Ownership Cost for 1998 Subaru Impreza (Outback Sport)
Estimated: $58090 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$6938
$3330
$2914
$2636
$2359
$18177
Insurance
$1688
$1747
$1809
$1872
$1937
$9053
Fuel
$1472
$1516
$1569
$1632
$1705
$7894
Maintenance
$2763
$2912
$1919
$2647
$2291
$12532
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$2685
$2685
$2685
$2685
$2685
$3978
Total Ownership Costs
$16523
$10949
$9898
$10453
$10267
$58090
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: 1998
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
2003
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SUBARU IMPREZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 1 MPH AFTER ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP, A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL WAS SMELLED INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO VISIBLE SIGN OF A LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE FUEL LINE AND CLAMPS WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V468000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000.
1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER DUE TO A STRONG FUEL SMELL AND BURNING OIL COMING FROM ENGINE. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION TRANSFER CASE/ REPAIRED AN OIL LEAK, AND REPLACED PISTON GASKETS.SOMETIMES CONSUMER HAD TRIED TO START ENGINE, BUT IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AT ALL. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK