Subaru Xt6, Loyale, Legacy. Published by Transport Canada as 1994067 on 29 March 1994. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says Note: vehicles equipped with all-wheel drive manual transmission.
under cold and humid conditions, frost may form at the transmission oil level gauge (dipstick) where the breathing mechanism is incorporated. this could cause pressure to build inside the transmission case which in turn could push out the oil seal. …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1994067
- Recall date
- 29 March 1994
- Make
- Subaru
- Models
- XT6, Loyale, Legacy
- Model years
- 1989 to 1993
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 5,504
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
NOTE: VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ALL-WHEEL DRIVE MANUAL TRANSMISSION.
UNDER COLD AND HUMID CONDITIONS, FROST MAY FORM AT THE TRANSMISSION OIL LEVEL GAUGE (DIPSTICK) WHERE THE BREATHING MECHANISM IS INCORPORATED. THIS COULD CAUSE PRESSURE TO BUILD INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION CASE WHICH IN TURN COULD PUSH OUT THE OIL SEAL. SUBSEQUENT OIL LEAKAGE COULD RESULT IN BURNING OF TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO WHEEL LOCK-UP.
CORRECTION: ON VEHICLES WITH AN ALL METAL TYPE DIPSTICK, THE OIL LEVEL
GAUGE TUBE WILL BE MODIFIED AND THE DIPSTICK WILL HAVE A SPACER ADDED.
VEHICLES WITH A PLASTIC DIPSTICK WILL HAVE A MODIFIED TYPE DIPSTICK INSTALLED.
Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as published.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1994067.
Subaru elsewhere in this register
Subaru is named on 151 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1993061 · 29 April 1993 · Impreza · Fuel System
- 1993039 · 23 March 1993 · Legacy · Airbag
- 1995107 · 5 June 1995 · Justy, Loyale · Seats And Restraints
- 1992035 · 27 March 1992 · DL, XT, GL · Suspension
- 1992001 · 8 January 1992 · XT6 · Steering
- 1991092 · 12 June 1991 · Loyale, XT, Legacy · Powertrain
- 1991084 · 30 May 1991 · Loyale · Powertrain
- 1991043 · 12 March 1991 · Justy, Loyale, DL · Lights And Instruments
The same system: Powertrain
823 notices in this register name Powertrain. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1994051 · 14 March 1994 · Park Avenue, Ninety-Eight, Fleetwood · Powertrain
- 1994069 · 7 April 1994 · Civic, Civic Del Sol, Integra · Powertrain
- 1994018 · 3 February 1994 · Fla, FLD, FLB · Powertrain
- 1994003 · 10 January 1994 · Zx1100 · Powertrain
- 1994103 · 3 June 1994 · T Series · Powertrain
- 1994167 · 2 November 1994 · SC, SL · Powertrain
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Subaru Legacy, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Subaru: 151 in the register, and 202 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1994.
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