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2004 Subaru FORESTER Power Train Manual Transmission Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	740217
Internal NHTSA #	10284971
Manufacurer	SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
Brand	SUBARU
Model	FORESTER
Model Year	2004
File date	01/08/09
Component	POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Our 2004 model, manual gear-box subaru forester 2. 5 x stalls far too easily in first gear. Recently, my wife narrowly escaped a horrendous accident when the forester's engine stalled on a busy highway trying to accelerate onto the highway from the side road which she has to use to access the highway from her place of work. We have spoken to other manual gear-box subaru owners, including the subaru wrx and liberty, who have told us that they experience the same problem. We believe that this may be a fundamental design issue affecting most recently built manual gear box subaru passenger vehicles, built by subaru at their main factory in japan, and distributed globally, including but not limited to the usa.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	50000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	TRINITY BEACH, 00
VIN pattern	XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	10
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2004 Subaru FORESTER Power Train Manual Transmission Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2004 Subaru FORESTER Power Train Manual Transmission Problems, Complaints and Defects

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