2014 SUBARU IMPREZA Complaints

PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHTS TURNS OFF AFTER SOME TIME DRIVING WITH A 200 LB PASSENGER IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE LIGHT STARTS OFF ON AND TURNS OFF MEANING THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY. SUBARU DEALER REVIEWED PROBLEM AND DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG EXCEPT FOR SOME HISTORICAL WET SENSOR ERROR CODES. THIS IS UNSAFE AS AS THE AIR BAG WON'T DEPLOY IF I HAVE A CRASH. I HAVE THE DEALER PAPERWORK WHERE THEY TESTED IT AND DID NOTHING !!

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN MY SON HAS A 2014 SUBARU IMPREZA . LEASED BRAND NEW. WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM THE BEACH AND AFTER DRYING OFF THE PASSENGER NOTICED THAT THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT LIGHT WAS NOT ON. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER IN RAMSEY NEW JERSEY ?INVOICE 244854 .THEY HAD THE TECHNICIANS LOOK AT THE CAR AND WHAT THEY TOLD US WAS VERY UPSETTING AND SEEMS RIDICULOUS . IF THE PASSENGER SEAT IS THE LEAST BIT DAMP THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY. I HAVE IN WRITING FROM SUBARU, OWNER?S MANUAL PAGE 1-47. SO IF THERE IS A CHILD THAT IS A PASSENGER AND HE SPILLS A SODA OR EVEN WATER THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM. HOW MANY PASSENGER DRINK COFFEE ON THEIR WAY TO WORK. THE ADVICE FROM SUBARU IS THAT IF THE SEAT GETS WET HAVE THE PASSENGER SIT IN THE BACK UNTIL IT TOTALLY DRIES. WHAT ? THIS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN?.REMEMBER TAKATA. I CAN?T BELIEVE A COMPANY LIKE SUBARU CANNOT FIX THIS PROBLEM, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT MAY ALSO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE OUTBACK AND FORESTER. ALL MODELS IF TRUE ARE ADVERTISED FOR THE OUT DOORS. UPDATED 11/25/15*LJ

CHECK OIL LIGHT FIRST CAME ON AT 5000 MILES. AFTER CHECKING THE OIL, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT I WAS DOWN TWO QUARTS OF OIL. I GOT A COMPLETE OIL CHANGE WITH SYNTHETIC OIL WHICH IS NOT CHEAP. OIL LIGHT AGAIN CAME BACK ON AFTER ANOTHER 2500 MILES. HAD TO ADD ANOTHER QUART OF OIL. DEALERSHIP SAID THIS RATE OF OIL CONSUMPTION WAS NORMAL, HOWEVER I INSISTED ON AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. HAVING TO ADD OIL THREE TIMES IN 9000 MILES FOR A BRAND NEW CAR IS NOT NORMAL NO MATTER WHAT THE DEALERSHIP SAYS. I HAD A 2011 SUBARU IMPREZA SPORT AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I ACTUALLY RAN MYSELF OUT OF OIL AND THE CAR STALLED GOING 45 MILES AN HOUR DOWN THE FREEWAY. I LIMPED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID I MUST HAVE HAD A MAJOR OIL LEAK. MY GARAGE WAS AND IS CLEAN OF ANY SIGNS OF AN OIL LEAK. I WAS NOT EVEN DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE WHEN THE CAR STALLED AND WAS OUT OF OIL. I TRADED THE 2011 IMPREZA SPORT FOR A 2014 IMPREZA SPORT BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE 2011 MUST HAVE BEEN A LEMON. IT IS EXPENSIVE TO KEEP HAVING TO ADD SYNTHETIC OIL TO A BRAND NEW CAR BETWEEN OIL CHANGES TO KEEP IT RUNNING, AND I TRADED IN A CAR WITH NO CAR PAYMENT TO GET ANOTHER CAR WITH THE SAME ISSUE. YET, I SEE THERE IS STILL NO RECALL FOR EITHER THE 2011 OR 2014. SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO HAVE TO STALL AT HIGH SPEEDS AND CRASH BEFORE ANYTHING IS DONE BY SUBARU TO ADDRESS AND CORRECT THE PROBLEM, APPARENTLY.

2014 SUBARU IMPREZA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS PEDAL ISSUE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HER FOOT BECAME STUCK UNDER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND SHE CRASHED INTO THE GARAGE DOOR. IT WAS DETERMINED, HER SHOE BECAME CAUGHT IN A PLASTIC PIECE TO THE RIGHT OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. *JB

WARNING LIGHT FLASHES FOR 30 SECONDS THEN STAY ON. CHECKED TIRE PRESSURE. ALL WERE GOOD. *TR

2014 SUBARU IMPREZA FELT AN UNUSUAL WIND PROBLEM WITH IT BEING VERY UNPREDICTABLE MAKING IT UNSTABLE. *TA THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, IT WAS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE. *JB

2014 SUBARU IMPREZZA. CUSTOMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEAD RESTRAINTS REGULATIONS AND THINKS THEY SHOULD BE MODIFIED. *CW THE CONSUMER STATED THE HEAD RESTRAINTS, WERE OVERLY RESTRICTIVE, UNNECESSARY BAD FOR DRIVER'S POSTURE, AND DEVASTATING TO SHORTER PEOPLE AND OTHERS WITH EXISTING PR POTENTIAL SHOULDER, BACK AND NECK PROBLEMS. THE CONSUMER STATED DRIVING 30 MINUTES OR LESS SHE EXPERIENCED CONSIDERABLE NECK PAIN AND SHOULDER PROBLEMS, WHICH HAVE CONTINUED TO WORSEN. *JB

CAR UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED IN A REMOTE AREA OF A PARKING LOT IN A MALL. WENT OVER A CURB, CROSSED A GRASSY AREA AND STRUCK A TREE. DRIVER INDICATES THAT BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO NO AVAIL. REAR DRIVING WHEELS WERE DEPRESSED INTO THE GROUND AFTER THE CAR WAS STOPPED BY THE TREE, INDICATING THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE CAR WAS STILL ACCELERATING AFTER IT WAS STOPPED BY THE TREE. *TR

CHECK OIL LIGHT FIRST CAME ON AT 2500 MILES, HAD TO ADD A QUART OF OIL AND ALSO GOT A COMPLETE OIL CHANGE. HAD TO ADD ANOTHER 1/2 QUART OF OIL AT 6000 AND ANOTHER ONE AGAIN AT 9000 DUE TO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON. AT 2500, DEALERSHIP SAID THIS OIL CONSUMPTION RATE WAS NORMAL. AT 9000, DURING ANOTHER MINOR SERVICE, WAS AGAIN TOLD MY CURRENT RATE OF OIL CONSUMPTION WAS NORMAL. HOWEVER, HAVING TO ADD OIL THREE TIMES IN 9000 MILES FOR A BRAND NEW CAR DOESN'T SEEM SAFE. *TR

I PARKED THE CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON A LARGE PULL OUT AREA. I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE, TURNED THE OFF AND TOOK THE KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO TAKE SOME PICTURES OF THE FALL COLORS. I WAS OUT OF THE CAR FOR ABOUT 3 TO 5 MINUTES AND I LOOK BACK TO SEE THE CAR ROLLING DOWN THE SLOPE IN TO A TRUCK THAT WAS PARKED IN THE SAME AREA. WHEN I GOT BACK INTO THE CAR THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN NEUTRAL. THE HOOD AND FRONT BUMPER WAS DAMAGED. *TR