Vehicle recall R/2018/229

Subaru Outback and Subaru Legacy recall: Obstruction in cowl area may force wipers to park out of position and overheat

DVSA recall R/2018/229 names the Subaru Outback and Subaru Legacy. It was launched 20 September 2018. It covers vehicles built 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2014.

Recall data updated 22 September 2026

Recall: R/2018/229
Launched: 20 September 2018
Issued by: SUBARU
Manufacturer reference: SRCB-WI-ZYT
Vehicles: DVSA lists 3,906 on each model line

What can go wrong

If wipers become obstructed motor may over heat with risk of fire

The fix

Replace wiper motor bottom cover on affected vehicles

Models and build dates

As listed in the DVSA recall file. DVSA lists the same vehicle number on each line: 3,906. It may be a figure per line or for the whole recall.
Model	Built	Vehicles
Subaru Legacy	1 January 2009 to 31 December 2014	3,906
Subaru Outback	1 January 2009 to 31 December 2014	3,906

Is a specific car affected? A recall lists models and build dates, not individual vehicles, so these pages cannot tell you whether one car is included. Enter the registration on the DVSA vehicle recall checker on GOV.UK, or give the vehicle identification number (VIN) to the manufacturer or one of its dealers. Buying used? Ask the seller for proof that any recall work was done.

Other recalls for these models

R/2018/141 Front passenger airbag inflator may rupture in a deployment event 23 July 2018, Subaru Outback, Subaru Forester, Subaru Impreza and others
R/2018/326 Mis connection of the fuel pump connector 1 December 2018, Subaru Legacy, Subaru Impreza, Subaru Outback
R/2018/346 Electronic parking brake capacitor on inner circuit board and magnet ring of the sensor may fracture 1 January 2019, Subaru Legacy, Subaru Outback
R/2018/122 Front passenger airbag inflator may fail 30 April 2018, Subaru Legacy, Subaru Outback
R/2019/025 The load may exceed the valve spring's fatigue strength and the spring may fracture 1 March 2019, Subaru Forester, Subaru Brz, Subaru Impreza and others
R/2019/052 A driving range indicator in the multi information display has a program error 20 March 2019, Subaru Legacy, Subaru Outback

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA vehicle recall records (RecallsFile.csv), recalls launched 1992 to 2026. Recall data updated 22 September 2026.

Recall wording is DVSA's, with capitals and punctuation tidied and American spellings such as tire, center and windshield given in British English. We list a recall when its make and model match a car or van family with at least 1,000 DVSA MOT tests from 2022 to 2025, and when the maker of the vehicle issued it.

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