Consumer Complaint Detail

SUBARU / OUTBACK / 1999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004292762 Incident Date: Jul, 09 2004
Consumer's City: NEWBURYPORT Consumer's State: MA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Subaru of America, Inc.
Model Name: OUTBACK Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Suspension:front:springs:coil springs
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4S3BG6855X6 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 09 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 09 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Front right coil spring broke which and caused the front tire to become shredded. the car was undriveable and needed to be towed to our mechanic. we discovered that a recall had been issued for this exact problem (nhtsa campaign id number : 01v216000). however, subaru refussed to pay for the repair because the car was not included in the batch of cars involved in the recall. we therefore had our mechanic repair the vehicle.