2021 SUBARU CROSSTREK — Complaint #1780994
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:INTERNAL:SHIFT FORKS filed December 1, 2021
NHTSA complaint #1780994 (ODI reference 11442212) concerns a 2021 SUBARU CROSSTREK and was filed on December 1, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 1, 2021. The report was geocoded to New York based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:manual transmission:internal:shift forks, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same SUBARU CROSSTREK cohort independently describe similar power train:manual transmission:internal:shift forks failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2021 SUBARU CROSSTREK shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2021 Subaru Crosstrek. The contact stated while driving 20 MPH, while downshifting gears the vehicle failed to accelerate. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer who was unable to duplicate the failure. The contact stated he continued experiencing the failure. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1780994 |
| ODI Number | 11442212 |
| Date Filed | December 1, 2021 |
| Failure Date | May 1, 2021 |
| VIN | JF2GTACC6M9 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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