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Subaru DL

Every Subaru DL model year on file, 1974 to 1994. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years103 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years161974 to 1994

Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins165Summed across model years

By model year

The 1988 model year drew the most complaints, 5, 50% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Seat belts leads the Subaru DL complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Seat belts

Fuel system

Engine and cooling

Powertrain

Suspension

Speed control

Electrical system

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Subaru DL model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Subaru DL by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
1994	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	11
1993	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	11
1992	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	11
1991	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	11
1990	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	11
1989	Wagon	2	0.0	100	1	0	10
1988	Wagon	5	40.0	71	3	1	10
1987	Wagon	2	0.0	50	3	1	10
1986	Wagon	1	100.0	18	3	0	10
1985	Not decoded	0	None	None	3	1	10
1984	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	1	10
1983	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	1	10
1982	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	1	10
1981	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	1	10
1980	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	1	10
1974	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	1	10

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Subaru DL

05E-065 Oct 5, 2005
Certain spx filtran fuel filters with a 45-degree angle inlet tube, model 800f350-s1, sold as replacement filters for 1993-1997 ford…
Fuel system · 43k vehicles
95V-103-006 May 24, 1995
Front safety belt buckle release buttons can break
Seat belts · 101k vehicles
92V-001 Dec 2, 1992
Inner arms of the rear suspension are subject to corrosion in areas where road salt is used heavily in winter
Suspension · 147k vehicles
90V-086 May 7, 1990
Continuous exposure to road salt could cause corrosion of rear suspension components, especially the inner arms
Suspension · 285k vehicles
89V-103 Jun 23, 1989
Composition of certain non-genuine replacement preheat tubes can cause combustion
Fuel system · 57k vehicles
88V-052 Apr 5, 1988
Omission of information specified by fmvss 210 from owner manual
Seat belts · 60k vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.