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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 001101592 | Incident Date: Aug, 17 2001 |
| Consumer's City: PLAINSBORO | Consumer's State: NJ |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Subaru of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: IMPREZA | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:axle assembly |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JF1GM6750YG | Date added to File: May, 16 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 24 2002 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jan, 31 2000 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The car was purchased as a new vehicle. the original right rear bearing failed in august of last year and was replaced. in september of this year the right rear wheel started making a noise again. i had an independent subaru dealer confirm that the right rear wheel bearing had failed again. when this is replaced this will be the third right wheel bearing. car history: after owning the new car for 4 months the right side of the windshield developed a crack. the dealer tried to tell me the windshield cracked because of a stone. i showed him that the crack started by the right windshield pillar. it was repaired for free. i went in for routine brake service and one of the mechanics asked me if the car was in an accident because the front right brake caliper was a mitsubishi caliper and not a subaru caliper. when i brought this to the service managers attention he stated the japanese manufacturers sometime cross-use compatible parts in different makes of cars. i am not sure this is a vaild explaination. i'm wondering if i bought a new car that had something wrong with the right side(windshield problem, right front caliper from another manufacturer and problems with the right rear wheel bearing). also when i got the wheel bearing replaced, there was another subaru customer getting the right rear wheel bearing replaced on a 2001 subaru outback, she only had 24,000 miles when the part failed. dt |
