Subaru WRX Complaints (2002)

427 consumer complaints on file.

#10037439September 8, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
SUBARU WRX ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM PERIODICALLY AND UNPRDICTABLY INHIBITS STOPPING POWER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10036776August 28, 2003
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
ON 8/25 MY 2002 WRX WAGON WOULD NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR,WITH ENGINE ON OR OFF.I CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED IN,WHEN IT WAS DROPPED OFF I WAS THERE,THE SERVICE PERSON TRIED TO SHIFT IT AND GOT IT TO GO INTO GEAR.WHEN THEY TRIED TO ENGAGE REVERSE,IT GROUND THE GEARS 4 TIMES,THEY SAID THE CAR WAS NOT STOPPED WHEN THEY TRIED,I WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE,IT WAS NOT MOVING!.THIS CAR HAS HAD TRANSMISSION CONCERNS BEFORE AND HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE OTHER VISITS WHERE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WITH GRINDING GEARS WHILE DRIVING,THIS COULD CAUSE IN MY OPINION A SAFTEY ISSUE ,DISTRACTION WHILE DRIVING.DO WE HAVE TO EXPERIENCE A TRANSMISSION LOCKING UP CAUSING INJURY OR DEATH BEFORE IT IS DELT WITH?. I AM SURE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032724August 13, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE BRAKES ON MY 2002 SUBARU WRX FADED, AND MY FOOT WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND THEN THE BRAKES AFTER 3 TO 5 SECONDS KICKED IN.*AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10031054August 8, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
MY 2002 SUBARU WRX HAS A DEFECTIVE ABS SYSTEM. WHEN BRAKING MODERATE TO HARD AND THE CAR HITS A BUMP, THE ABS "KICKS IN" AND REDUCES BRAKE PRESSURE, BUT AFTER THE ROAD HAS SETTLED THE BRAKE PRESSURE DOESN'T RETURN. YOU CAN PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR BUT BRAKE PRESSURE DOESN'T INCREASE. ONLY IF YOU LIFT YOUR FOOT COMPLETELY OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THEN REAPPLY, DOES BRAKING POWER RETURN. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF YOU HAVE TO PANIC STOP AND THERE IS AN IMPERFECTION IN THE ROAD. MY CAR HAS DONE THIS SINCE I TOOK DELIVERY MARCH 13TH, 2001
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030915August 6, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
ABS ACTIVATES ON BUMPY ROADS.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030807August 5, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED GOING OVER RAIL ROAD TRACKS AND/OR THE OCCASIONAL METAL EXPANSION JOINT.*AK
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No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030511July 31, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
2002 SUBARU IMPREZA WRX LOSS OF BRAKE POWER DURING BRAKING APPLICATION AS THE VEHICLE TRAVELS OVER DRY AND UNEVEN OR BUMPY ROAD SURFACES... MUST DISENGAGE FROM THE BRAKE APPLICATION AND REAPPLY THE BRAKES TO BEGIN SLOWING DOWN THE VEHICLE... REPEATABLE OCCURRENCES. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030517July 31, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
WHEN BRAKING ON UNEVEN OR ROUGH SURFACES, THE ABS BRAKES FAIL AND THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. I HAVE TO GET OFF ABS AND GET BACK ON QUICKLY; THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE PROPER WAY TO USE ABS BRAKES. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030417July 30, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
DURING NORMAL DRIVING ON DAYS WHERE AMBIENT TEMPERATURES EXCEED 90 DEGREES, AN OVERWHELMING SMELL OF GASOLINE ENTERS THE CABIN AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF DRIVING. THE GASOLINE FUMES OFTEN REMAIN IN THE CABIN FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN PARKED.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030329July 29, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
BUMPY ROADS CAUSE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES TO ENGAGE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, BRAKE PRESSURE DECREASES AND VEHICLE DOES NOT DECELLERATE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030232July 28, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
MY MODEL YEAR 2002 SUBARU IMPREZA WRX WAGON HAS HAD A SLIGHT REOCCURING PROBLEM WITH WHAT SEEMS TO BE A FAULTY ABS BRAKING SENSOR. *AK THE CAR SUFFERS FROM A DROP IN PRESSURE OF BRAKE PEDAL FEEL AND BRAKE PERFORMANCE OVER UNEVEN OR BUMPY ROADS. WHEN BRAKING UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS IF A BUMPY OR UNEVEN SURFACE IS ENCOUNTERED WHILE BRAKING THE ABS KICKS IN AND THERE IS A LOSS IN CONTROL VIA THE BRAKE PEDAL OF THE BRAKING FORCE. THIS CONDITION HAPPENS EVERY TIME THE CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT AS DESCRIBED, AND CAN BE QUITE DISCONCERTING. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT UNDER PANIC SITUATIONS, COUPLED WITH LESS THAN IDEAL ROAD SURFACES, THIS CONDITION COULD PROVE VERY DANGEROUS, AS THE BRAKING DISTANCE OF THE CAR INCREASES DRAMATICALLY DURING THIS ACTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030252July 28, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
ABS KICKS IN AND DOES NOT RETURN TO NORMAL BRAKING EVEN AFTER REGAINING CONTACT WITH THE ROAD. ATTEMPTED TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM ON MY OWN BUT COULD NEVER DO SO CONSISTENTLY. SEEMS TO HAPPEN OVER BUMPY ROADS, THE ABS KICKS IN, WHEEL(S) APPEAR TO LOSE TRACTION, BUT WHEN TRACTION SHOULD BE REGAINED, THE BRAKE PEDAL PRACTICALLY GOES TO THE FLOOR, THE CAR DOES NOT SLOW DOWN AT AN ACCEPTABLE RATE, AND ONLY AFTER "PUMPING" THE BRAKE PEDAL DOES THE CAR THEN GO BACK TO NORMAL (HARD) ABS BRAKING. WHILE IT HAS NEVER CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BEHAVIOR WERE IT TO EVER HAPPEN IN A PANIC SITUAITON.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029298July 27, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST
LOSS OF BRAKE POWER ON UNEVEN TERRAIN. WHEN ROAD IS NOT SMOOTH, BRAKES SEEM TO LOSE POWER AND CAR DOES NOT SLOW. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028948July 23, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS I HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM WHERE THE ABS SYSTEM ON MY 2002 SUBARU WRX ACTS IN AN UNPREDICATABLE MANNER. THE PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN BRAKING ON A UNEVEN SURFACE. BASICALLY IT FEELS LIKE THE ABS ENGAGES TO PREVENT WHEEL LOCK-UP GOING OVER THE BUMPS, YET PEDAL PRESSURE DECREASES AND THE STOPPING DISTANCE INCREASES. LUCKILY I AM FROM THE TIME BEFORE ABS AND MY INSTICT WHEN THE BRAKES AREN'T REACTING PROPERLY IS TO RELEASE AND THEN REAPPLY THE BRAKES. WITHOUT THIS INSTINCT I WOULD HAVE LIKELY BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT BY NOW. I BELIEVE THERE IS A FLAW IN THE ABS ON THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS TYPE OF EXPERIENCE ON ANY OTHER ABS EQUIPPED VEHICLES I HAVE DRIVEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028830July 22, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
I OWN A 2002 SUBARU WRX AND WANTED TO ADD TO THE LIST OF ABS COMPLAINTS. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES THAT WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT THE SAME TIME A BUMP IS HIT THE BRAKES FAIL TO RESPOND REGARDLESS OF SPEED. I ALMOST HIT A PEDESTRIAN IN A SIDEWALK ONCE TRAVELING 20 MPH WHERE I JUST HAPPENED TO HIT A BUMP AT THE SAME TIME I TRIED TO STOP. I HAD TO LET GO OF THE BRAKES AND REAPPLY TO GET THEM TO WORK. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE EXACT DATES ARE UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028638July 20, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
MY 2002 SUPRA IMPREZA WRX SEDAN HAS PRODUCED INCONSISTENT AND UNSAFE BRAKE OPERATION OVER ROUGH/WASHBOARD TYPE ROADS. ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS WHILE BRAKING IN A ROUGH ROAD SURFACE MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND MY CAR KEPT GOING. UPON ENCOUNTERING ROUGH ROAD AND THE RESULTING ACTIONS BY THE BREAK SYSTEM I HAVE EXPERIENCED INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. I SENT AN E-MAIL TO SUBARU OF AMERICA AND THE THE RESPONSE WAS TO THE EFFECT THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF ANY SUCH PROBLEM. I HAD THE DEALER INSPECT MY BREAK SYSTEM AND I WAS TOLD THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028663July 20, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
WHEN I AM BRAKING ON AN UNEVEN SURFACE, SUCH AS A POTHOLE, OR SOMETIMES ON GRAVEL, THE ABS WILL BE TRIGGERED, CAUSING A LOSS OF BRAKING PRESSURE WHICH CAUSES THE BRAKING DISTANCE TO BE EXTENDED CONSIDERABLY. I HAVE NOT GOTTEN INTO AN ACCIDENT AS A RESULT OF THIS, YET, BUT I AM WORRIED AS I CAN'T BE MONITORING PAVEMENT CONDITIONS EVERYTIME I APPLY MY BRAKES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028489July 17, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHENEVER I BRAKE OVER UNEVEN (JIGGLY) TERRAIN, THE ABS ON MY 2002 WRX "KICKS IN" AND BRAKING IS REDUCED AND BRAKING DISTANCE IS LENGTHENED. NO OTHER CAR THAT I HAVE OWNED WITH ABS OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM. NO ACCIDENTS OR INJURIES, BUT NUMEROUS SCARY MOMENTS WHEN BRAKING WAS DIMINISHED WHILE GOING OVER BUMPS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028369July 16, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
OVER ROUGH SURFACES (POTHOLES IN PAVEMENT, ROUGH PAVEMENT, RAILROAD CROSSINGS, UNEVEN PAVEMENT) THE ABS WILL KICK ON AT A LOW SPEED AND IT SEEMS, IF ONLY FOR A FEW MOMENTS, THAT THE CAR IS NOT BRAKING. THIS HAPPENS REGULARLY AND I NEED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN SUCH A WAY AS TO AVOID BRAKING ON THESE TYPES OF ROADS BY BRAKING EARLY AND ROLLING THROUGH THE ROUGH AREAS WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028384July 16, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN BRAKING ON UNEVEN SURFACES, BRAKES WILL MOMENTARILY STOP WORKING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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