Consumer Complaint Detail

SUBARU / OUTBACK / 2000

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004270875 Incident Date: Apr, 19 2004
Consumer's City: GAINESVILLE Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Subaru of America, Inc.
Model Name: OUTBACK Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Structure:body:bumpers
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4S3BH6652Y6 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 19 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 24 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Paint & trim problems: the titanium colored paint on the front bumper is defective and is coming off; some came off at a local car wash. defects in paint are evident to paint experts; also, the chrome trim paint on the bottom edge of the front grill is "bubbled up" in 3 places and will soon fall off; car purchased new and not exposed to salt; vehicle age is a mere 4 yrs, 49k miles - this is obviously defective paint; another customer in our area had the same problem.*ak