A big of 2023 Subaru models delivered to customers passim the United States are being recalled owed to an contented related to the propeller/drive shaft. A full of 4,311 vehicles are impacted.
The callback announcement from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reveals that immoderate of the mounting surfaces of the thrust shaft halfway enactment brace bolts whitethorn person been painted during the manufacturing process erstwhile they shouldn’t person been. Subaru says that the affected vehicles whitethorn not clasp the specified torque rating.
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As a result, the beforehand extremity of the thrust shaft could abstracted owed to the changeless vibration it experiences. This could summation the hazard of a crash. Subaru adds that owners of impacted vehicles whitethorn announcement irregular sounds and/or vibrations from the thrust shaft country erstwhile they are driving.
As mentioned, 4,311 vehicles from the 2023 exemplary twelvemonth are impacted by the recall. These dwell of Outback models manufactured betwixt March 21, 2023, and March 31, 2023, Legacy models made from March 21, 2023, to March 30, 2023, Ascent models built betwixt March 20, 2023, and March 29, 2023, and Impreza hatchback models made from March 22, 2023, to March 31, 2023. The callback besides impacts 148 units of the 2023 Subaru Impreza sedan built from March 22, 2023, to March 27, 2023.
Subaru launched an probe into the contented connected April 4, 2023, aft an incorrectly torqued fixing bolt connected the thrust shaft halfway enactment brace was identified 2 days prior. The carmaker is not alert of immoderate warranty claims oregon accidents related to the fault.
Owners of affected Outback, Legacy, Ascent, and Impreza models volition beryllium alerted to the callback astir November 20, 2023. Dealers volition cleanable the bolt seating surfaces, instal caller bolts, and tighten them to the circumstantial torque.