Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - WHEEL BEARING | |||||
| 035002 | 12/23/2002 | 10000642 | New procedure for replacing rear wheel bearings. *tt | 03/26/2003 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION - FRONT | |||
| 1 | |||
| Front end alignment problems, causes tires to wear. mjs | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - MACPHERSON STRUT | |||
| 01/29/1999 | 1 | ||
| Front strut assembly failed. mjs | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - WHEEL BEARING | |||
| 02/26/2003 | 3 | ||
| The wheel bearings failed prematurely.*jb | |||
| 09/07/2000 | 3 | 05/25/1998 | |
| The wheel bearing has failed three times. nlm | |||
| SUSPENSION - MULTIPLE AXLE | |||
| 11/28/2001 | 1 | 07/01/2000 | |
| Both the left and right rear bearings on this car failed before it reached 60,000 miles. no injuries -- i'm careful and heard them failing -- but repairs were very expensive. mr | |||
| 2 | 08/21/1998 | ||
| Consumer states the rear wheel bearings were replaced twice.*jb | |||
| 9 | |||
| While driving there was a noise coming from rear of vehicle. mechanic stated that wheel bearings needed to be replaced. has had this problem constantly, and had dealer service vehicle on same malfunction 9 times.*ak | |||
| 04/15/2001 | 2 | 01/01/1998 | |
| Rear wheel bearing failed twice. i believe that this a potentially a serious safety problem. subaru is aware of the problem. they quietly superseeded the old ball bearing used in imprezas and foresters with a new roller bearing from the legacy. please see this url for more info: http://www.i-club.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=110396&perpage=25&pagenumber=1. *ak | |||
| 06/11/1999 | 4 | 10/20/1997 | |
| Consumer has experienced numerous failures of left rear wheel bearing, consumer states very noisy and just failed without warning while driving at high speed the car began to vibrate quite violently, causing some difficulty in maintaining control of the vehicle, consumer was able to brake and move to emergency lane. *jb | |||
| 06/11/1999 | 4 | 10/01/1997 | |
| The vehicle experienced repeated wear/failure of the rear wheel bearing assembly (29033, 44724, 54813, 58637) which caused noise in the rear wheel arer and vibration while driving. nlm | |||
| 04/24/1999 | 9 | 02/01/1998 | |
| Faulty rear wheel bearings make noise and cause the vehicle to drift to the right while driving at highway speeds. nlm | |||
| SUSPENSION - REAR - SHOCK ABSORBER | |||
| 11/01/2000 | 1 | ||
| Noise from rear struts. dealer said that they needed to be replaced. *ak | |||