NHTSA recall 14V577000
A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.
| Published by | NHTSA (United States) |
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| Campaign number | 14V577000 |
| Manufacturer's number | WQN-50 |
| Manufacturer | Subaru of America, Inc. |
| Reported | 2014-09-19 |
| Owners notified | 2014-10-07 |
| Component | TRAILER HITCHES |
| Units potentially affected | 56 |
| Report | Quarterly report 6, for 2016 quarter 1 |
|---|---|
| Filed with NHTSA | 2016-04-12 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 56 |
| Reported remedied | 55 (98%) |
| Reported unreachable | 1 |
| Reported removed | 0 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 1, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026-10-19.
What is wrong
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain model year 2015 Outback vehicles manufactured January 22, 2014, to August 18, 2014, and equipped with a Subaru accessory trailer hitch assembly. During installation, the trailer hitch mounting nuts may have been overtightened, potentially resulting in failure of the trailer hitch mounting studs.
What can happen
The mounting nut(s) may not provide sufficient force to remain attached to the studs or the studs themselves might break. If this were to happen while a trailer is being towed, the driver might not be able to operate the vehicle as desired or the trailer may detach from the vehicle. Either situation could increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Subaru will notify owners, and dealers will replace all eight mounting nuts for the trailer hitch assembly, and will inspect all eight mounting studs for damage, free of charge. The recall began on October 7, 2014. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-800-782-2783. Subaru's number for this recall is WQN-50.
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
| 2015 SUBARU OUTBACK | Built 2014-01-22 to 2014-08-18. |
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A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| WQN50 | 2023-05-08. Service bulletin. Update: WQN?50 Subaru Recall Campaign 2015 Outback Accessory Trailer Hitch Assembly |
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| L101SAL011 | 2023-05-08. Service bulletin. Subaru of America is pleased to announce the updated part number for the 2015 Outback Trailer Hitch |
| 14V577 | 2023-05-08. Service bulletin. Accessory Trailer Hitch assembly |
| WQN50 | 2023-04-24. Service bulletin. New Subaru Recall Campaign: 2015 Outback Accessory Trailer Hitch Assembly ? WQN?50 |
| L101SAL010 | 2023-04-24. Service bulletin. Trailer Hitch dealer kit: Stop Sale |
| 1516313 | 2023-04-24. Service bulletin. Accessory Trailer Hitch L101SAJ001 |
| THU | 2018-06-18. Service bulletin. We have begun inspecting our inventory of the L101SAJ001and have identified good kits. A limited quantity of these kits will begin shipping today to dealers. Please use the picture and information below to help identify a ?good? trailer hitch kit. All kits that have been inspected and are ok to sell and install will have a round green sticker next to the part label. |
| TH | 2018-06-18. Service bulletin. It has come to our attention that there may be a potential parts quality issue with our current Outback Trailer Hitches, Part Number L101SAJ001. We are asking that dealers please send back any inventory they currently have to their facing RDC. This affects all date ranges and lots of this part number. If you have the previous version of this hitch in inventory, Part Number L101SAJ000, they are OK to use and do not need to be returned. Once we have inspected our inventory and begin to ship this part again we will post another announcement to Subarunet with more details on how to identify the good product. |
| PM01 | 2017-03-02. Service bulletin. 2015 OUTBACK TRAILER HITCH UPDATE |
| WQN-50 | 2017-03-02. Service bulletin. WQN-50 - 2015 OUTBACK ACCESSORY TRAILER HITCH ASSEMBLY |
A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.