Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||||
| SPB-WVU-31 | 03/01/2011 | 10038970 | Ready | 06/29/2011 | |
| SPB-WVU-31 | 03/01/2011 | 10038970 | Subaru service campaign: see document search button for owner letter. ecm reprogramming procedure. 2006-2010 legacy/outback/forester/impreza. *rm | 06/29/2011 | |
| WVM-23 | 03/23/2011 | 10038957 | Ready | 06/28/2011 | |
| WVM-23 | 03/23/2011 | 10038957 | Subaru service campaign: see document search button for owner letter. a software problem is causing the catalytic converter to degrade when driving at high speeds. this will cause the engine light to come on. *rm | 06/28/2011 | |
| SB-WVM-23 | 10/01/2009 | 10032512 | Subaru: engine control module (ecm) reprogramming. under certain severe driving patterns, such as high speed highway/uphill driving and/or accelerating with high engine revolutions, the efficiency of an affected vehicle's catalytic conve | 04/07/2010 | |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM - EMISSION CONTROL - CATALYTIC CONVERTOR | |||||
| SB-WVM-23 | 10/01/2009 | 10032512 | Subaru: engine control module (ecm) reprogramming. under certain severe driving patterns, such as high speed highway/uphill driving and/or accelerating with high engine revolutions, the efficiency of an affected vehicle's catalytic conve | 04/07/2010 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 04/06/2011 | 66270 | ||
| While driving our 2007 subaru outback sw on a 6 lane divided highway at 65 mph, the car suddenly decelerated and lost all gas pedal response. my wife was able to move the car to the side of the road although she almost caused an accident due to surrounding traffic. the car started flashing the cruise control, traction control, and check engine dash lights. after allowing the car to sit for a few minutes, my wife was able to start the car again and get home. i checked the error codes and got a p02138. i did some research and found numerous other people experiencing the same issue on the subaru blogs. all of the other reports pointed to the same source(s) the gas pedal position sensor or throttle position sensor. most reported subaru service departments claiming no knowledge of the issue ever happening before. both my wife and i have had the same thing happen several times since in both local and highway traffic. i have cleaned the terminals on both sensors and this seems to help, but the problem always returns. i read where several other drivers had the gas pedal assembly changed and the issue seemed to be resolved. this seems to be a severe safety issue. having a car suddenly become dead on the road in the middle of traffic is dangerous to anyone around. | |||
| 09/03/2006 | 80 | 1 | 09/01/2006 |
| Dt*: the contact stated while traveling various speeds, the vehicle jerked on various road conditions. there were no warning signals prior to the incident. the vehicle was taken to the dealership, who determined that the vehicle's engine computer software was defective. the dealership could not reset the computer and could not exchange it either. also, the dealer expressed that this was the way the vehicle was designed. this was a 2007 subaru outback 2.5 i wagon. updated 12/05/06. *jb | |||