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2020 Subaru Ascent hesitation / surging reports

15 NHTSA complaints describe hesitation, surging or lurching on acceleration on the 2020 Subaru Ascent — roughly 5% of all complaints for this model year.

15
Hesitation / surging reports
5%
share of complaints
6,617 mi
median reported incident mileage (all complaints)

Hesitation / surging in other Ascent years

2021 Ascent6
2019 Ascent18
Ascent hesitation / surging by year →

Symptom counts come from keyword analysis of complaint narratives. One complaint can describe several symptoms, and classification is approximate — read the underlying reports on the full 2020 Subaru Ascent report before drawing conclusions.