Subaru Impreza, Subaru Legacy, Subaru Outback, Subaru Xv Crosstrek, model years 2010 to 2013. Filed by Subaru of America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 25 February 2013. 47,419 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Subaru is recalling certain model year 2010-2012 Legacy and Outback vehicles equipped with an automatic or CVT transmission and an Audiovox remote engine starter (RES) accessory, certain model year 2012-2013 Impreza vehicles equipped with a CVT transmission and an Audiovox remote engine starter (RES) accessory, and …
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Subaru's own number for this recall: WQF-42. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 13V061 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 13V061 cover?
- Subaru Impreza, Subaru Legacy, Subaru Outback, Subaru XV Crosstrek, model years 2010-2013.
- What is wrong with them?
- Subaru is recalling certain model year 2010-2012 Legacy and Outback vehicles equipped with an automatic or CVT transmission and an Audiovox remote engine starter (RES) accessory, certain model year 2012-2013 Impreza vehicles equipped with a CVT transmission and an Audiovox remote engine starter...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The engine may inadvertently start and run for up to fifteen minutes. The engine may continue to start and stop until the fob battery is depleted, or until the vehicle runs out of fuel.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Subaru will notify owners, and dealers will replace the RES key fobs, free of charge. The recall began on April 22, 2013. Owners may contact Subaru at 1-800-782-2783 for more information.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Subaru calls this recall WQF-42, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “The engine may inadvertently start and run for up to fifteen minutes. The engine may continue to start and stop until the fob battery is depleted, or until the vehicle runs out of fuel. If the vehicle is parked in an enclosed area, there is…”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 13V061 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Subaru of America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Electrical System |
| Reported to NHTSA | 25 February 2013 |
| Model years | 2010-2013 |
| Vehicles named | SUBARU IMPREZA, SUBARU LEGACY, SUBARU OUTBACK, SUBARU XV CROSSTREK |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The engine may inadvertently start and run for up to fifteen minutes. The engine may continue to start and stop until the fob battery is depleted, or until the vehicle runs out of fuel. If the vehicle is parked in an enclosed area, there is a risk of carbon monoxide build-up which may cause headaches, dizziness or, in extreme cases, unconsciousness and/or asphyxiation.
The remedy
Subaru will notify owners, and dealers will replace the RES key fobs, free of charge. The recall began on April 22, 2013. Owners may contact Subaru at 1-800-782-2783 for more information.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Subaru Impreza recalls: 36 US campaigns
- Subaru Legacy recalls: 43 US campaigns
- Subaru Outback recalls: 21 US campaigns
- Subaru XV Crosstrek recalls: 3 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 13V061, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/13v061/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 13V061 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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70055255 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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