2002 Subaru Impreza problems, complaints & recalls

2021-12-16 · Suspension · 170,000 mi

“the contact owns a 2002 subaru impreza. the contact stated that while reversing, the vehicle felt as if there was a flat tire on the vehicle. upon inspection, the contact noticed that the front driver's side tire was about to detach. additionally, the driver’s side front lower control arm was fractured. prior to the failure, the contact had driven …”

2021-06-08 · Suspension

“the passenger side lower control arm was rusting out without my knowledge and while driving, a part of it broke in half which caused my front passenger side while to turn the wrong way and ripped apart the cv axle causing me to swerve to the left and promptly stopping the vehicle causing cars behind me to swerve out of the way. thankfully, i was in…”

2020-11-19 · Electrical System:horn · 154,973 mi

“tl* the contact owns a 2002 subaru impreza. the contact stated that the horn would sound inadvertently without being activated by the driver. the contact stated that at first the horn would sound once however, recently the failure was more frequent and for a longer period of time. the contact had not taken the vehicle to be diagnosed or repaired. n…”

2020-08-05 · Suspension · 54,000 mi

“hello, i hope this message finds you safe and well. my problem is as follows: control arm failure exactly as described in previous recall from 2011 (lower control arm broke at hangar bracket; safety recall: wvx34|nhtsa campaign: 11v464000). i was never personally notified of the recall, the catastrophic failure leading to a near accident at …”

2019-12-10 · Fuel/Propulsion System · 73,000 mi

“strong smell of fuel upon start-up when in sub-freezing conditions. it has occurred twice in 2019, which are the only recent times it has been exposed to those conditions. the first occurrence was in february, 2019. the second was in november, 2019. recall 09v468000 applies to my model vehicle, but only in certain states. the recall, therefore…”

2019-12-10 · Power Train · 101,000 mi

“put my car in park and it started rolling backwords.... same exact day in was at a stop light on a incline and my car rolled backwords faster then it should while in drive. car has 101000 miles…”

2019-08-10 · Suspension · 195,000 mi

“safety recall: wvx34 i had this work done at a dealership. they did a punch test.the lower control arms passed on july 9, 2019 and were undercoated at 192630 miles. today august 10, 2019 the passenger side control arm broke while driving at 70 mph. i was able to safely get the vehicle home and towed to the dealership. they were unable to tell m…”

2019-03-25 · Suspension · 150,000 mi

“subaru impreza outback sport 2002, passenger lower control arm had corrosion bad enough to cause complete separation and failure causing loss of vehicle steering control while driving on a highway at approximately 40 mph. contacted subaru of america and subaru dealership, subaru was not within the vin numbers specified under the current recall to …”

2019-03-01 · Suspension · 85,000 mi

“the front passenger side control arm broke into two pieces causing loss of control of the vehicle. this caused the right from tof the vehicle to drop down, it caused the tire to contact the fender at rear of wheel opening and caused the front wheels to point in two different directions. the occurred on a city street (luckily) while backing and turn…”

2019-02-18 · Suspension · 127,500 mi

“nhtsa campaign id 11v464000 (subaru safety recall wvx-34) covers 2002-2007 imprezas, as well as other models. the safety recall covers cars registered in 20 rust belt states. my vehicle has never been registered in those states, so it is technically not covered, but it is driven there regularly since we live only a few miles away. subaru of a…”