# NHTSA recall 18V935000

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: 18V935000
- Manufacturer's number: WTZ\-85
- Manufacturer: Subaru of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2018\-12\-31
- Owners notified: 2019\-02\-05
- Component: VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES
- Units potentially affected: 71190

## What is wrong

Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) is recalling certain 2018 Legacy, Outback, and BRZ vehicles.  In the affected vehicles, a software issue may cause the audio display system to not initialize, resulting in the camera display remaining blank.  If this occurs, the rearview image will not display while backing up the vehicle.  As a result, the vehicles fail to comply with requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety \(FMVSS\) number 111, "Rearview Mirrors."


## What can happen

Failure to display the rearview image while backing up increases the risk of crash.


## The remedy

Subaru has notified owners, and dealers will reprogram the audio system display software, free of charge.  The recall began on February 5, 2019.  Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1\-844\-373\-6614.  Subaru's number for this recall is WTZ\-85.


## 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 2020 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2020\-07\-23
- Vehicles in the campaign: 71190
- Reported remedied: 69510 \(97%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 104

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2020 quarter 2, 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

- [2018 SUBARU BRZ](/makes/subaru/brz/2018/recalls.md). Built 2017\-08\-29 to 2018\-08\-30.
- [2018 SUBARU LEGACY](/makes/subaru/legacy/2018/recalls.md). Built 2017\-05\-18 to 2018\-07\-23.
- [2018 SUBARU OUTBACK](/makes/subaru/outback/2018/recalls.md). Built 2017\-07\-07 to 2018\-07\-23.

## 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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