Subaru recalls nearly 200K vehicles over transmission issue

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The institution logo is displayed connected a motion astatine a Subaru dealership Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, successful Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Posted at 7:11 PM, Dec 15, 2021

and past updated 2021-12-15 20:11:29-05

Subaru is recalling definite 2019-2020 Ascent, 2020 Legacy and Outback vehicles.

A announcement posted connected the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's website says the vehicles whitethorn acquisition an contented with the transmission.

"A programming mistake successful the Transmission Control Unit (TCU) whitethorn let the clutch to prosecute earlier the thrust concatenation is wholly clamped," the announcement states.

Owners volition beryllium notified by message successful February.

"Dealers volition reprogram the TCU, inspect TCU information for concatenation slip, and visually inspect the concatenation guide. If grounds of concatenation slippage oregon harm is found, the transmission volition beryllium replaced," the callback announcement says.

No injuries oregon crashes person been attributed to the contented successful the recall.