Subaru of America has announced a voluntary recall for a possible defect in the automatic transmission parking rod which engages the parking pawl into the parking gear.
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This recall involves 163,243 automatic transmission assemblies that were installed in very late production 2001 Legacy vehicles, all 2002 Legacy, Outback, Forester and Impreza vehicles and some early production 2003 Legacy, Outback, Baja, Forester and Impreza vehicles.
When the transmission selector lever of affected vehicles is placed in the Park position, the mechanism that is intended to hold the vehicle in Park may not fully engage, and the vehicle could move without prior warning.
Properly applying the parking brake will prevent vehicle movement even if this condition exists.
The campaign was launched as a result of out-of-specification parts found during quality assurance testing. There have been no reported injuries as a result of this condition.
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Repair parts should be available in January 2003. Subaru will soon write to all registered owners of the affected vehicles, advising them to always use their parking brake as directed in the owner’s manual. A second letter will be sent to owners when the repair parts are available early next year.
Repairs will be made by dealers at no charge to owners.
