So of the 40,108 Ascents made
So of the 40,108 Ascents made YTD (as of June), there were 166 made in 4 days that had paint overspray on a part because “the mounting bolt seating surface was not properly masked prior to painting” — it’s pretty amazing that this issue was found as quickly as it was and Subaru acted quickly despite the potential for bad press.
Note the replacement part is also painted and is almost indistinguishable from the “affected” part, so much so a follow up notification to dealers had to be made with the images shown in this article (the author didn’t include the next two images from the notice). Makes it even more incredible the issue was found (I didn’t find any reports of the potential issue actually being reported, but I didn’t look too hard).