# NHTSA recall 25V889000

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: 25V889000
- Manufacturer's number: WRG\-25
- Manufacturer: Subaru of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2025\-12\-18
- Owners notified: 2026\-01\-29
- Component: STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
- Units potentially affected: 5603
- Part numbers: 63320SL02A, 63320SL03A, 63110SL100, 63110SL110

## What is wrong

Subaru of America, Inc. \(Subaru\) is recalling certain 2026 Forester vehicles. These vehicles may have been manufactured with an incorrect and/or incorrectly oriented rear hatch support bracket which can detach without prior warning.


## What can happen

A rear hatch support bracket that detaches can allow the rear hatch to fall unexpectedly during use and increase the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Dealers will inspect the rear hatch support brackets and, if necessary, replace the stay and support bracket, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 29, 2026. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1\-844\-373\-6614. Subaru's number for this recall is WRG\-25. Vehicle Identification Numbers \(VINs\) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on December 20, 2025.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 2, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-23
- Vehicles in the campaign: 5603
- Reported remedied: 4991 \(89%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

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

- [2026 SUBARU FORESTER](/makes/subaru/forester/2026/recalls.md). Built 2025\-09\-11 to 2025\-10\-30.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [12\-269\-25R](/bulletins/11036824.md), 2026-09-03, Service bulletin
- [SubaruNet Announcement \(P](/bulletins/11035661.md), 2026-08-04, Other
- [WRF\-26R](/bulletins/11035633.md), 2026-08-04, Service bulletin
- [SubaruNet Announcement \(W](/bulletins/11035630.md), 2026-08-04, Other
- [SubaruNet Announcement \(W](/bulletins/11035629.md), 2026-08-04, Service bulletin
- [WRF\-26R](/bulletins/11034236.md), 2026-07-01, Service bulletin
- [WRF\-26R](/bulletins/11033080.md), 2026-06-01, Service bulletin
- [SubaruNet Announcement \(W](/bulletins/11033076.md), 2026-06-01, Other
- [WRH\-25R](/bulletins/11032028.md), 2026-05-04, Service bulletin
- [WRG\-25R](/bulletins/11030559.md), 2026-04-02, 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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