| NHTSA Record Id: 1659 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: SUBARU |
| Recalled Component Id: 000015316000202121000000180 |
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| Model Name: LEGACY |
Model Year: 2002 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 02V282000 |
Mfr Campaign Number: WWK-94 |
| Component Name: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jun, 01 2001 |
End date of Manufacturing: Sep, 30 2002 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 172564 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jan, 08 2003 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Subaru of America, Inc. |
Report Received Date: Oct, 30 2002 |
| Record Creation date : Oct, 30 2002 |
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| Defect Summary : Certain sport utility and passenger vehicles equipped with automatic transmissions were produced with an improperly manufactured transmission parking rod. when the transmission selector lever is placed in the "p" (park) position, the transmission park mechanism, that is intended to hold your vehicle, may not engage. |
Consequence Summary: The vehicle could then move/roll without prior warning, increasing the risk of a crash. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the automatic transmission parking rod assembly. owner notification january 8, 2003. an interim owner notification will be sent during november 2002. 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. |
Recall Notes: Customers can 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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