NHTSA Campaign 08V460000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
NHTSA campaign 08V460000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the engine and engine cooling: engine. The repair is free.
SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC filed the report for 08V460000 with NHTSA on September 11, 2008; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 08V460000, NHTSA lists up to 16,715 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 12, 2006 and January 17, 2008.
The 08V460000 report reached NHTSA 8 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 08V460000 were scheduled from October 20, 2008, 39 days after the report.
08V460000 covers 3 models from Subaru, model years 2007–2009.
Owners of the model years 08V460000 covers have filed at least 16 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 08V460000 vehicles, the 2008 Subaru Impreza has the most (14).
By potentially affected vehicles, 08V460000 ranks 13 of 35 SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 08V460000, SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC has 3 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site; the one before 08V460000 was 04V473000, reported on October 1, 2004.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- SUBARU IS RECALLING 16,715 MY 2007-2008 LEGACY SEDANS AND WAGONS, MY 2008 IMPREZA SEDANS AND WAGONS, AND MY 2009 FORESTER VEHICLES. SOME VEHICLES MAY HAVE THE CYLINDER HEAD-SIDE OIL SUPPLY PIPE AND TURBOCHARGER-SIDE PIPE IMPROPERLY ASSEMBLED.
- The risk
- VIBRATION WOULD OCCUR WHILE DRIVING AND, OVER TIME, COULD EVENTUALLY RESULT IN CRACKING THE PIPE WHICH WOULD ALLOW OIL TO LEAK. IF LEAKING OIL CONTACTS COMPONENTS OPERATING AT HIGH TEMPERATURES, AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE COULD OCCUR.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT FOR CRACKING OR AN OIL LEAK AT THE OIL SUPPLY PIPE AT THE CYLINDER HEAD-SIDE. AN ADDITIONAL BRACKET WILL BE INSTALLED TO INCREASE RIGIDITY OF THE PIPE AND THE PIPE ASSEMBLY WILL BE REPLACED WITH A MODIFIED PART. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 20, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT SUBARU AT 1-800-782-2783.
- Notes
- SUBARU RECALL NO. WVF-16.
Reported September 11, 2008
Vehicles covered by 08V460000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 08V460000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: September 11, 2008. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted