Consumer Complaint Detail

SUBARU / LEGACY / 2003

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 003241588 Incident Date: Oct, 04 2003
Consumer's City: WINTHROP Consumer's State: WA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Subaru of America, Inc.
Model Name: LEGACY 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#: 4S3BE896637 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 22 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 15 2003
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The car hesitated starting up, but drove ok to post office ( 5 miles from my house). when leaving the post office, the car stalls. it then started up, and then stalled again as it entered the highway. had to physically get out of the car, unscrew the gas cap and start car in traffic. it died 500 feet later. i was able to steer the car to the edge of the road , where i unscrewed the gas cap and waited for 5 minutes. i got the car to start long enough to pull into the nearest store parking lot. it stalled again. car wouldn't start at all. went into store and shopped. came out and unscrewed gas cap. car started , then stalled. repeated this three times until the car finally ran. was able to drive 7 miles and park the car at my office. it never started up again. *la