Consumer Complaint Detail

SUBARU / FORESTER / 2001

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 003248607 Incident Date: Nov, 03 2003
Consumer's City: LONG BEACH Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: 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#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 29 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Upon picking up my subaru forester in 2001, i complained to the dealer that the car was not driving correctly. was told car was fine. broke down 1 day later. ongoing problems with clutch. going from neutral to first car shudders. told car is functioing as designed. on 11/4/03 brought car into network mazda subaru with complaint about clutch told it was fine and functioning as designed.. broke down on 11/9/03, clutch plate broken. never experienced such a thing in the 30 years i've been driving a manual transmission. purchased car at neil subaru, went to gregoris subaru, no satisfaction, went to dealership stated above. service manager rude and talked down to me, i felt because i was a woman. manual trans. not working properly since the day i picked it up and no one will listen. gregoris replaced clutch and said something was broken. no satisfaction from subaru or the 3 dealers i have worked with so far. need your assistance.*ak