NHTSA Record Id: 10475 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: SUBARU |
Recalled Component Id: 000008622000076005000000032 |
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Model Name: OUTBACK |
Model Year: 1996 |
NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V091000 |
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Component Name: SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY:HANGER,BRACKET |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC. |
Start date of Manufacturing: Jun, 03 1996 |
End date of Manufacturing: Sep, 30 1996 |
Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 29442 |
Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jun, 29 1998 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Subaru of America, Inc. |
Report Received Date: May, 04 1998 |
Record Creation date : May, 06 1998 |
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Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger station wagon, sedan and sport utility vehicles. due to improper welding, fractures can occur on the support bracket of the front transverse link. |
Consequence Summary: Such fractures can result in partial or complete separation of the bracket causing a failure of the lower suspension mounting, leading to a loss of vehicle control. |
Corrective Summary : Dealers will inspect and replace if necessary the front suspension support brackets. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification began june 29, 1998. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact subaru at 1-800-782-2783.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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