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2010 Subaru IMPREZA Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	936079
Internal NHTSA #	10471168
Manufacurer	SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
Brand	SUBARU
Model	IMPREZA
Model Year	2010
File date	03/08/12
Component	ENGINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Engine completely seized while driving on the highway without any warning from the car's computer engine seizure was due to all of the oil leaking out of the engine from the oil filter area. This was a slow leak over a 5 month period. The biggest concern here is that the car's computer system did nothing to warn me of this impending catastrophic failure. No oil lights ever came on, no cel ever came on, the oil temperature gauge never moved from the middle. From the time the slight knocking in the engine started to the time of the engine seizing was probably less then 5 minutes. Even during the engine knocking no warning lights or cel came on at all. If i was not such an experienced driver i think this could have ended as a very bad accident. I could see somebody else being in a very scary and dangerous situation to have your engine completely seize up and stop while driving down the highway at a high rate of speed (68 mph) resulting in an immediate power loss, loss of power steering and loss of full breaking power while trying to navigate to the right side of the road safely. Upon alerting subaru of america and the local dealership about this they did not show any sense of concern about this issue. If a car has no oil in it and the engine seizes while driving without any warning from the cars computer this seems like a severe liability and faulty design in the cars computer safety features. Subaru of america just did not seemed concern about this issue at all so i feel obligated to make this issue be known to prevent any possible future instances of this happening and hopefully alerting subaru of america to this problem so they can review this and fix this issue for other subaru impreza wrx drivers and the safety of their occupants and other cars on the road. I am very, very thankful this did not happen when my children were in the car with me.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	17800
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	NASHUA, NH
VIN pattern	JF1GH7G68AGXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	4
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Vehicle speed	68
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What is Recall?
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.
What is Failure?
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.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2010 Subaru IMPREZA Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2010 Subaru IMPREZA Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

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