| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004290898 | Incident Date: Jul, 30 2004 |
| Consumer's City: QUINCY | Consumer's State: MA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Subaru of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: OUTBACK | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:clutch assembly:pedal/hand lever(motorcycle) |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 4S3BG6858W6 | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 31 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Aug, 31 1998 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Have a 1998 subaru outback. bought it new in 1998. has roughly 90000 miles. in the first year after purchase clutch went. dealer replaced clutch free of charge (didn't want to, though). read on the internet that there was a known clutch problem with the outback and a lot of people had similar problems. clutch was never, and has never been "right". the clutch has been looked at on several different occasions by different mechanics. none have been able to determine what the problem was. the clutch pedal will fade and drop to the floor (requies bare foot to grab the pedal w/toes to pull back up) sometimes eventually failing completely, other times, miraculously, returning to working order. we are out of warranty range, so we don't expect much from subaru, however we would like to register a complaint. we would never buy another one. i am putting down the date of the most recent failure event, which was yesterday.*ak |
