Subaru Selling Cars With Shaky Driver’s Side Mirrors, Suit Says

Subaru America Inc. is selling 2024 Crosstrek- and Ascent-model vehicles with defective side-view mirrors, a Texas woman claims in a class action complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Plaintiff Katelyn Robinson’s Sept. 20 filing says the driver-side mirrors in the vehicles shake and vibrate while driving, distorting the rearview image and posing a safety hazard. Subaru knew about the defect before selling the vehicles but concealed “the dangerous safety defect” from consumers, according to her complaint. Complaints about the problem have been lodged with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and in online forums, ...