Smada Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Found this on another forum I frequent. Is this translation correct?? Posted: February 14, 2005, 12:03 pm Post subject: Subaru Legacy on recall -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 富士重工業は１４日、乗用車「スバル・レガシィ」６万３２１４台（０３年４月～０４年４月製造）について、車体のよじれを制御する装置「リヤスタビライザ」に欠陥がありブレーキ液が漏れ制動力低下の恐れがあるとして、リコール（回収・無償修理）を国土交通省に届け出た。 ...translation.... I looked around google for an English article, but I guess its not out yet...anywho, heres my own translation. On valentines day, Subaru Fuji Heavy industries stated to the Japanese government that they are recalling they Subaru Legacy made from 03 March - 04 April b/c the rear stabilizer has problems and it may cause the rear brakes to leak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deer Killer Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 No the link doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iyamdman Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 I followed your link - I got some classified ad. Copy and paste it so we can read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ih8vtec13 Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 just a sign in page, what is the recall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxx Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 is it the jdm h6 with sport shift recall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opie Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 It's Japanese built Legacy's only, all the USDM Legacy's are built in Indiana, so it does not apply to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smada Posted February 15, 2005 Author Share Posted February 15, 2005 That's good to know I guess.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red beast Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 does this mean that americans make better cars than the japanese? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSB Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 It may be the sway bar bushings already mentioned here... http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?p=127748#post127748 ... appears to affect the early models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbi012 Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 does this mean that americans make better cars than the japanese? hmm no it doesnt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firedawgs Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 There is another thread regarding the same issue. Remember that the JDM rear swaybar is bigger too; 17mm vs. 20mm. By the pictures I saw, it looked like about 2 1/2" clearance from the bar to the break linkage. I don't see the issue myself. Updated my vBGarage: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rao Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 OH NOOES!!! Time to sell the car Rob IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR CAR YOU SHOULD NEVER DRIVE IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firewire2035 Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 On valentines day, Subaru Fuji Heavy industries stated to the Japanese government that they are recalling they Subaru Legacy made from 03 March - 04 April b/c the rear stabilizer has problems and it may cause the rear brakes to leak.Think this is what you are referring to: Fuji Heavy Industries Co, owned by General Motors, said on Wednesday that it will recall 57 Subaru Legacy sedans in the mainland before China's Spring Festival (falling on February 9) due to possible brake system problems. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/04/content_2545077.htm Nothing to be concern about, yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firewire2035 Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 does this mean that americans make better cars than the japanese? yea, my squeaky chair told me so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red beast Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 hmm no it doesnt don't laugh. you make gm's up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyeFlyIsTheEye Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Of course it does. After all, according to Xinhua, China's state-owned news agency, Subaru is actually a division of GM. does this mean that americans make better cars than the japanese? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycee Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 OH NOOES!!! Time to sell the car Rao gets my vote for the most consistent purveyor of sarcasm. The humor is appreciated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epitaph Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 GM for life... *thanks god he didnt get a pontiac symbol tattoo* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGT Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 moved to warranty section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon in CT Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Subaru issued two recalls in Japan on Feb 14. Well, actually, it announced one safety defect recall and one service campaign. The Japanese details of the safety recall are at http://www.fhi.co.jp/recall/data/05-02_14.pdf. Strangely, SOA had reported this foreign recall to NHTSA a month before SOJ's recall was announced. SOA's report is at http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/prepos/files/Artemis/Public/Foreign%20Campaigns/2005/F-Campaigns/FRCL-05F002-3657.PDF and it explains why the recall isn't applicable to North American cars. The Japanese details of the service campaign are at http://www.fhi.co.jp/recall/./sc_data/05-02_14.pdf. It involves cars with 3.0R engines and sport shift automatic transmission. In the US, SOA began a service campaign, WWV-06, on Feb 23, 2005 to correct the same problem. A description of WWV-06 can be found at http://techinfo.subaru.com/html/displayPDFDesc.jsp?doc_id=75852. Since the fix is to re-program the TCU, expect any affected car to be out of service for a few days while the TCU is mailed to SOA for a reflash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt_ltd Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 has anybody had his/her TCU re-programmed? if so, how long did it take? i will probably wait until summer since this doesn't look too critical to me... This Space For Rent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringFellow Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 ']Subaru issued two recalls in Japan on Feb 14. Well, actually, it announced one safety defect recall and one service campaign. The Japanese details of the safety recall are at http://www.fhi.co.jp/recall/data/05-02_14.pdf. Strangely, SOA had reported this foreign recall to NHTSA a month before SOJ's recall was announced. SOA's report is at http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/prepos/files/Artemis/Public/Foreign%20Campaigns/2005/F-Campaigns/FRCL-05F002-3657.PDF and it explains why the recall isn't applicable to North American cars. The Japanese details of the service campaign are at http://www.fhi.co.jp/recall/./sc_data/05-02_14.pdf. It involves cars with 3.0R engines and sport shift automatic transmission. In the US, SOA began a service campaign, WWV-06, on Feb 23, 2005 to correct the same problem. A description of WWV-06 can be found at http://techinfo.subaru.com/html/displayPDFDesc.jsp?doc_id=75852. Since the fix is to re-program the TCU, expect any affected car to be out of service for a few days while the TCU is mailed to SOA for a reflash. Re-programming a TCU will be done at the dealer. No mailing will be required. It is just a software update and can be programming at any Subbie dealer. At most it might take them 15 or 20 minutes to update. -S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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