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Subaru XT

Every Subaru XT model year on file, 1983 to 1994. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years80 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years121983 to 1994

Recall campaigns5Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins120Summed across model years

By model year

The 1986 model year drew the most complaints, 3, 38% 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 XT complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Seat belts

Lighting

Engine and cooling

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Subaru XT 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 XT by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
1994	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	10
1993	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	10
1992	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	10
1991	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	2	0	10
1990	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	1	10
1989	Coupe	2	0.0	15	2	0	10
1988	Coupe	1	0.0	20	2	0	10
1987	Coupe	1	0.0	17	2	0	10
1986	Coupe	3	0.0	50	2	0	10
1985	Not decoded	0	None	None	3	0	10
1984	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	10
1983	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	10

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Subaru XT

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
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
91V-082 May 30, 1991
Under certain load conditions, the park gear may not disengage immediately when the transmission lever is moved from park to reverse
Powertrain · 76k vehicles
88V-052 Apr 5, 1988
Omission of information specified by fmvss 210 from owner manual
Seat belts · 60k vehicles
85V-132 Oct 21, 1985
Excessive tolerance variation may have created a gap between the bumper bracket rail and the right front frame of the rear side member
Engine and cooling · 11k vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.