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I just thought I'd give an update as to the problems as resolutions I have had with my 2019 Ascent, build month of June 2018:
For the past few months I have had a horrible pulsation while braking at high speeds or while going downhill. Also, one day at random, I started the morning to a slew of warning lights on the dash related to the headlights. In particular, the SRH, ABL, and HBA warnings. I was hoping the warnings would just go away, but after 1300 miles, they were still present. I finally had time to schedule and get the Ascent to the dealer on 12/19/19, right before my ski trip to central OR.
Upon arrival, I was informed of the WUV07 (CVT) and WUW08 (PCV) recall which they said were applicable to my Ascent. Now, again, I was never notified of these recalls by Subaru by mail, email, phone or even in the MySubaru app. I said go ahead and do them as well. The service tech was able to verify the brake pulsation and inspected the pads. They recommended to replace the front rotors as the pads were not worn. Unfortunately, they did not have the rotors in stock. With the holiday shutdown, I would have to wait until after Christmas to get the parts. The headlamp issue was throwing DTC U0181. It turns out that the connector was not fully seated and it may have also caused a blown fuse 18. So after the re-seat and fuse replacement, the headlamps work fine. After driving home I noticed that the CVT was much smoother and not as harsh shifting between gears.
Back to the brakes. The parts came in and I had my appointment for today, 1/3/20. Again, upon checking in they said there was another recall, WUU06 (ecu reprogram) open. Again, no notification from Subaru anywhere before this. I figured I was exempt from this and the CVT recall. At any rate, they installed the rotors under warranty and the pulsation is indeed gone. The drive home was also much better behaved with the ECU programming. Not that the Ascent needs any help selling, but if the throttle and shift response was like this from day 1, I doubt Subaru would lose sales to the competition based upon the driving dynamics. The dealer also topped off my wiper fluid.
With the major recalls done, I can hardly wait for some hard parts from COBB in 2020. Happy 2020!!!
For the past few months I have had a horrible pulsation while braking at high speeds or while going downhill. Also, one day at random, I started the morning to a slew of warning lights on the dash related to the headlights. In particular, the SRH, ABL, and HBA warnings. I was hoping the warnings would just go away, but after 1300 miles, they were still present. I finally had time to schedule and get the Ascent to the dealer on 12/19/19, right before my ski trip to central OR.
Upon arrival, I was informed of the WUV07 (CVT) and WUW08 (PCV) recall which they said were applicable to my Ascent. Now, again, I was never notified of these recalls by Subaru by mail, email, phone or even in the MySubaru app. I said go ahead and do them as well. The service tech was able to verify the brake pulsation and inspected the pads. They recommended to replace the front rotors as the pads were not worn. Unfortunately, they did not have the rotors in stock. With the holiday shutdown, I would have to wait until after Christmas to get the parts. The headlamp issue was throwing DTC U0181. It turns out that the connector was not fully seated and it may have also caused a blown fuse 18. So after the re-seat and fuse replacement, the headlamps work fine. After driving home I noticed that the CVT was much smoother and not as harsh shifting between gears.
Back to the brakes. The parts came in and I had my appointment for today, 1/3/20. Again, upon checking in they said there was another recall, WUU06 (ecu reprogram) open. Again, no notification from Subaru anywhere before this. I figured I was exempt from this and the CVT recall. At any rate, they installed the rotors under warranty and the pulsation is indeed gone. The drive home was also much better behaved with the ECU programming. Not that the Ascent needs any help selling, but if the throttle and shift response was like this from day 1, I doubt Subaru would lose sales to the competition based upon the driving dynamics. The dealer also topped off my wiper fluid.
With the major recalls done, I can hardly wait for some hard parts from COBB in 2020. Happy 2020!!!
