Subaru Outback, Legacy. Published by Transport Canada as 2018607 on 2 November 2018. System: Fuel System.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the low fuel warning light may not turn on at the correct time to warn of a low fuel level. The driving range indicator in the multi-information display may also indicate a remaining distance-to-empty when the fuel tank is empty. While the low fuel warning light will eventually turn on and the …
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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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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2018607
- Recall date
- 2 November 2018
- Make
- Subaru
- Models
- Outback, Legacy
- Model years
- 2018
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Fuel System
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 14,160
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the low fuel warning light may not turn on at the correct time to warn of a low fuel level. The driving range indicator in the multi-information display may also indicate a remaining distance-to-empty when the fuel tank is empty. While the low fuel warning light will eventually turn on and the fuel gauge will eventually display “E” (empty), if the driver continues to operate the vehicle based on the range indicator, the vehicle may run out of fuel, causing the engine to stall and increasing the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will reprogram the combination meter (gauge cluster) software. Note: Until the recall repair is completed, drivers should ensure to refill the fuel tank before the fuel level is close to empty.
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 2018607.
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.
- 2018606 · 2 November 2018 · Impreza, BRZ, XV Crosstrek · Engine
- 2018750 · 31 December 2018 · Legacy, BRZ, Outback · Visual System
- 2018502 · 14 September 2018 · Outback, Legacy · Brakes
- 2018019 · 10 January 2018 · Impreza WRX, Tribeca, Legacy · Airbag
- 2019013 · 10 January 2019 · Legacy, Forester, Outback · Airbag
- 2019104 · 1 March 2019 · Impreza WRX, Impreza, XV Crosstrek · Brakes
- 2019191 · 18 April 2019 · Outback, Legacy, Tribeca · Electrical
- 2019255 · 30 May 2019 · Crosstrek · Visual System
The same system: Fuel System
866 notices in this register name Fuel System. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2018600 · 1 November 2018 · 850 RMK, SKS · Fuel System
- 2018635 · 19 November 2018 · Q5, Q7 · Fuel System
- 2018654 · 28 November 2018 · Metris · Fuel System
- 2018577 · 23 October 2018 · Focus · Fuel System
- 2018558 · 10 October 2018 · Gsx-R1000, V-Strom (dl650), Gsx-S750 · Fuel System
- 2018701 · 13 December 2018 · Quattroporte, Ghibli · Fuel System
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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 704 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2018.
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