The defect
ON CERTAIN PASSENGER SEDANS, WAGONS, AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE COULD COME OUT OF ITS TRACK ON THE CRUISE CONTROL LEVER AND LODGE ON THE CONTROL LEVER TAB WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS RELEASED. IF THIS CONDITION OCCURS, THE THROTTLE WILL NOT RETURN TO THE IDLE POSITION AND WILL REMAIN IN AN OPEN POSITION.
The risk
IF THIS OCCURS DURING VEHICLE OPERATION, THE DRIVER COULD LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL INSTALL A CRUISE CONTROL CABLE RETAINING CLIP TO THE CRUISE CONTROL LEVER TAB ON THE THROTTLE SHAFT IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE FROM COMING OUT OF ITS TRACK. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON APRIL 12, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT SUBARU AT 1-800-782-2783.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Subaru Impreza | 2002, 2003, 2004 |
| Subaru Legacy | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 |
| Subaru Outback | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 |
Components: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subaru Impreza | 2002 | 292 | 6 |
| Subaru Impreza | 2003 | 62 | 6 |
| Subaru Impreza | 2004 | 96 | 8 |
| Subaru Legacy | 2001 | 77 | 7 |
| Subaru Legacy | 2002 | 54 | 4 |
| Subaru Legacy | 2003 | 60 | 14 |
| Subaru Legacy | 2004 | 49 | 10 |
| Subaru Outback | 2001 | 171 | 3 |
| Subaru Outback | 2002 | 143 | 4 |
| Subaru Outback | 2003 | 93 | 14 |
| Subaru Outback | 2004 | 90 | 10 |
Other vehicle speed control recalls in 2004
16 of the 601 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2004 concerned the vehicle speed control; SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC. filed 75 campaigns in all.
| 04V583000 10 Dec 2004 | MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS |
| 04V574000 7 Dec 2004 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 04V538000 9 Nov 2004 | ASTON MARTIN |
| 04V528000 1 Nov 2004 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 04V511000 27 Oct 2004 | UTILIMASTER CORPORATION |
| 04V495000 12 Oct 2004 | VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC |
| 04V471000 27 Sept 2004 | WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| 04V439000 13 Sept 2004 | HINO MOTORS SALES U.S.A., INC. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2004