Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1989 Subaru Loyale

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
3
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
11
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

3 filed
2
Crashes
0
Fires
2
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER Pipe AND CAP
    1
  • Vehicle Speed CONTROL:LINKAGES
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
91V082000·POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION1991-05-30

UNDER CERTAIN LOAD CONDITIONS, THE PARK GEAR MAY NOT DISENGAGE IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION LEVER IS MOVED FROM PARK TO REVERSE.

RiskDELAYED RELEASE OF TRANSMISSION FROM PARK CAUSES DELAYEDAND POSSIBLY ABRUPT VEHICLE MOVEMENT THAT COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLECONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.

FixINSTALL A MODIFIED PARKING BRAKE PAWL TO PREVENT DELAYED RELEASE INTO REVERSE GEAR.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
EA95008·FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES1995-03-10 → 1995-08-02

TAKATA SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILURE

Led to recall95V103006

PE94051·STRUCTURE1994-06-29 → 1994-10-31

HOOD LATCH FAILURE

PE91039·POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION1991-01-23 → 1991-05-30

REVERSE DELAYED ENGAGEMENT

Led to recall91V082000

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