Consumer Complaint Detail

SUBARU / OUTBACK / 2000

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005022115 Incident Date: Mar, 18 2005
Consumer's City: MONTCLAIR Consumer's State: NJ
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Subaru of America, Inc.
Model Name: OUTBACK Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4S3BH6756Y7 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 30 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 26 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Vehicle approximately 9 months ago was experiencing a slight delay in engaging automatic transmission from any gear into drive. had dealership look at it and do a transmission flush of all fluid. the problem really didn't get better until finally on 3/19/05 at only 51,800 miles the transmission would no longer engage in drive at all. a transmission shop looked at it and said an 'o' ring failed causing the entire transmission to need to be rebuilt and catalytic converter to be replaced. cost was $2,644 and was only 6 weeks past expiration of the warranty.