Recall · 23V551000
Subaru of America recalled 2 models over electrical system
35,357
Vehicles covered
2
Models
2
Model years
August 4, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
- The defect
- Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2024 Crosstrek and Impreza vehicles. Due to insufficient clearance, the instrument panel harness may contact the steering beam bracket, damaging the wire insulation and causing a short circuit.
- What it can cause
- A short circuit may cause a loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect the harness and install an additional clamp on the steering beam bracket. If damage is found, dealers will add protective tape or replace the instrument panel harness, as necessary. Repairs will be performed free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed October 3, 2023. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-844-373-6614. Subaru's number for this recall is WRL-23.
- 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 .
How this campaign compares
At 35,357 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 87% 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, 2024, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2023, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Subaru vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 9 times before this, most recently in February 2023 as 23V080000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 2 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 141 complaints with NHTSA. 10 of those name the electrical system, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 23V754000 (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 4, 2023 as campaign 23V551000. 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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