# 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 \(United States\)
- 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

## 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.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- 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.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2015 SUBARU OUTBACK](/makes/subaru/outback/2015/recalls.md). Built 2014\-01\-22 to 2014\-08\-18.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [WQN50](/bulletins/10235960.md), 2023-05-08, Service bulletin
- [L101SAL011](/bulletins/10235947.md), 2023-05-08, Service bulletin
- [14V577](/bulletins/10235891.md), 2023-05-08, Service bulletin
- [WQN50](/bulletins/10234958.md), 2023-04-24, Service bulletin
- [L101SAL010](/bulletins/10234867.md), 2023-04-24, Service bulletin
- [1516313](/bulletins/10234856.md), 2023-04-24, Service bulletin
- [THU](/bulletins/10141520.md), 2018-06-18, Service bulletin
- [TH](/bulletins/10141517.md), 2018-06-18, Service bulletin
- [PM01](/bulletins/10093465.md), 2017-03-02, Service bulletin
- [WQN\-50](/bulletins/10093463.md), 2017-03-02, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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