# NHTSA recall 25V419000

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: 25V419000
- Manufacturer's number: WRC\-25
- Manufacturer: Subaru of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2025\-06\-19
- Owners notified: 2025\-07\-17
- Component: CHILD SEAT
- Units potentially affected: 2938
- Part numbers: 96252SJ000

## What is wrong

Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) is recalling certain 2025 Forester vehicles. The child seat anchor bolts may have been improperly tightened, allowing the bolts to come loose.


## What can happen

A loose child seat anchor bolt increases the risk of injury to a child during a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will inspect the child seat anchor bolts and, if necessary, tighten the bolts, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed August 15, 2025. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1\-844\-373\-6614. Subaru's number for this recall is WRC\-25.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 4, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-23
- Vehicles in the campaign: 2938
- Reported remedied: 2735 \(93%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 6

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 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

- [2025 SUBARU FORESTER](/makes/subaru/forester/2025/recalls.md). Built 2024\-11\-28 to 2025\-03\-05.

## 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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