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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006082093 | Incident Date: Aug, 27 2006 |
| Consumer's City: MENLO PARK | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Subaru of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: OUTBACK | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 4S3BG6850W7 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 14 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Aug, 04 1997 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Subaru of america, inc. subaru plaza p.o. box 6000 cherry hill, nj 08034-6000 attn: customer/dealer services re: subaru legacy outback vin [deleted for privacy] to whom it may concern: i am writing to complain about a situation with our oil at temp warning light which resulted in our paying $130 for a false positive warning about the automatic transmission. after the warning light appeared, i took the vehicle to carlsen subaru. they performed the diagnosis and found no problems with the automatic transmission. in fact, they said that there was a known problem where a battery change could cause a ''false positive'' warning about the automatic transmission. considering that this is a known problem that subaru is aware of, and has not notified customers of, i am requesting a refund by subaru for the full $130. i have two concerns about this problem: 1. the obvious safety concern '' wondering if there really is a problem that the diagnosis could not pinpoint 2. the concern that subaru has a known problem that cost me $130 sincerely, [deleted for privacy] cc: nhtsa complaints |
