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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2025 Subaru Ascent Recalls

The 2025 Subaru Ascent has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on July 7, 2026.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2025 Subaru Ascent. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
1

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
15

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
2

1 fires

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

overall, 5 stars max

On a 2025 Subaru Ascent, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

1 recall on the 2025 Subaru Ascent

Equipment: other: labels

Campaign
26V436000
Reported
July 7, 2026
Vehicles affected
up to 541,237
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Federal standard
FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
Same campaign
also 2019–2024 Ascent, 1 other model

26V436000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2025 Subaru Ascent complaints by year

NHTSA has received 15 owner complaints about the 2025 Subaru Ascent, the newest on September 21, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (13%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.

In complaints about the 2025 Subaru Ascent, the component group named most often is the electrical system (13%), followed by the engine (13%) and the steering (13%).

The 2025 Subaru Ascent's only recall does not concern the electrical system.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Electrical System2
  • Engine2
  • Steering2
  • Structure2
  • Unknown Or Other2
  • Visibility2

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2025 Subaru Ascent received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20257
20268

Complaints about the 2025 Subaru Ascent peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 8.

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: ★★★★★
  • Frontal: 5/5
  • Side: 5/5
  • Rollover: 4/5

The 15 complaints about the 2025 Subaru Ascent are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Subaru Ascent by model year

Other 2025 Subaru models

Newest record on this page: September 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted