Ownership Cost for 1997 Subaru Impreza (Outback Sport)
Estimated: $53953 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$5792
$2780
$2433
$2201
$1969
$15175
Insurance
$1634
$1691
$1750
$1811
$1875
$8761
Fuel
$1472
$1516
$1569
$1632
$1705
$7894
Maintenance
$2763
$2912
$1865
$2514
$2291
$12345
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$2243
$2243
$2243
$2243
$2243
$3322
Total Ownership Costs
$14880
$10292
$9240
$9784
$9757
$53953
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Wagon
Displacement CC: 2200.0
Displacement CI: 134.25223700841
Displacement L: 2.2
Drive Type: AWD/All Wheel Drive
Make: SUBARU
Manufacturer: FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES U.S.A., INC. (C/O SUBARU OF AMERICA)
Manufacturer Id: 1075
Model: Impreza
Model Year: 1997
Note: Body Type: Sport Wagon
Other Restraint System Info: SRS Airbag
Plant City: Ota
Plant Company Name: FHI
Plant Country: Japan
Plant State: Gunma
Seat Belts All: Manual
Transmission Speeds: 5
Transmission Style: Manual/Standard
Trim: OUTBACK
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
THIS ISSUE IS FOR A 2002 SUBARU IMPREZA WRX WAGON. THERE IS A STRONG FUEL SMELL IN THE VEHICLE CABIN WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPPED AT IDLE. THE SUBARU MECHANIC SAID THERE IS A CLIP ATTACHING THE FUEL LINE FROM THE TANK TO THE ENGINE UNDER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WHICH IS LOOSE. THEY ADJUSTED THE CLIP BUT SAID IT WOULD BE ABOUT $800 TO FIX IF THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN SINCE THEY WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD TO REPAIR. THE SMELL CAME BACK A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER. *AK I HAVE DONE RESEARCH, AND THERE IS A TSB FOR THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, BUT NO RECALL. LOOKING AT POSTINGS ON THIS ISSUE, THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. IT SEEMS TO BE PARTICULAR WITH THE 2002 WRX. IT SEEMS FOR AN ISSUE THAT HAS ENOUGH HISTORY TO OCCUR TO GENERATE A TSB THAT IS ALSO SUCH A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE WOULD WARRANT A RECALL.
1997
STEERING:WHEEL AND HANDLE BAR
STEERING WHEEL CRACKED, ABOUT A 6 INCH GAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STEERING WHEEL, WHERE THE AIRBAG IS SUPPOSE TO DEPLOY. CANNOT DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED IT TO CRACK.*AK