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1989 Subaru Loyale Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
3
Latest Dec 3, 1998
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
1
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Jun 5, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1989 Subaru Loyale. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–3 of 3

Fuel system
Filed Dec 3, 1998

FUEL FILLER TUBE RUSTS PREMATURELY AND ALLOWS GASOLINE TO SPILL INTO THE WHEEL WELL OF THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL. DEALER CONTACTED AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID
831667
Incident
Oct 1, 1997
Driver assistance
Filed Feb 24, 1998
1 injury reported

SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN A VEHICLE COLLISION.

NHTSA ID
821052
Incident
Jan 5, 1998
Seat belts
Filed Jun 5, 1995
Crash reported1 injury reported

IN A VEHICLE COLLISION THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD. TT

NHTSA ID
966290
Incident
May 26, 1995

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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