Consumer Complaint Detail

SUBARU / OUTBACK / 2003

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0 Injured
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 002208885 Incident Date: Apr, 16 2002
Consumer's City: YORK Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Subaru of America, Inc.
Model Name: OUTBACK Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4S3BE896737 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 16 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 23 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Car keeps shutting off in infrequent intervals. first at 375 miles and by 9000 miles it did it 9 times. the car has been at the dealer 6 times and just now subaru is admitting to having other cars with this issue. all 2003 6 cylinder engines. i was told after the 4th time at the dealer that they cannot fix it, end of story. then after filing a complaint with the attorney general office they are working on it again. they are now starting to replace stuff and want to put a black box in. this car shuts off only at a stand still so far but this is very dangerous. subaru admits to having more cars like this and they only could fix half of them. *jb