Recall · 25V419000
Subaru of America recalled the SUBARU Forester over child seat
2,938
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
June 19, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
CHILD SEAT
- The defect
- Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2025 Forester vehicles. The child seat anchor bolts may have been improperly tightened, allowing the bolts to come loose.
- What it can cause
- A loose child seat anchor bolt increases the risk of injury to a child during a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect the child seat anchor bolts and, if necessary, tighten the bolts, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed August 15, 2025. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-844-373-6614. Subaru's number for this recall is WRC-25.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SubaruForester | 2025 | 2025 |
How this campaign compares
At 2,938 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 70% 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, 2025, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2025, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
This site holds the complaint record for all 1 model year the campaign names. Their owners have filed 90 complaints with NHTSA, 15 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the child seat, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 26V436000 (equipment), 25V033000 (wheels).
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 June 19, 2025 as campaign 25V419000. 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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