Japanese car manufacturer Subaru will recall over 14,000 sport utility vehicles (SUVs) in China over glitches in their electronic parking brake systems, China's quality watchdog revealed on Friday.

The company will recall 14,802 imported Outback models manufactured from October 3, 2014 to August 31, 2015 beginning April 13, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said.

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The flawed systems will reportedly damage brake motors, giving the cars a hard time to restart.

Subaru will notify all clients affected and will upgrade their respective car's brake system without charge, the administration said.

Just earlier this month, Subaru recalled 78 vehicles in China as they posed safety risks to its customers.

The recall will affect all Legacy vehicles produced between September 11 and October 20 last year, Outback autos made from April 16 to October 12 last year and Forester models manufactured from June 30 to October 16 last year.

The involved vehicles allegedly pose safety risks as the faulty turbocharger of the units might snap and cause the engine to stop.

The Tokyo-based automaker has promised to check all the involved units, change the defective parts and remove other potential hazardous risks for free.

Meanwhile, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., owner of Subaru, is expecting to see approximately 700,000 car sales in North America as early as 2017 as it ducks a slump in China.

The company revealed last year that it will put its production efforts in China on hold and shift its shipment to the United States instead, where the Japanese automaker has seen an upward trend in sales.

"The China slump won't have any impact on our earnings," Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, Subaru's CEO, said. "Even if we divert the gap in China sales all to the US, we still won't meet the demand there."

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