Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||||
| 040901 | 08/15/2001 | 625877 | Subject on regarding steering knocking/rattle noise when turning. *et | 12/10/2001 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| When trying to turn quickly on ice and wet surfaces the cars become unstable and controlable. please give more information in details.*ak | |||
| STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | |||
| While driving on i-95 in delaware near pa border, in a high wind, my car suddently swerved to the right. i dont know if it was caused by wind or not. in trying to straigten out car, i seemed to have overcorrected and swerved left, across a lane and into a guardrail, giving me neck and back injuries, trauma, and 28000 worth of damage to car. i remembered after the accident that something similar had happend on a rainy day a while back ( i have hd this car a year or so) . i was at an intersection and the car suddently swerved left ( different direction this time). i was able to correct that successfully. i contacted subaru which has no record of problems like i am describing. i am now afraid to drive car on a highway, since it felt untrustworthy. while there was high wind that day, i did not specifically feel a gust carry the car- the swerving seemed to be for no reason.*ak | |||
| 10/03/1995 | |||
| While driving with cruise control on, disengage cruise and vehicle accelerated, brake did not respond, turn ignition off, then lost steering, resulting in r/end | |||
| STEERING - RACK AND PINION - RACK | |||
| 02/05/1995 | 5 | ||
| Rack replaced due to rack/pinion boot leaking. *ak | |||
| STEERING - WHEEL AND HANDLE BAR | |||
| 08/12/2011 | 209000 | ||
| The left rear strut tower on the car rotted almost completely off causing the interior over the strut tower to bulge way up inside the car. this happened without warning as i was driving the car. i removed the interior of the car and found out that almost all of the strut tower was rotted away on the left rear side and the right rear side has a couple of rot holes in it getting read to do the same thing the left side did. if the left strut tower had completely broke off the tire would have gone right into the rotted wheel well probably causing the tire to blow because i'm sure it would have been sliced open from the jagged rusted metal which would have caused the car body on the left side to drop and start to scrap on the pavement. if your not familiar with a subaru the gas tank is located just in front of the rear tires and it just about pokes into the wheel well area. in my calculations the gas tank would have been scrapping the pavement and it was full by the way. i have emailed subaru about this problem. they did a vin# check and told me there is no recall for my stated problem and that they were not going to do anything about the car. | |||
| 01/07/1995 | |||
| Purchase car brand new a month engine will not turn off and steering wheel column lock up when driving. tt | |||