2013 Subaru Impreza

THE PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON OR ACTIVATE WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE AIR BAG LIGHT IN THE DASH BY THE SPEEDOMETER ALSO COMES ON RANDOMLY. THE EXACT SAME THING IS HAPPENING THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE COMMENTED ABOUT ON THIS WEBSITE. THE 2012S WERE RECALLED, BUT NOT THE 2013S WITH THE SAME PARTS?? GET IT TOGETHER SUBARU...

I INITIALLY CALLED MY LOCAL DEALER TO FIX THE RECALL (ENGINE VALVE MALFUNCTION) ON JANUARY 18, 2019. THEY SOONEST AVAILABLE DATE TO SCHEDULE THE REPAIR WAS TODAY, MAY 13, 2019 CITING A BACK ORDER ON PARTS. ALMOST 5 MONTHS LATER. ATTACHED IS THE SCREENSHOT OF THE DAY I MADE THE PHONE CALL. THEY ALSO INDICATED IN THE PHONE CALL WHEN I MADE THE APPOINTMENT THAT THE REPAIR WOULD NOT TAKE LONG AND I WOULD HAVE MY CAR BACK THE NEXT DAY. TODAY, THEY TELL ME THAT THEY WILL LIKELY HAVE MY CAR FOR ABOUT A MONTH BECAUSE THEY ARE BACKLOGGED AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK INVOLVED IS "MORE THAN ANYONE ANTICIPATED." I FEEL THAT NEARLY 6 MONTHS CANNOT BE CONSIDERED A "REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME."

WHEN I LISTED MY VIN NUMBER MY CAR DID NOT SHOW UP AS BEING RECALLED FOR THE SUBARU VALVE SPRING RECALL. MY FIVE DOOR IMPREZA HAS A BUILD DATE OF 06-2013. THE RECALL GOES THRU JUNE 13 OF 2013. NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V772000 I DON'T KNOW THE DAY MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DETERMINE THE DAY. HOWEVER I DO KNOW MINE WAS EQUIPPED WITH THE WEAK SPRINGS. WHILE MY CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY I HAD A VALVE SPRING BREAK WHILE DRIVEN AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH ON THE HWY ALLOWING THE VALVE TO TRAVEL INTO THE CYLINDER. THIS DESTROYED ONE HEAD AND THE PISTON. ALSO SCRATCHING THE CYLINDER WALL. THIS REQUIRED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SHORT BLOCK ASSEMBLY AND ONE HEAD. NOW I STILL HAVE ONE ORIGINAL HEAD AND ONE REPLACEMENT HEAD THAT I DON'T KNOW THE BUILD DATE ON. I THINK THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO COVER CARS BUILT LATER THAN JUNE 13 2013.

PASSENGER AIR BAG DOES NOT REGISTER AS 'ON' WHEN A PASSENGER IS PRESENT. EVEN A 15 POUND BACKPACK WILL CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO SHOW THAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG IS OFF. IT NEVER COMES ON. IT'S GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE I WILL NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO RIDE IN THE FRONT OF MY CAR WITH ME, BECAUSE I AM WORRIED THEY MAY BE SERIOUSLY INJURED IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. WHY HAVE SUCH A SPACIOUS VEHICLE IF ITS OCCUPANTS AREN'T SAFE? ALSO, THE RECALLED SENSOR IN THE 2012 IMPREZA CARS IS THE SAME TECHNOLOGY IN THE 2013 MODELS. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN TAKEN CARE OF? *DT

THIS COMPLAINT RELATES TO THE FOLLOWING RECALL: MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBER: WTY84 NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 18V772000 THE DEALER IN COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, HEUBERGER MOTORS, HAS FAILED TO REMEDY THIS SAFETY RECALL IN A TIMELY MANNER. I CALLED ON JANUARY 17TH, 2019 TO SCHEDULE THE WORK BUT AS OF TODAY, APRIL 23, 2019, THEY HAVE NOT DONE SO. THEY CLAIM THAT "IT'S JUST A SLOW PROCESS". I FIND THIS UNACCEPTABLE FOR A SAFETY RECALL.

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. VEHICLE NEEDS TO HAVE ENTIRE OIL RESERVOIR REFILLED EVERY 3 OR SO DAYS. WHEN ON HIGHWAY, VEHICLES SEIZES UP. THE CAR SLOWS WAY DOWN BY ITSELF AND THE HILL ASSIST INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON AS WELL AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. IT LOSES CONTROL AND THE CAR STARTS SHAKING. I HAVE SEEN TOO MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME EXACT ISSUE AND SUBARU REFUSES TO HELP. THIS IS AN ONGOING SUBARU PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE RECALLED!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 SUBARU IMPREZA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 18V772000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AND 19V149000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. STAR SUBARU (206-26 NORTHERN BLVD, BAYSIDE, NY 11361, (833) 271-0487) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 SUBARU IMPREZA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V772000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AND STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER (STATEN ISLAND SUBARU, 1257 HYLAN BLVD, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10305) CONFIRMED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.