Recall · 21V954000
Subaru of America recalled the SUBARU Ascent over steering
1,305
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
December 9, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
- The defect
- Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2020 Ascent vehicles. Due to an incorrect tapered hole in the housing, the front tie rod ends may not fit properly. The improper fit can result in the tie rods and housings being deformed during assembly and service replacement if excessive torque is applied.
- What it can cause
- The tie rods may separate from the housing, causing a loss of steering control and increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the left and right front tie rod ends and housings, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 7, 2022. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-844-373-6614. Subaru's number for this recall is WRL-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 |
|---|---|---|
| SubaruAscent | 2020 | 2020 |
How this campaign compares
At 1,305 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 61% 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, 2020, 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 steering 7 times before this, most recently in February 2019 as 19V065000. 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 320 complaints with NHTSA, 154 of them before this campaign was filed. 2 of those name the steering, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in September 2019, 2 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 4 other recalls published here: 26V436000 (equipment), 22V907000 (electrical system), 21V955000 (power train), 21V587000 (fuel system, gasoline).
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 December 9, 2021 as campaign 21V954000. 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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