Recall · 20V189000
Subaru of America recalled the SUBARU Crosstrek over seat belts
4,862
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
March 31, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
- The defect
- Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2019 Crosstrek vehicles with rear seat belt assemblies with a dual-mode locking mechanism. The seat belt webbing sensor locking mechanism may not lock as intended.
- What it can cause
- In the event of a crash involving multiple impacts, the seat belt may not properly restrain the occupant, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Subaru will notify owners, and dealers will replace rear seat belt assemblies, free of charge. The began April 15, 2020. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-844-373-6614. Subaru's number for this recall is WRC-20.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| SubaruCrosstrek | 2019 | 2019 |
How this campaign compares
At 4,862 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 74% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2019, so the oldest vehicles on it were one model year old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Subaru vehicles have been recalled over the seat belts 3 times before this, most recently in March 2012 as 12V099000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 1 model year the campaign names. Their owners have filed 284 complaints with NHTSA, 61 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the seat belts, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in February 2019, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 21V264000 (electrical system), 21V263000 (suspension).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Subaru of America, Inc. with NHTSA on March 31, 2020 as campaign 20V189000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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