Consumer Complaint Detail

SUBARU / WRX / 2002

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005020232 Incident Date: May, 12 2005
Consumer's City: Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Subaru of America, Inc.
Model Name: WRX Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Service brakes, air:antilock:control unit/module
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JF1GG29672G Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 15 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 16 2002
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While driving on a residential street, well within acceptable speeds, approaching a right hand turn with no traffic i slightly moved left on the road (over the bump strip, but not into the other lane) to get a smoother angle into the turn.upon braking, the drivers front tire squealed/slid, no abs pulse and brake pedal was far closer to the floor than normal.i let off and downsifted to no avail.i hit the curb (only, thankfully) but did extensive damage to my car rendering it undrivable.i now have no faith in my once cherished car and once it is repaired am contemplating replacing it.why havent they fixed this???????!?!?!?