WenmarOpen by Wenmar Pro

Service bulletin WRJ-23R

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10238432
Published by NHTSA2023-07-03
Manufacturer's numberWRJ-23R
Manufacturer's date2023-06-02
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE:TORQUE ARM; SUSPENSION

NHTSA's summary

Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) has initiated a safety recall for certain 2023 model year Ascent vehicles that may be equipped with a front lower control arm with a loose castle nut.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Suspension

Vehicles listed
SUBARU ASCENT2023

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
23V3920002023-06-01. SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
05-95-252026-01-06. Service bulletin. This bulletin announces availability of new front wheel hub assemblies incorporating bearing surfaces having increased resistance to imperfections resulting from shock loads.
03-96-252025-05-01. Service bulletin. This bulletin announces design changes made to the rear axle hubs. These changes have been implemented to reduce cases water intrusion further leading to harmonic, humming, and grinding type sounds heard from the axle hub while driving.
03-94-242024-10-02. Service bulletin. This bulletin outlines the judgment criteria to be used when inspecting front transverse link bushings to reduce unnecessary bushing replacement.
05-91-242024-08-05. Service bulletin. This Bulletin provides guidance for diagnosing a leaking front or rear suspension strut.
05-90-24R2024-04-02. Service bulletin. This bulletin announces changes in design to the front strut assemblies which will address cases of rumbling and/or rattling coming from the undercarriage while going over bumps.
05-90-242024-03-04. Service bulletin. This bulletin addresses rumbling and or rattling coming from the undercarriage while traveling over bumps. Subaru has made a design change to the front strut assemblies to address this issue.
SubaruNet Announ2023-07-03. Service bulletin. WRJ-23 Front lower arm castle nut torque.
05-62-18R2023-06-05. Service bulletin. This bulletin provides a procedure to address customer concerns of surface rust accumulating in the top center retaining nut area of the front strut mounts.