| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 999031151 | Incident Date: Jun, 24 1999 |
| Consumer's City: WRIGHTWOOD | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Subaru of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: OUTBACK | Model Year: 1999 |
| 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#: JF1GF4850XG | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Feb, 05 2000 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Feb, 28 1999 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: There was difficulty downshifting when the car was new. i thought it was just tight. in may, 1999, after extensive clutch use on a trip to san francisco, while driving on the freeway, the car would not shift from 4th to 5th or 5th to 4th. it seemed to be ok later. within a couple weeks we noticed a terrible burning smell from starting on a hill and extensive clutch slippage. the clutch was eventually replaced in august, 1999, but the new clutch showed the same problems. the difficulty in shifting has gotten worse and my son was almost in an accident when he needed to downshift from third to second to change lanes in bad freeway traffic. he had been using the cluch a lot, because it was stop and go traffic. the problem of being unable to change gears has been getting worse and is very scary. the clutch continues to slip and burn. we have been attempting to get subaru to buy back the car with no success. *ak |
