# Transport Canada recall 2016471

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: Transport Canada \(Canada\)
- Campaign number: 2016471
- Manufacturer's number: WTK\-71
- Reported: 2016\-09\-26
- Component: Visual System
- Notification type: Safety Mfr
- Units potentially affected: 38629

## What is wrong

On certain vehicles, a manufacturing defect could cause the windshield wipers to become inoperable. If an obstruction \(such as snow or ice in the cowl area of the windshield\) prevents the wipers from returning to the “park” position when wipers are turned off, the wiper arms would be forced to "park" at a higher than intended position on the windshield. The wiper arms will continuously attempt to return to the normal park position, generating an excessive amount of electrical current in the wiper motor bottom cover, possibly resulting in overheating. This could result in the windshield wipers becoming inoperable, or a possible fire in the bottom cover area of the wiper motor. These issues could impair the driver’s visibility and increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will replace the front wiper motor bottom cover assembly with a countermeasure one.


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2010 SUBARU LEGACY](/makes/subaru/legacy/2010/recalls.md)
- [2011 SUBARU LEGACY](/makes/subaru/legacy/2011/recalls.md)
- [2012 SUBARU LEGACY](/makes/subaru/legacy/2012/recalls.md)
- [2013 SUBARU LEGACY](/makes/subaru/legacy/2013/recalls.md)
- [2010 SUBARU OUTBACK](/makes/subaru/outback/2010/recalls.md)
- [2011 SUBARU OUTBACK](/makes/subaru/outback/2011/recalls.md)
- [2012 SUBARU OUTBACK](/makes/subaru/outback/2012/recalls.md)
- [2013 SUBARU OUTBACK](/makes/subaru/outback/2013/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [1515612R](/bulletins/10235928.md), 2023-05-08, Service bulletin
- [1515612R](/bulletins/10234853.md), 2023-04-24, Service bulletin
- [1212711R](/bulletins/10234845.md), 2023-04-24, Service bulletin
- [1515612R](/bulletins/10233124.md), 2023-03-20, Service bulletin
- [214413](/bulletins/10232851.md), 2023-03-13, Service bulletin
- [1213712R](/bulletins/10232550.md), 2023-03-06, Service bulletin
- [1515612R](/bulletins/10232548.md), 2023-03-06, Service bulletin
- [07\-152\-19R](/bulletins/10171105.md), 2020-02-05, Service bulletin
- [07\-152\-19R](/bulletins/10163526.md), 2019-08-06, Service bulletin
- [07\-91\-15](/bulletins/10140464.md), 2018-06-11, 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)

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

JSON: [/v1/recalls/tc/2016471](/v1/recalls/tc/2016471)

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