{"id":139070,"date":"2026-07-14T13:44:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/subaru-issues-recall-for-541000-suvs-over-label-with-incorrect-weight-rating\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T13:44:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:44:57","slug":"subaru-issues-recall-for-541000-suvs-over-label-with-incorrect-weight-rating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/subaru-issues-recall-for-541000-suvs-over-label-with-incorrect-weight-rating\/","title":{"rendered":"Subaru issues recall for 541,000 SUVs over label with incorrect weight rating"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FILE – This Photo taken Feb. 14, 2013 shows a Subaru logo at the 2013 Pittsburgh Auto Show in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar, File)<\/span>(AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar, File)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Subaru of America is recalling more than 541,000 of its Crosstrek, Forester, and Ascent SUVs due to an inaccurate label attached to the vehicles.<\/p>\n

According to a notice<\/a> published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration this week, the now-recalled vehicles were made with a certification label that incorrectly states their gross axle weight rating, or GAWR, which reflects the maximum weight that each axle of a vehicle can support.<\/p>\n

The NHTSA warns a wrong GAWR label \u201cmay lead to an overloaded vehicle,\u201d which could increase the likelihood of a crash.<\/p>\n

Subaru has not been aware of any crashes or injuries resulting from this issue in the U.S., according to recall documents. And no mechanical repair is needed \u2014 but the company plans to mail impacted owners a \u201ccorrective certification label\u201d to place over the faulty one. Customers may also choose to have a dealer place the new label on their cars, free of charge.<\/p>\n

The labeling recall covers certain 2026 Crosstrek Hybrid, 2025-2026 Forester and Forester Hybrid, and 2019-2026 Ascent vehicles.<\/p>\n

Owner notifications are set to go out in late August \u2014 and additional letters will be mailed \u201conce the remedy is available,\u201d NHTSA documents note. In the meantime, drivers can also confirm whether their specific vehicle is included in this recall and find more information using the NHTSA’s website<\/a> and\/or Subaru’s recall lookup platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press reached out to contacts for Subaru of America \u2014 a New Jersey-based subsidiary of the larger Japanese automaker \u2014 for further comments Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FILE – This Photo taken Feb. 14, 2013 shows a Subaru logo at the 2013 Pittsburgh Auto Show in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar, File)(AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar, File) NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Subaru of America is recalling more than 541,000 of its Crosstrek, Forester, and Ascent SUVs due to an inaccurate label attached to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5734],"tags":[],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-139070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-associated-press"],"acf":[],"author_name":"Website Administrator","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139070"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=139070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}