2010 SUBARU IMPREZA Complaints

CAR WAS PURCHASED FROM A DEALER WHO PURCHASED THE CAR FROM NEW YORK AUCTION. AFTER PURCHASING AND REPLACING COMMON THINGS YOU WOULD AFTER BUYING A USED CAR, WE RECENTLY REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKE PADS, AND AFTER INSTALLING THE PADS, AND DRIVING THE CAR AROUND, AND BREAKING SOFT AND HARD THE CAR WAS VIBRATING VIOLENTLY FROM A STOP FROM 60 MPH, AFTER PULLING OVER I NOTICE SMOKE AND BURNING SMELL COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. AFTER GETTING THE CAR HOME AND PULLING THE DRIVER SIDE APART, I NOTICED THE BRAKE CALIPER'S MAIN PISTONS FROZE UP AND WASN'T WORKING PROPERALY , DUE TO SO MUCH COROSSION AND RUST FROM THE CAR, COMING FROM NEW YORK., THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS BARELY MAKING CONTACT WITH THE ROTORS, CAUSING THE DRIVER SIDE BRAKES TO STOP THE CAR, WHICH IS CAUSING SEVERE VIBRATIONS AND LONGER TIME AND DISTANCE TO STOP THE CAR. THE CAR WAS THOROUGHLY WASHED AND CLEANED OF ALL SALT RESIDUE AND RUST. REPLACING BOTH FRONT CALIPERS, PADS, AND SCHEDULED A SERVICE APPOINTMENT WITH MY SUBARU DEALER TO ADDRESS A RECALL THAT'S STILL NOT COMPLETED ON THE CAR.

THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR NO LONGER STAYS UP. THE INTERNAL PLASTIC TENSION TUBING HAS BROKEN AND VISOR CAN SEPARATE FROM MOUNT ATTACHING TO THE CAR. PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AND MOVING. PROBLEM WAS NOT EXACERBATED BY ANY ACTION OR ABUSE, IT SIMPLY STARTED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 SUBARU IMPREZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO START. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE STARTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES INTERMITTENTLY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THERE WAS A SMELL OF FUEL FROM THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE WIRE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE FUEL PUMP HAD A SHORT AND CAUSED THE FUEL PUMP TO MELT. THE FUEL PUMP AND THE WIRING HARNESS WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE HOSE RUSTED OUT. THIS WAS ON THE METAL PIECE AT THE END OF THE HOSE. IT WAS LEAKING FLUID AT A HIGH RATE. BEFORE I KNEW THIS WAS THE ISSUE, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIKE CAME ON, SO I FILLED UP MY FLUID AND THE LIGHT WENT OFF. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ABOUT 100 MILES (LIKELY LESS) BEFORE THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THAT IS WHEN I HAD IT CHECKED. THE MECHANICS AT OKEMOS MARATHON IN OKEMOS, MICHIGAN DISCOVERED THE ISSUE. THEY SAID IT WAS HIGHLY UNUSUAL FOR THIS TO HAPPEN AT THIS LOW MILEAGE. I PAID $152.39 FOR THE SERVICE AND REPLACEMENT OF THIS PART, WHICH WAS ONLY AVAILABLE FROM THE DEALER BECAUSE OF THE UNUSUAL NATURE OF THE ISSUE.

TIRE SIDE WALL BULGE DEVELOPED AFTER HITTING POTHOLE IN PARKING LOT AT <15 MPH. BULGE ~1/2" HIGH AND EXTENDS FROM JUST ABOVE BEAD TO JUST BELOW EDGE OF TREAD. BULGE ~1" WIDE. FOUR TIRES PURCHASED AND INSTALLED BY SEARS (PLATTSBURGH, NY) ~1 YEAR AGO - OEM SIZE ON OEM RIMS. VEHICLE HAS TWO SETS OF WHEELS (SUMMER. WINTER), NO SEASONAL DISMOUNT/REMOUNT. REPORTING INCIDENT AS THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON COMPLAINT WITH THIS TIRE.

THE SUN VISOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DROPS DOWN. THE SWIVEL PIN THAT HOLDS IT IN PLACE CONSISTS OF A PLASTIC SLEEVE COVERING A METAL ROD. THE PLASTIC SLEEVE HAS BROKEN AND WILL NOT EXERT ENOUGH FORCE TO KEEP THE VISOR FROM UNEXPECTEDLY DROPPING DOWN, OBSCURING THE DRIVER'S VISION. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THE INTERSTATE AT HIGHWAY SPEED (65 MPH). APPARENTLY, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN 2010 AND RELATED YEARS OF THE IMPREZA AS THERE ARE MULTIPLE REPORTS OF THIS ON THE INTERNET AND THERE ARE EVEN AFTERMARKET PARTS MANUFACTURERS SELLING REDESIGNED REPLACEMENT VISORS. THIS IS DEFINITELY A "THRILL" WHEN IT HAPPENS IN TRAFFIC, AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND YOU CAN'T SEE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ALONG,DRIVERS SIDE SUNVISOR JUST SNAPPED. IT MOMENTARLY BLOCKED VISION. NOW IT HANGS IN THE DOWN POSITION. THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH IMPREZZA SUNVISORS .COULD CAUSE OPERATOR TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

SUBARU 2010 WRX CLUTCH FAILED AT LOW MILEAGE. THERE'S A KNOWN DEFECT INVOLVING THE FIREWALL THAT SUBARU IS NOT ISSUING A RECALL ON AND SHOULD, THIS USUALLY BURNS OUT CLUTCHES EARLY IN THE LIFECYCLE. *TR

MY 2010 WRX STI HATCHBACK IS MAKING A CREAKING/FLEXING/BENDING SOUND EVERY TIME I DEPRESS MY CLUTCH PEDAL. I STARTED TO NOTICE THIS ABOUT A MONTH AFTER I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE AND AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A NOISE ISSUE AND UPON FURTHER RESEARCH I NOTICED THAT MY CLUTCH PEDAL/BRAKE ASSEMBLY IS FLEXING AND THE SPOT WELDS ARE FAILING ON THE FIREWALL. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO MULTIPLE DEALERSHIPS IN VIRGINIA AND THEY ALL HAVE SAID IT IS "NORMAL" AND REFUSED TO WORK ON IT SAYING MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. I AM NOT SURE IF THE VEHICLE IS SAFE TO DRIVE OR IF THE ASSEMBLY WILL STOP WORKING CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, INJURY OR DEATH. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 SUBARU IMPREZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, A LOUD EXPLOSION WAS HEARD FROM THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE THEN SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO 100 MPH, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASH INTO A UTILITY POLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE CHEST AREA DURING THE CRASH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.