1996 SUBARU LEGACY Complaints

SMELLING OIL FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS. FINALLY TOOK VEHICLE IN 6 WEEKS AGO FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE & DISCOVERED OIL LEAKS. WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC LEAKS CAMEFROM CRANKSHAFT OR CAMSHAFT GASKET AND CYLINDERS. CONTACTED DEALER REPLACED CRANKSHAFT GASKETS/WATER PUMP. ANOTHER LEAK IN THE BACK OF ENGINE CAUSED BY SEPARATOR COVER GASKET. *AK

ABS DOES NOT SEEM TO SLOW OR STOP VEHICLE QUICK ENOUGH, IN EMERGENCY SITUATION. *ET

PE99067, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; WHILE DRIVING ALL LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STARTED BLINKING, THERE WAS A HUGE POPPING NOISE, AND AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL. AFTER PULLING ONTO THE SHOULDER, DRIVER OPENED THE HOOD TO FIND AN ELECTRICAL MELTDOWN FUSES AND WIRES. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

PE99067, INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER WAS INOPERATIVE AND VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN A CRASH. OCCUPANT IS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS OPERATING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

4 INCIDENTS ENGINE FAILURE. FIRST TIME I PUSHED ACCELATOR AND THERE WAS NO POWER. CONTINUED TO APPLY GAS PEDAL AND NO POWER, IT WAS AS IF I WAS NOT APPLYING THE GAS AT ALL. CHECH ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH, CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE, AND AS SOON AS CHECK ENGINE STOPPED BLINKING AND LIGHT REMAINED ON, THE CAR RAN SMOOTHLY. THE SECOND INCIDENT WAS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE FIRST. THE THIRD INCIDENT THE CAR DID THE SAME EXACT THING BUT THIS TIME IT STALLED OUT AS WELL. 4TH TIME WAS VERY MUCH LIKE THE FIRST TWO. HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES AND THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

REPEATED EPISODES W/OUT RESOLUTION. CAR WILL STALL AT ANY GIVEN TIME WITH NO WARNING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BLINKS AND CAR WILL LOOSE POWER OR COMPLETELY STALL. NO WARNING, NO BRAKES, NO REASON AFTER REPEATED VISITS TO DEALER. MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN, CAR SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN .

CONSUMER NOTICED RUST ON THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED ANDTOLD CONSUMER TO LOOK OVER THE RUST. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO BECOME MUSHY, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. HAD BEEN REPAIRED BEFORE. DEALERSHIP KNOWS ABOUT PROBLEM & HAD ORDERED PARTS FROM JAPAN. *AK

GAS GAUGE IS INOPERATIVE, CANNOT INDICATE HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE VEHICLE WHICH MAY CAUSE STALLING. DEALER NEEDS TO REPLACE THE FUEL SENDER UNIT. *AK