Recall · 20V218000
Subaru of America recalled 4 models over fuel system, gasoline
188,207
Vehicles covered
4
Models
4
Model years
April 16, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
- The defect
- Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2019 Impreza, Outback, Legacy, and Ascent vehicles. The low pressure fuel pump may become inoperative.
- What it can cause
- If the low pressure fuel pump fails, the engine may stall without the ability to restart the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Subaru will notify owners, and dealers will replace the low pressure fuel pump, free of charge. The recall began June 4, 2020. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-844-373-6614. Subaru's number for this recall is WRD-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 .
How this campaign compares
At 188,207 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 95% 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 fuel system, gasoline 5 times before this, most recently in March 2017 as 17V216000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 4 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 1,787 complaints with NHTSA, 340 of them before this campaign was filed. 10 of those name the fuel system, gasoline, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in August 2018, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 6 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V436000 (equipment), 22V907000 (electrical system), 22V624000 (exterior lighting), 21V955000 (power train).
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 April 16, 2020 as campaign 20V218000. 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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