Recall · 21V263000
Subaru of America recalled 2 models over suspension
408,271
Vehicles covered
2
Models
3
Model years
April 15, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
SUSPENSION:REAR
- The defect
- Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Subaru Crosstrek, 2019 Crosstrek Hybrid, and 2019 Forester vehicles. The rear stabilizer bracket bolts may loosen and detach.
- What it can cause
- Missing bolts may allow the rear stabilizer bracket to shift, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Subaru will notify owners, and dealers will retorque and replace any missing bolts, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 17, 2021. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-844-373-6614. Subaru's number for this recall is WRD-21.
- 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 408,271 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 97% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2018 to 2019, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Subaru vehicles have been recalled over the suspension 6 times before this, most recently in August 2016 as 16V576000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 3 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 1,310 complaints with NHTSA, 705 of them before this campaign was filed. 12 of those name the suspension, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in September 2017, 3 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 21V264000 (electrical system), 20V189000 (seat belts).
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 15, 2021 as campaign 21V263000. 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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