Recall · 21V675000
Subaru of America recalled the SUBARU Impreza over suspension
Do not drive until repaired. NHTSA issues this where it considers the risk immediate, and it stands until the repair is done.
802
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
August 30, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
- The defect
- Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2021 Impreza vehicles. The left-front lower control arm weld may fail, allowing the control arm to separate from the crossmember.
- What it can cause
- A separated control arm may cause the tire to contact the wheel well, resulting in a loss of control and increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Owners are advised not to drive their vehicle until the repair is complete. Dealers will inspect and replace the control arm as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 3, 2021. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-844-373-6614. Subaru's number for this recall is WRI-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.nhtsa.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 |
|---|---|---|
| SubaruImpreza | 2021 | 2021 |
How this campaign compares
At 802 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 56% 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, 2021, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2021, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Subaru vehicles have been recalled over the suspension 7 times before this, most recently in April 2021 as 21V263000. 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 14 complaints with NHTSA, 4 of them before this campaign was filed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 21V024000 (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 August 30, 2021 as campaign 21V675000. 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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