Consumer Complaint Detail

SUBARU / OUTBACK / 1999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 002193876 Incident Date: Jan, 05 2002
Consumer's City: SHOREVIEW Consumer's State: MN
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Subaru of America, Inc.
Model Name: OUTBACK Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:manual transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4S3BG6855X6 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 06 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 26 1998
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Jan 6, 2003 (your web site won't let me select the current year, so i selected 2002, the last available date that can be selected, below) i own a 1999 subaru outback. it currently has approximately 43,000 miles on it. the clutch mechanism has failed twice, once at 18,651 and once at 42,500. both times the throw-out bearing failed. i've owned 8 cars and driven them in 10 states and three provinces. i've driven in the desert, the mountains and by the ocean with most of these cars. in all cases, i've never had to replace a clutch below 75,000 miles! i've driven standard/stick my whole life and have never, ever seen clutch failure like this subaru. i don't ride the clutch, i engage and disengage it properly, etc. and yet the throw-out bearing keeps failing prematurely.