Subarunet Announcement
To: All Subaru Retailers
From: Subaru of America, Inc.
Date: April 5, 2021
New Safety Recall: WRC-21 Continental Tire Recall 21T-001
Please be advised that Continental Tire the Americas, LLC (CTA) has issued a safety recall for multiple
tire lines, within the filing of NHTSA safety recall ID 21T-001.
This new recall is in addition to, and separate from, the existing CTA tire recall, WRG-20 (NHTSA safety
recall ID 20T-018), issued in November 2020.
This additional CTA recall includes 93,959 potentially defective tires sold as original equipment (OE)
tires and replacement tires, for various vehicle makes and models.
One of the tire lines included in CTA’s recall, the Continental ProContactTM TX P205/55R16 89V tire,
was an OE tire for Subaru installed on certain 2019-2020 MY Impreza vehicles equipped with 16-inch
wheels.
While tire-related warranty coverage is the tire manufacturer’s responsibility, CTA does not have
access to Subaru vehicle owner data for recall notification purposes. Therefore, Subaru will assist CTA
in conducting this tire recall for certain 2019-2020 MY Impreza vehicles which may contain a defective
OE tire(s).
For claim reimbursement purposes, Subaru’s recall code for this CTA tire recall will be WRC-21.
Affected Vehicles
A total of 9,492 U.S. 2019-2020 MY Impreza vehicles will be included in this CTA recall.
Please note, CTA notified Subaru that only two (2) tires with this condition may have been supplied to
Subaru, but the recall includes 9,492 Impreza vehicles based on traceability of tire production week
and mold number, to ensure that the two potentially defective tires are captured.

Model Years

Carline

2019-2020

Impreza

Vehicle
Production
Dates*
8/5/2019 –
11/4/2019

Tire line

Tire identification marks

Continental
ProContactTM
TX
P205/55R16
89V

The combination of:
DOT code 3119 + either mold
number 415721 or 416291
(refer to bulletin for location
detail)

* Not all vehicles in the vehicle production date range listed above are affected by this tire recall

Coverage for all affected vehicles must be confirmed by using the Vehicle Coverage Inquiry function on
subarunet.com. This information is now available.
Reason for this Recall
The affected tires were cured for a time beyond the manufacturing specification. An over-cured tire
may result in a carcass break in the sidewall with sudden air loss or could develop a belt edge
separation which could lead to a partial or full tread/belt loss. These conditions could increase the risk
of a crash.
Remedy Repair
For all potentially affected vehicles, Subaru retailers will inspect the tire identification marks of all four
tires on the vehicle and replace any affected tire(s) as described in the Production Campaign Bulletin.
Service, Parts, and Claim Instructions
Please refer to the WRC-21 Product Campaign Bulletin on STIS for detailed information.
Retailer Responsibility
Any vehicles listed in any recall/campaign that are in retailer stock must be:
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Immediately identified
Tagged or otherwise marked to prevent their delivery or use prior to repair
Repaired in accordance with the repair procedures outlined in the Product Campaign
Bulletin

Retailers are to promptly perform the applicable service procedures, to correct all affected vehicles in
their inventory (new, used, demo & SSLP). Additionally, whenever a vehicle subject to this safety recall
is taken into inventory or in for service, necessary steps should be taken to ensure the repair has been
made before selling or releasing the vehicle.
Please be sure to download a copy of your complete inventory report from the Vehicle Inventory
Dashboard available on subarunet.com to identify any vehicles with open recalls that may be in your
retail, CPO, and SSLP inventory. Affected vehicles will show an Open Recall column indicator (Y).
Owner Notification
Owner notification letters will be sent by first class mail on April 9, 2021.