Defect Investigation Detail

SUBARU / WRX / 2003

Components - Details
NHTSA Action Number: EA03024 Vehicale/Equipment Name: SUBARU
Vehicale/Equipment Model: WRX Vehicale/Equipment Year: 2003
Component Name: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP Manufacturer's Name: Subaru of America, Inc.
Date Opened: Nov, 19 2003 Date Closed: Jul, 12 2005
Subject: EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES Summary: During the ea, odi and vrtc performed the following activities:1.conducted a mail survey of 246 subject vehicle owners todetermine the roadway surface that caused owners' concern;2.interviewed complaining owners;3.conducted field inspections of seven (7) complaint vehicles;4.instrumented testing at vrtc of complaint and "peer" vehicles;5.reviewed subaru's response to our information request;6.met with subaru for technical review of testingas a result of the work conducted by vrtc and odi during this investigaiton, a consistent or chronic pattern of poor brake performance has not been identified.vrtc conducted over 11,500 brake tests.they did not observe any long-duration, low deceleration events (some owners reported delays of 4 to 10 seconds) in the test vehicles.see odi's closing report and vrtc's test report for full details