NHTSA Complaint #10065990 — 2001 SUBARU FORESTER

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	10065990
Vehicle	2001 SUBARU FORESTER
Component	POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
Date of Incident	May 31, 2001
Date Filed	April 12, 2004
Mileage	1,000 miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	Yes
State	CA

Consumer Description

"CLUTCH SHUDDER" OCCURS SHORTLY UPON STARTUP, FIRST APPLICATION OF 1ST GEAR OK STOP ONCE AND APPLY 1ST GEAR AGAIN AND THE SHUDDER IS SEVERE, SHAKING AND COMPLETE LOSS OF ACCELERATION; THIS WILL CONTINUE FOR NEXT 2-3 MILES WARMING THE CAR DOES NOT REMOVE THE PROBLEM. THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD - THERE IS NO FORWARD ACCELERATION. TEMP IT FREQUENTLY OCCURS 56 62 DEGREES, HOWEVER ONCE IT BEGINS IT CAN RE-OCCUR AT HIGHER TEMPS LATER IN THE DAY. OCCURRENCE IS INTERMITTENT. I REPORTED PROBLEM TO SUBARU IN SAN JOSE, THEY SAID "NO PROBLEM FOUND" AFTER I LEFT THE CAR IN SERVICE FOR 3 DAYS - THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT REPEAT THE PROBLEM. THE CLUTCH SHUDDER HAPPENS TO ME FREQUENTLY DURING THE TEMPS RECORDED ABOVE - I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA WE HAVE THOSE TEMPS OFTEN IN THE MORNING SPRING/FALL. THE # OF 600 FAILURES IS AN ESTIMATE - I COULD NOT ENTER "ESTIMATE" IN THIS FORM. I HAVE HAD THE CAR OVER 3 YEARS AND THE PROBLEM SEEMS WORSE. MY SISTERS SUBARU OUTBACK HAS SAME PROBLEM WITH SAME RESPONSE FROM SUBARU SERVICE. *AK

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