NHTSA Complaint #11166656 — 2013 SUBARU IMPREZA

I RECEIVED AN 'IMPORTANT SAFETY RECALL' NOTICE REGARDING MY VEHICLE'S ENGINE ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED. PER THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE NOTICE, I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALER TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT. DESPITE THE STRESSED IMPORTANCE OF THE SAFETY ISSUES REGARDING THIS RECALL IN THE LETTER RECEIVED VIA MAIL, THE PERSON AT THE DEALERSHIP SEEMED TO HAVE NO REAL CONCERN OR CARE FOR MY VEHICLE'S OR PERSONAL SAFETY, AND TOLD ME I COULD GO ON A WAITLIST FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AS THEY WAIT FOR THE PARTS TO COME IN. I TRIED DISCUSSING MY DISSATISFACTION, WORRY, AND UPSET WITH THE PERSON AT SUBARU, BUT ALL SHE SAID WAS THAT I HAD TO WAIT. SO I ADDED MY NAME TO THE WAITLIST, AND CONTACTED SUBARU DIRECTLY, PER THE LETTER'S INSTRUCTIONS. SAME ANSWER FROM SUBARU, CLAIMING THAT THEY CANNOT REPAIR MY VEHICLE BECAUSE NOT ONE SINGLE DEALERSHIP HAS THE PARTS TO DO SO. I REITERATED THAT THIS MEAN I HAD TO HOPE MY CAR WOULDN'T HAVE AN ISSUE RESULTING IN MY PERSONAL SAFETY OR INJURY, AND THEY AGREED THAT YES, THAT'S ALL I CAN DO. ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS! IF THERE IS SOMETHING DANGEROUS ENOUGH ABOUT MY VEHICLE THAT THERE IS A NATIONWIDE RECALL, WHY IS IT THAT THERE IS NO RUSH TO GET THESE PARTS IN TO SERVICE THOSE WHO HAVE RECEIVED YOUR 'IMPORTANT SAFETY RECALL' WHICH STATES THAT 'YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT YOUR SUBARU RETAILER FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THIS IMPORTANT REPAIR PREFORMED' AS IT IS IN REGARDS TO A 'DEFECT' IN THE ENGINE OF THE VEHICLE THAT TRANSPORTS ME AND MY FAMILY DAILY. ABSOLUTELY NOT OKAY. GOOD ON SUBARU FOR NOTIFYING ME, BUT ABSOLUTELY NOT OKAY TO HAVE US WAIT MONTHS FOR A REPAIR ON AN ENGINE DEFECT AND INSTRUCT US TO JUST 'HOPE NOTHING HAPPENS' IN THE MEANTIME.