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2018 Subaru Outback Premium

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Vehicle Details

VIN4S4BSAFC6J3296986
TrimPremium
Exterior ColorBlue
Drivetrain4WD
Engine2.5L H4
TransmissionCVT
Fuel TypeUnleaded
Inventory Typeused
Days on Lot10

Federal records · buyer verification

2018 Subaru Outback

A component is listed below if NHTSA records a vehicle recall campaign, a manufacturer warranty extension or service campaign, or at least 10 distinct consumer complaints.

Recall campaigns

NHTSA lists these campaigns as covering certain 2018 Subaru Outback vehicles. One campaign can list several components, so adding these counts is not a way to total the campaigns 3 vehicle campaigns are on record for this model-year.

  • Visibility1 campaign272 distinct complaints

    198 carried a usable odometer reading; the middle 50% of those readings fell between 12,000 and 35,000 miles.

  • Electrical System1 campaign265 distinct complaints
  • Fuel/Propulsion System1 campaign46 distinct complaints

    30 carried a usable odometer reading; the middle 50% of those readings fell between 2,850 and 12,500 miles.

Federal law requires the manufacturer to remedy a safety recall at no cost to the owner — by repair, replacement or refund — for vehicles not more than 15 years old on the date the defect was determined.

Parts are sometimes on back-order and some remedies are interim, so a dealer may not be able to complete the work immediately. A specific vehicle’s current recall status is available through NHTSA’s VIN recall lookup.

Most-complained components with no recall campaign on record

At least 10 distinct complaints, ordered by complaint count.

  • Engine37 distinct complaints
  • Steering35 distinct complaints

    31 carried a usable odometer reading; the middle 50% of those readings fell between 500 and 10,000 miles.

OAV lists only communications filed as warranty extensions or service campaigns. Subaru filed 432 other service communications for this model year; those are not listed.

These federal records are not an input to OAV’s price verdict.

These records describe the 2018 model-year, not any individual vehicle, and are not an inspection. One complaint can be recorded against more than one component, so counts do not sum to the model-year total. Service records for any component listed here are worth requesting from the seller. Showing 5 of 12 components with records above OAV’s publication floor — see all 12 for this model-year.

Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA. Mileage is self-reported and frequently rounded. Complaint records as of 2026-09-21. Recall records as of 2026-09-21. Manufacturer communications as of 2026-09-21.

Premium

Unscored
$24,69839,755 mi

Fort Worth, TX 76177

Is this 2018 Subaru Outback Premium a good deal?

OAV verdict: Unscored

Why: Listed at $24,698. OAV publishes a price verdict only when it has enough closely comparable listings to stand behind one. This listing did not clear that bar, so OAV withholds a verdict rather than guessing. Listed 10 days.

Market price position

OAV publishes a price verdict only when it has enough closely comparable listings to stand behind one. This listing did not clear that bar, so OAV withholds a verdict rather than guessing.

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Fort Worth, TX

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About This 2018 Subaru Outback

Listing updated: Sep 23, 2026

Listed by an independent dealer in Fort Worth, TX · On lot for 10 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA

This used 2018 Subaru Outback Premium is listed at $24,698 by carmax alliance in Fort Worth, TX 76177. It has 39,755 miles on the odometer (dealer-reported, not independently verified by OAV). The exterior color is Blue. It features a 4WD drivetrain with a 2.5L H4 engine and CVT transmission.

OAV's independent, evidence-backed Price-to-Market analysis rates this vehicle as Unscored. OAV publishes a price verdict only when it has enough closely comparable listings to stand behind one. This listing did not clear that bar, so OAV withholds a verdict rather than guessing.

This vehicle has been on the lot for 10 days.

Analysis powered by OAV's patented inventory standardization technology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477). Verdict methodology ptm-verdict-v1 · snapshot Sep 23, 2026. The comparable band (patent pending) is the input; ptm-verdict-v1 is the versioned OAV rule set that turns it into this verdict.

Market context

This listing is part of OAV's broader Fort Worth, TX wagons market analysis. OAV compares vehicles by local and regional price-to-market ranges and comparable count; days-on-lot and demand signals are shown separately, not as verdict inputs.

How this deal is rated

OAV compares this 2018 Subaru Outback against similar vehicles currently available for sale — same make, model, and year range, using trim where the data supports it. OAV does not adjust comparable prices for mileage; on used vehicles it withholds a verdict when mileage would distort the comparison — very high or unreliable mileage, or a lower price better explained by higher-than-typical mileage than by a genuine market discount — rather than overstate a deal. Based on where this listing falls in that comparable set, it is rated:

  • Great Dealpriced below the comparable-range floor by at least OAV's minimum-gap margin; a smaller gap under the floor is Fair Price.
  • Fair Pricepriced within the comparable range, or below the floor by less than that margin.
  • Overpriced — priced above the typical range for comparable vehicles.
  • Unscored — OAV withholds a verdict when the evidence cannot support one: too few or too widely spread comparables, a price it cannot validate, a branded or salvage title, or mileage that would distort the comparison. The listing stays visible; only the rating is withheld.

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How this listing is verified

This vehicle listing was aggregated from an independent dealer in Fort Worth, TX, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN 4S4BSAFC6J3296986 can be independently verified via the U.S. Department of Transportation's NHTSA VIN decoder, and safety recalls at NHTSA's recall database.

Vehicle attributes (year, make, model, trim, mileage, location) are standardized using OAV's patented vehicle market standardization technology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477), which normalizes naming conventions and deduplicates cross-listed inventory across the dealership network. Listing data is processed daily; Price-to-Market analysis uses comparable vehicles.

2018 Subaru Outback Market in TX

TX Market Listings

257

Average Price

Price Range

Avg Days on Lot

108

Based on all 257 2016-2020 Subaru Outback listings in the TX market. Because OAV has not assigned a reliable price verdict to this listing, it does not state how it compares to this broader average. Similar vehicles spend an average of 108 days on dealer lots in this market.

Similar Subaru Outback Listings in TX

8 similar listings shown (closest matches within ±2 model years) and ±30,000 miles (subject trim: Premium — compare trims below)

This is a broad, statewide same-model set (any trim, mileage, or title) — not the qualified comparable cohort behind the verdict above; lower prices here typically reflect a different trim, higher mileage, or a branded title.