Consumer Complaint Detail

SUBARU / BAJA / 2005

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005025909 Incident Date: May, 31 2005
Consumer's City: CITY OF INDUSTRY Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Subaru of America, Inc.
Model Name: BAJA Model Year: 2005
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4S4BT63C356 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 23 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 09 2005
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt:consumer has a subaru baja and the hand brake does not keep vehicle from rolling backwards on a hill. consumer took vehicle to dealer 3 times. first, dealer adjusted brake, but this did not fix the problem. consumer believed this actually made problem worse. consumer said that vehicle rolled faster after adjustment. on the other two trips to dealer nothing was done to vehicle other than technician taking vehicle on a test drive to see the problem. technician saw the problem and said this was normal. consumer has had this problem since he owned vehicle. it was bought new. no brake work was done t other than the one adjustment that dealer made.*ak