2026 Subaru Solterra battery electric vehicles loss of drive power
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing is recalling 2026 Subaru Solterra vehicles due to a fault in the battery electronic control unit that may cause loss of drive power, increasing crash risk.
What this means for you
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: Loss of drive power while driving creates a direct risk of crash and serious injury, and no prior injuries or illnesses are reported in the source. This meets the rubric criterion for High severity: "risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported."
Plain-English summary
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing is recalling certain 2026 Subaru Solterra battery electric vehicles. The electronic control unit (ECU) that controls the high voltage battery may experience a fault, resulting in a loss of drive power.
An unexpected loss of drive power increases the risk of a crash. Approximately 20,991 vehicles are affected by this recall.
Owners will receive notification letters starting August 3, 2026. Dealers will update the battery ECU software at no charge to the owner. For more information, owners may contact Toyota's customer service at 1-800-331-4331. The recall is also identified as Toyota numbers 26LA07 and 26TA11, and Subaru number WRG26.
The recalled product
- Product
- 2026 SUBARU SOLTERRA
- Brand
- SUBARU
- Manufacturer
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
- Hazard
- loss-of-drive-power
- crash-risk
- Affected units
- 20,991
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Model numbers (3)
- SOLTERRA
- RZ
- BZ
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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