NHTSA Complaint #10503870 — 2009 SUBARU WRX

SOME TIME LAST SUMMER MY CLUTCH PEDAL BEGAN MAKING A LIGHT SQUEAK UPON DISENGAGEMENT. I PLAYED IT OFF FOR A GOOD BIT OF TIME AS A HINGE OR SPRING ON THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY, BUT AFTER LUBING IT SOME, I NOTICED IT WAS THE BULKHEAD FLEXING. THE NOISE IS ALSO BECOMING MORE OF A CONSTANT AS TIME GOES ON. AFTER SOME RESEARCH I NOTICED THE QUANTITY OF PEOPLE HAVING THIS ISSUE AND WAS SHOCKED WITH THE TYPICAL SUBARU DEALERSHIP RESPONSE THAT WAS REPORTED. THE NOISE IS STILL QUITE INTERMITTENT, BUT HAS BEEN MORE COMMON AS OF LATE. I INTEND TO GO TO THE DEALERSHIP SOON TO SEE IF THIS CAN BE REMEDIED. NO TSBS HAVE BEEN RELEASED DETAILING THIS ISSUE SHORT OF ONE TECH TIP BACK IN 2009 THAT DID NOT EVEN POINT TO THE BULKHEAD MOUNT AS THE SOURCE OF A PEDAL NOISE. I DO HAVE TO SAY IT IS RATHER DISAPPOINTING THAT NO MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO EVEN ATTEMPT TO GET OWNERS TO BRING CARS IN FOR AN UNDER THE TABLE RECALL, SINCE THIS CAN RESULT IN SERIOUS ISSUES SUCH AS A CLUTCH THAT CANNOT BE DISENGAGED. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT CAN GO FROM BAD (NOT BEING ABLE TO LEAVE THE DRIVE WAY) TO PRETTY CATASTROPHIC (CRUISING ON THE HIGHWAY AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL OR OTHER GEARS). *TR