2013 Subaru Impreza

EVERY TIME IT RAINS OR IS WET OUTSIDE MY AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND ACTS AS IF I DONT HAVE A PASSENGER NEXT TO ME, BUT I DO. THEY ARE SITTING WITH SEAT BELT ON IN PASSENGER SEAT. BUT THE LIGHTS ON MY DASH SAY OTHERWISE. THIS ISSUE ONLY HAPPENS WHEN ITS WET OUT. AND IT SHOWS THE LIGHT ON DASH WHEN IM DRIVING, NOT WHEN I FIRST START THE CAR.

WHILE MY SON WAS DRIVING IN THE 95 NORTH SUDDENLY THE CAR LOCK OUT! MY SON BROUGHT THE CAR TO GARAVEL SUBARU GARAGE IN NORWALK CT. WHERE DIEGO WHO IS THE SERVICE MANAGER AT GARAVEL SUBARU TOOK CARE OF IT, THAT WAS ON NOVEMBER 18/2017 UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 11/28 OR 29 2017! WHEN HE PICK UP THE CAR AT GRAVEL SUBARU, THE CAR THE THE SAME THING WITH THE CLUTCH AGAIN! MY SOME BROUGHT AGAIN THE CAR TO THE GARAGE ON DECEMBER 23/2017- UNTIL JANUARY 4/2018,WHO WAS CHECK AGAIN AND THE COME UP THAT THE CAR DOESN'T HAVE ANY THING WRONG. MY SON CAME BACK WITH THE CAR, WITH THE MIND SET THE EVERYTHING WAS OK. AN HE WAS RISK HE LIFE AND OTHER LIFE WITH THE DEFECTIVE CAR.! STILL. AND THE CLUTCH DID AGAIN, LOCK OUT!!! HE BROUGHT THE CAR AGAIN ON JANUARY 28 ON OR ABOUT 2018 AND CURRENTLY THERE! PLEASE INVESTIGATE!

TAKATA RECALL. HAVING CELL PHONE ON SEAT WILL ACTIVATE THE AIRBAG ON AND WILL SET OFF SEAT BELT LIGHT AND SOUND. AFTER GETTING THE SEAT WET, AIRBAG WOULD NOT GO ON WITH SOMEONE SITTING IN IT AND LIGHT WOULD BE ON THE DASH. I HAD TO LET THE SEAT DRY AND THAT SEEMED TO MAKE IT WORK AGAIN AFTER GETTING WET. THIS IS PASSANGER SEAT. I SEE THAT THERE'S A RECALL FOR THAT ON THE 2012 MODEL. THE 2013 MODEL IS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME SENSORS AS THE 2012. WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS GET UPDATED AND MOVED TO A RECALL JUST LIKE THE 2012 MODELS.

TAKATA RECALL: PLEASE NOTE SHIFT LEVEL GEAR CONTROL LOCKS WHEN CAR IS TURNED ON, IN PARK, FOOT ON BRAKE. THE TRACTION CONTROL SENSORS, EMERGENCY BRAKE SENSORS, AND HILL SENSORS TURN ON WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THE GEAR LOCKS AND THE CAR WILL NOT TURN ON OR OFF COMPLETELY WHEN THESE SENSORS ARE ON. IT WILL ONLY TURN OFF WHEN THE BRAKE HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR SO LONG. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND PLACES, PARKING LOTS, DRIVEWAYS, AND IN AREAS WHEN CHANGING GEARS NEEDS TO OCCUR AND SIMPLE WILL NOT

THE PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR THAT CONTROLS AIRBAG IS FAULTY. SOMETIMES WITH A PASSENGER IN THE SEAT, THE AIRBAG LIGHT WILL GO ON INDICATING THAT THE AIRBAG IS DISABLED EVEN THOUGH PASSENGER IS IN SEAT AND BELTED. THIS CAN ALWAYS BE RESET BY TURNING IGNIOTION OFF AND ON AGAIN. ALSO SENSOR INCORRECTLY THINKS THERE IS A PASSENGER IN THE SEAT EVEN WHEN VERY LIGHT PACKAGES OR GROCERIES ARE ON THE SEAT WEIGHING 2-12 POUNDS. I'VE CALLED SUBARU AND THEY CLAIM SENSOR IS SET TO 27 PUNDS OR MORE, WHICH IS CLEARLY NOT WORKING HERE. SUBARU WILL NOT FIX THIS UNDER WARRANTY SO I THINK NHTSA SHOULD LOOK AT ALL THE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS HERE AND INVESTIGATE.

THE BRAKE SENSOR SWITCH FAILS TO REPORT POSITION OF THE BRAKE AND TURNS OFF ANTI LOCKING BREAKING SYSTEM. IF FAILS YOU CAR TURNING THE CAR APPLY BRAKE AND THE FOLLOWING LIGHTS TURN ON. HILL ASSIST,ABS,SKID CONTROL. WHEN THIS COMES ON ABS DOES NOT WORK. IT SOMETIMES LOCKS THE CAR IN PARK. THIS HAPPEN THEN TRIED TO STOP QUICKLY IN THE RAIN AND BRAKING SYSTEM DID NOT WORK CORRECTLY. REAR-ENDED A CAR. REPORTED THIS TO A DEALER YEAR AGO THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT. I FOUND IT QUICKLY WHEN SEARCHING THE WEB. COMMON ISSUE THAT COULD BE DEADLY.

ON AUGUST 14, 2017, WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVING AT 65 MILES PER HOUR, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SWIFTLY SHIFT DOWN AND COMPLETELY SEIZED, CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO PULL OVER ON THE LEFT SHOULDER. THIS WAS ABOUT ONE WEEK AFTER OUR ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED FOR FREE (THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY BUT DIDN'T ISSUE A RECALL - WHY? THEY TOLD US THAT THEY WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH 2010 AND 2013 IMPREZA TRANSMISSIONS BUT WE HAD TO ASK THEM ABOUT A FUNNY SOUND, NO ONE NOTIFIED US). THE CAR IS NOW WAITING FOR ANOTHER NEW TRANSMISSION BUT IT MUST BE A BIG PROBLEM BECAUSE 2 WEEKS LATER THE TRANSMISSIONS ARE STILL ON BACKORDER.

I PURCHASED MY 2013 SUBARU IMPREZA AS A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED VEHICLE WITH ~54,000 MILES ON IT IN AUGUST 2016. OVER THE LAST YEAR, I'VE NOTICED AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH THE OCCUPANT AIRBAG SENSOR IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. SOMETIMES, WHEN THERE IS A PASSENGER SITTING IN THE FRONT SEAT AND WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, WHETHER ON A HIGHWAY OR ON A SIDE STREET, THE PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF LIGHT WILL COME ON, AND THE RED AIR BAG LIGHT IN THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER WILL COME ON- MEANING THAT THE AIRBAG IS OFF WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE SEAT AND THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. INITIALLY, I THOUGHT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A FLUKE SO I TOOK THE WAIT AND SEE APPROACH. THIS PAST SPRING, THE PROBLEM STARTED HAPPENING MORE, SO I'VE SINCE STARTED DOCUMENTING THE PROBLEM EVERY TIME IT HAPPENS. I NOTICED THAT THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS MORE WHEN THE PASSENGER SIDE IS DAMP, WHETHER IT IS BECAUSE I'M DRIVING IN A HOT AND HUMID LOCATION, OR PASSENGER HAS DAMP CLOTHES DUE TO COMING BACK FROM THE BEACH OR RIVER, EXERCISING, OR JUST BEING PLAIN WARM & SWEATY. THERE IS A RECALL FOR OTHER 2012 IMPREZAS FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM, BUT MY CAR, WHICH I BELIEVE HAS THE SAME SENSORS AS THE RECALLED ONES FOR THE 2012 IMPREZA, IS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL.