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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 001270139 | Incident Date: May, 30 2001 |
| Consumer's City: MILPITAS | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Subaru of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: FORESTER | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:clutch assembly |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JF1SF63571G | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 11 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Sep, 05 2000 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: "clutch shudder" occurs shortly upon startup, first application of 1st gear ok stop once and apply 1st gear again and the shudder is severe, shaking and complete loss of acceleration; this will continue for next 2-3 miles warming the car does not remove the problem. this is an extreme safety hazard - there is no forward acceleration. temp it frequently occurs 56 62 degrees, however once it begins it can re-occur at higher temps later in the day. occurrence is intermittent. i reported problem to subaru in san jose, they said "no problem found" after i left the car in service for 3 days - they said they could not repeat the problem. the clutch shudder happens to me frequently during the temps recorded above - i live in california we have those temps often in the morning spring/fall. the # of 600 failures is an estimate - i could not enter "estimate" in this form. i have had the car over 3 years and the problem seems worse. my sisters subaru outback has same problem with same response from subaru service. *ak |
