag on other Outback years
No other Outback model year has enough reports of airbag for a sheet of its own. See every Outback year.
What this problem usually is
Airbag complaints split into a few kinds. The most common is an airbag warning light that won't go out. Others involve the passenger seat sensor switching the passenger bag off with an adult sitting there, an airbag that didn't deploy in a crash, or one that went off without a crash at all. A large share also come from owners waiting on a recall part.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the occupant sensor (9 reports).
Recalls and investigations
6 recalls on the airbags cover the 2014 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
The inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling.
The inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling.
The inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling.
These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment.
These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment.
These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment.
All 10 recalls on the 2014 Subaru Outback, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
NHTSA investigations into the airbags on the Outback
Desiccated air bag inflator rupture. Open.
Air bag inflator rupture. Open, led to recall 14V-668.
Air bag inflator rupture. Closed mar 2, 2015, led to recall 13V-172.
Autoliv air bag propellant mixture. Closed may 8, 2012.
None of these investigations covers the 2014 model year.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 34,000 and 67,933 miles, from the 15 reports that gave a mileage.
What owners wrote
“Horn malfunctions. Press horn on steering wheel is dead silent. However, if I enable the Panic button on key, the alarm sounds. When I start the car after pressing Panic button, the horn I steering wheel works. Sporadic operation.”
Filed Jul 4, 2021
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 6 of 37 reports involved a crash and 10 people were hurt. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
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