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2010-11 Subaru Outback & Legacy Sales Stopped Due to Flaw

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issues a statement stating that the oil lubrication hole in the six-speed manual transmission has not been drilled on the affected vehicles, which can cause gears to break due to the gears running without oil lubrication. From the NHTSA statement:

"If the transmission gears are not properly lubricated, a groaning sound may begin to develop, alerting the driver to a problem. If this sound is ignored and no action is taken, the gears will eventually break and this condition will lead to vehicle power loss, possibly resulting in a crash."

American Subaru dealers will repair the cars free of charge by drilling the oil hole in cars with low mileage.  On cars with mileage over 6,2500 they will be replacing gears 3 – 6 as well as the main shaft.

Subaru is warning drivers that if there vehicle is damaged from this problem there will be a noticeable “groan” that gets worse over time.  Drivers experiencing this should stop driving their cars.  If the gears wear bad enough to fail, then the car will lose power and can result in a crash.

The recall will officially go into effect on August 6th, but we recommend you contact your Subaru dealer as soon as possible to get scheduled.  The Outback and Legacy are two of Subaru’s main stay models, so we’d expect the service center schedules to fill up quickly.

  • Important Numbers
  • Subaru Customer Support -  800-782-2783
  • NHTSA’s hot line – 888-327-4236.
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Nissan Recalls Almost 540,000 Vehicles for Break, Fuel Gauge

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Nissan has announced the recall of 179,000 US vehicles today due to problems with the break pedal becoming lose.

Affected Models include:
036 Nissan Recalls Almost 540,000 Vehicles for Break, Fuel Gauge Some 2008 – 2010 Nissan Titan Pickups
036 Nissan Recalls Almost 540,000 Vehicles for Break, Fuel Gauge Some 2008 – 2010 Infinity QX56
036 Nissan Recalls Almost 540,000 Vehicles for Break, Fuel Gauge Some 2008 – 2010 Nissan Armada
036 Nissan Recalls Almost 540,000 Vehicles for Break, Fuel Gauge Some 2008 – 2009 Nissan Quest

Nissan has found that a pin that is used in the pedal assembly can come loose, causing a reduction in break force.  The more mileage on the car… the more likely it is to start showing signs of being loose.

The recall for this break problem officially begins on March 22, 2010.

As per usual, Nissan will be contacting owners who’s vehicles are affected by the recall and provide them with information on how the recall will be conducted, etc.

Nissan is also recalling 419,000 in the US due to faulty gas gauges.

According to Nissan:

“Vehicles at higher mileage levels may have fuel gauges which incorrectly indicate the amount of fuel in the tank. This may result in the vehicle running out of fuel while the gauge reads greater than empty,”

Nissan is saying that there is an issue that causes the fuel gauge on some Nissan vehicles to show 1/4 tank of gas when they are, in fact, empty.  Nissan is recommending that drivers of affected vehicles maintain at least 1/2 tank of gas to insure that they don’t get stranded.

Affected Models Include:
036 Nissan Recalls Almost 540,000 Vehicles for Break, Fuel Gauge Some 2005 – 2008 Nissan Titan Pickups
036 Nissan Recalls Almost 540,000 Vehicles for Break, Fuel Gauge Some 2005 – 2008 Infinity QX56
036 Nissan Recalls Almost 540,000 Vehicles for Break, Fuel Gauge Some 2005 – 2008 Nissan Armada
036 Nissan Recalls Almost 540,000 Vehicles for Break, Fuel Gauge Some 2006 – 2008 Nissan Frontier
036 Nissan Recalls Almost 540,000 Vehicles for Break, Fuel Gauge Some 2006 – 2008 Nissan Pathfinder
036 Nissan Recalls Almost 540,000 Vehicles for Break, Fuel Gauge Some 2006 – 2008 Nissan Xterra

The recall for this fuel gauge problem officially begins on March 22, 2010.  It’s being conducted in two batches, but the details on how it’s being broken up has yet to be released.  I would suspect that it’s being conducted in two batches due to parts availability.

Is anyone else getting tired of all of the recalls?

Are manufactures being hyper-proactive announcing recalls after seeing the aftermath of the Toyota recall?

Sound off in our comments below!

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Bad Month for Recalls – First Toyota, Now Honda, Who’s Next?

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Wow!  What a month for manufactures!  First Toyota with their recall problems…Now Honda has a massive recall of their own.

According to Honda’s press release they are expanding the driver’s side air bag inflator on over 375,000 of their 2001 & 2002 vehicles.  The problem lies in the airbag inflators possibly causing the airbag to deploy with too much pressure causing the air bag to rupture. 

Directly from the press release on Honda’s site as linked above:

In total, Honda is aware of 12 incidents related to this issue as of February 2010. While Honda was aware of two additional events when the decision to first expand the recall was made in July 2009, we are not aware of any new events that have occurred after July 2009. However, we have concluded that we cannot be completely certain that the driver’s airbag inflator in the vehicles being added to this recall at this time will perform as designed. Therefore, we have decided to add certain 2001 and 2002 Accord, Civic, Odyssey, CR-V, and selected 2002 Acura TL vehicles to this recall.*

* We are also adding one (1) Honda Pilot and one (1) Acura CL vehicle, each produced in late 2002, to this recall.

036 Bad Month for Recalls – First Toyota, Now Honda, Who’s Next?    Honda owners can see if they are impacted here or call they can call 1-800-999-1009
036 Bad Month for Recalls – First Toyota, Now Honda, Who’s Next?    Acura owners can see if they are impacted here or call they can call 1-800-382-2238.

Have you been effected by this recall?  Let us know how Honda treated you in the comments section.

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Toyota’s Latest Recall – Toyota Prius & HS 250h

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Toyota has announced a recall today for their some Prisus and all HS 250h.  Some drivers have reported that the ABS system on their car feels “inconsistent” when traveling over bumpy or slick roads.

Prisus that have been sold between May 2009 and January 2010 could be effected.  All 250h are effected.

Toyota is saying that the fix is a simple software update to the car’s ABS computer.  That’s good news!  At least it’s a pretty quick an painless fix.

In the meantime, Toyota is recommending that drivers on slick roads apply even, steady pressure even if the pedal if your ABS system engages.  That really is the same advice that all manufactures give relating to ABS systems, so there isn’t anything really new there.

For more info you can visit Toyota’s press release about this recall.

Poor Toyota has has it’s share of problems over the last few months.

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