| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 0000093407 | Incident Date: Jan, 01 1970 |
| Consumer's City: PEORIA | Consumer's State: AZ |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Subaru of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: LEGACY | Model Year: 1999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 4S3BG6857X7 | Date added to File: May, 16 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 25 2002 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: When driving down hill 6% + grade and i lightly touch the brake pedal to slow, our 1999 legacy outback downshifts one or two gears. i have to put the car in neutral then back into drive because it sticks in whatever gear it shifts into at a very high rpm. it does this from 40 to 70 mph, but only on a steep grade. it does this with or without the cruse control turned on. the frequency of the problem is increasing. it is my opinion as a retired accident reconstruction specialist from the washington state patrol that this has tremendous accident potential on surfaces with a reduced coefficient of friction (ice, snow or rain). the transmission functions properly at all other times. camelback subaru in phoenix, az., indicates they can not duplicate the problem, yet there is a history of the problem at nhtsa with the very same symptoms. *ak |
