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Subaru Outback Suspension Safety Report | Aug 06, 2012
Reported on Aug 06, 2012
| VEHICLE SUSPENSION DOES NOT CONTROL VEHICLE DURING FREEWAY SPEED DRIVING. VEHICLE EXPERIENCES LARGE LEFT-RIGHT SWAY MOTIONS ON WAVY PAVEMENT AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AND LARGE UNCONTROLLED VEHICLE MOTIONS UP-DOWN AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. VEHICLE IS HARD TO CONTROL DURING OCCURRENCES AND NEEDS CONSTANT STEERING CORRECTIONS AS RESULT OF LARGE SUSPENSION MOTIONS. ALSO DUE TO THE POORLY DAMPED SUSPENSION, BRAKING DISTANCES ARE LONG. CAR DOES NOT SLOW DOWN AS EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY WHEN VEHICLE IS UNDERGOING A LARGE SUSPENSION ARTICULATION. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, MY VEHICLE WAS INITIALLY TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP TO VERIFY PROBLEM, BUT, DEALERSHIP MECHANIC SAID VEHICLE BEHAVES W/ IN SPEC AND LIKE OTHER VEHICLES. I RECENTLY TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR ANOTHER ISSUE, BUT, RECEIVED A LOANER VEHICLE IDENTICAL TO MY VEHICLE. THE LOANER VEHICLE DOES NOT RESPOND IN THE SAME MANNER AS MY VEHICLE. LOANER VEHICLE EXHIBITS WELL DAMPED SUSPENSION CONTROL AND NEGLIGIBLE BODY MOTIONS. BRAKING DISTANCES ARE MUCH BETTER ON THE LOANER VEHICLE LARGELY DUE TO THE WELL DAMPED SUSPENSION. THE LOANER VEHICLE IS SIGNIFICANTLY EASIER TO DRIVE THAN MY VEHICLE. MY VEHICLE IS STILL CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP BEING REVIEWED BY SUBARU OF AMERICA'S TECHNICAL ADVISOR. *TR | |
| Make: | Subaru |
| Model: | Outback |
| Manufactured by: | Subaru of America, Inc. |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | TORRANCE CA |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 4S4BRDSC6D2 |
| Mileage: | 1000 miles. |
| Speed: | 50 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 6 |
| Vehicle type: | |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | |
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