2021 SUBARU ASCENT

2 safety recall campaigns, 139 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints139
Complaints citing a crash4
Complaints citing a fire2

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 2 of 2

26V4360002026-07-07

EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS

An incorrect GAWR label may lead to an overloaded vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

22V9070002022-12-08

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH

A melting ground terminal increases the risk of a fire.

What owners report most

  • 17ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 16POWER TRAIN
  • 15UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 14VISIBILITY/WIPER
  • 12LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST
  • 11ENGINE
  • 9SERVICE BRAKES
  • 6STEERING

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Two 2021 SUBARU ASCENTs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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