# NHTSA recall 16V251000

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: 16V251000
- Manufacturer's number: WTC\-64
- Manufacturer: Subaru of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2016\-04\-27
- Owners notified: 2016\-05\-20
- Component: ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL \(ESC\)
- Units potentially affected: 766

## What is wrong

Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) is recalling certain model year 2015 Legacy and Outback vehicles manufactured on July 20, 2015.  The brake fluid used in these vehicles may contain excess moisture which may adversely affect the performance of the electronic stability control system.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard \(FMVSS\) number 126, "Electronic Stability Control Systems."


## What can happen

Poor performance of the electronic stability control system when it is activated may result in a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Subaru will notify owners, and dealers will perform an ABS activation, then flush and replace the brake fluid, free of charge.  The recall began on May 20, 2016.  Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1\-800\-782\-2783.  Subaru's number for this recall is WTC\-64.


## 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 2017 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-10\-06
- Vehicles in the campaign: 766
- Reported remedied: 726 \(94%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 quarter 3, 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 LEGACY](/makes/subaru/legacy/2015/recalls.md). Built 2015\-07\-20 to 2015\-07\-20.
- [2015 SUBARU OUTBACK](/makes/subaru/outback/2015/recalls.md). Built 2015\-07\-20 to 2015\-07\-20.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [07\-235\-25](/bulletins/11023536.md), 2025-10-02, Service bulletin
- [SubaruNet Announcement](/bulletins/11021263.md), 2025-08-04, Other
- [18\-231\-23](/bulletins/10243372.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin
- [06\-77\-20R](/bulletins/10179382.md), 2020-09-04, Service bulletin
- [07\-170\-20](/bulletins/10171952.md), 2020-03-03, Service bulletin
- [07\-158\-19R](/bulletins/10171937.md), 2020-03-03, Service bulletin
- [07\-158\-19](/bulletins/10164190.md), 2019-08-30, Service bulletin
- [WQS\-54](/bulletins/10140559.md), 2018-06-11, Service bulletin
- [WTC\-64](/bulletins/10140535.md), 2018-06-11, Service bulletin
- [15\-188\-15](/bulletins/10093121.md), 2017-02-27, 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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