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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003222181 | Incident Date: Jun, 29 2003 |
| Consumer's City: KEARNEY | Consumer's State: NE |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Subaru of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: FORESTER | Model Year: 1998 |
| 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#: | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 03 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Nov, 20 1997 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Clutch chatters badly and clutch does not engage until the pedal is almost fully depressed when vehicle sits overnight. problem seems more pronounced in colder weather, but occurs in all weather conditions. in addition to causing an unsafe driving situation, the condition may cause first and reverse gears to grind when selecting these gears from a stop. after driving a few miles the problem goes away and the clutch operates normally. the problem has been reported to subaru repair shops numerous times, including at 33,220; 59,451; 74,213; and 92,380 miles. the subaru repair shops can usually duplicate the chatter, but they have never been able to duplicate the clutch engaging only after being almost completely depressed. at 92,380 miles the vehicle was driven only 1.5 miles in the morning to the subaru repair shop with the poor clutch engagement still occurring, and the subaru repair shop said they still could not duplicate the problem. the entire clutch assembly was removed and repaired shortly after the 33,220 mile service complaint at subarus expense, but the problem returned within a few thousand miles. this appears to be a common problem for subaru foresters, and possibly other manual transmission subarus (for ple, ://forums.vmag.com/suvsubaru0200/messages/5197.html).*ak |
