Subaru has issued one other recall for its battery electrical Solterra crossover attributable to considerations that hub bolts on the wheels could loosen and trigger it to detach.

Subaru mentioned the problem impacts 1,182 mannequin 12 months 2023 Subaru Solterra automobiles.

The 2023 Subaru Solterra EV and 2023 Toyota bZ4x — the merchandise of a partnership between Toyota and Subaru to collectively develop a platform devoted to EVs — had been recalled final June for a similar situation.

Apparently, the corporate is apprehensive that the repair didn’t stick.

The automobiles had been repaired at two port areas previous to being delivered to prospects. Subaru mentioned it found the third-party contractor didn’t correctly full the restore process, ensuing within the potential for considerably under-torqued bolts.

“Out of an abundance of warning, Subaru is recalling all automobiles repaired in any respect port areas supported by the third-party contractor,” the corporate mentioned in its announcement. “Autos with out the unique hub bolt concern and automobiles repaired at different services should not affected.”

Subaru warned prospects to not drive the automobile. The corporate will cowl the price of towing the automobile to a neighborhood dealership, the place it may be inspected. If vital, the hub bolts shall be retorqued.

The recall is the most recent mark on the rocky launch of the Solterra and the Toyota bZ4x. The preliminary June 2022 recall got here simply two months after the Toyota bZ4x went on sale.

Toyota engineers struggled to determine what was responsible for the unfastened hub bolt situation. Manufacturing of the 2 automobiles restarted in October.