Subaru is asking homeowners of its first electrical automobile (EV) to park them till the automaker has an opportunity to verify whether or not the wheels are correctly connected. It’s the newest growth in an alarming and embarrassing recall that gave each Subaru and Toyota a black eye final yr.
The 2023 Subaru Solterra is Subaru’s first EV, nevertheless it isn’t solely a Subaru. Subaru builds the Solterra in partnership with Toyota. It’s largely the identical automobile because the Toyota bZ4X, with a couple of beauty variations.
Toyota offered a handful of bZ4X SUVs final yr earlier than discovering an alarming drawback – the wheels might separate from the automobile whereas driving. The corporate took a number of months to develop an answer, however finally repaired the automobiles and resumed promoting them. The restore was easy – it concerned tightening hub bolts.
Subaru had not offered any Solterras when the issue was found, so it didn’t have to announce the same recall. It did have greater than 1,100 fashions in transit to sellers, nonetheless. The corporate employed contractors to restore the automobiles in port.
Now, Subaru says, it has “recognized a problem with automobiles repaired at two port places by one explicit group of contractors.” As a result of the contractor “didn’t correctly full the restore process” on all automobiles, sellers want to examine them.
The repair stays easy – sellers will verify to make sure that the hub bolts are correctly tightened, and tighten them if wanted. However Subaru is asking homeowners to not drive the automobiles till that course of is full.
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