Subaru Outback, Legacy. Published by Transport Canada as 2003167 on 7 July 2003. System: Suspension.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the left front transverse link components were produced with poor electro-deposition coating quality which, after continued exposure to corrosive road salts for a period of several years, may result in rust-out of the component and possible breakage of the transverse link. If such a breakage …
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Subaru OUTBACK in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Subaru OUTBACK is named on 44 American notices, 14 British, 7 European and 33 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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The European register
The Israeli register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2003167
- Recall date
- 7 July 2003
- Make
- Subaru
- Models
- Outback, Legacy
- Model years
- 2003
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 217
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the left front transverse link components were produced with poor electro-deposition coating quality which, after continued exposure to corrosive road salts for a period of several years, may result in rust-out of the component and possible breakage of the transverse link. If such a breakage occurs while the vehicle is being operated, control of the vehicle could be affected. Correction: Dealer will rust-proof the left side transverse link with anti-rust wax.
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 2003167.
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.
- 2003198 · 27 August 2003 · Outback, Legacy · Fuel System
- 2003117 · 30 April 2003 · Outback, Legacy, Baja · Suspension
- 2003054 · 4 March 2003 · Forester · Seats And Restraints
- 2002200 · 5 November 2002 · Legacy, Outback, Impreza · Powertrain
- 2004094 · 16 March 2004 · Legacy, Outback, Impreza WRX · Other
- 2002162 · 11 September 2002 · Baja, Legacy, Outback · Engine
- 2004189 · 8 June 2004 · Legacy · Airbag
- 2004242 · 13 July 2004 · Impreza · Seats And Restraints
The same system: Suspension
746 notices in this register name Suspension. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2003179 · 29 July 2003 · Argosy, FLD, FLB · Suspension
- 2003159 · 19 June 2003 · VNL, VNM · Suspension
- 2003182 · 5 August 2003 · FH210, FH211, FK617 · Suspension
- 2003140 · 23 May 2003 · Accent · Suspension
- 2003122 · 5 May 2003 · VN, WXLL, WX · Suspension
- 2003117 · 30 April 2003 · Outback, Legacy, Baja · Suspension
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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 350 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2003.
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