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NHTSA recall 00V393000

Fuel system, gasoline › Delivery › Hoses, lines/piping, and fittings

Subaru Legacy

Reported Nov 21, 20001,456 vehicles affectedSUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.Maker’s number WXZ-83Built Aug 16, 2000 – Aug 25, 2000

The defect

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. possible fuel leakage of under-hood fuel hoses at low ambient temperatures (-40 degrees c) once the fuel hoses age and become less flexible.

The risk

Fuel leakage in the presence of an ignition source could result in a fire.

The remedy

Dealers will inspect for under-hood fuel hoses with lot numbers 0804 and 0806 and all fuel hoses with those numbers will be replaced.

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Vehicles in this recall

Subaru Legacy
2001

Notes

Owner notification began january 26, 2001.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact subaru at 1-800-782-2783. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).