Ownership Cost for 1998 Subaru Impreza (Outback Sport)
Estimated: $35849 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1463
$702
$615
$556
$498
$3834
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$1472
$1516
$1569
$1632
$1705
$7894
Maintenance
$2763
$2296
$1095
$836
$2291
$9281
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$407
$407
$407
$407
$407
$603
Total Ownership Costs
$8533
$7201
$6189
$6087
$7839
$35849
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: 4
Transmission Style: Automatic
Trim: OUTBACK
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1999
SEAT BELTS
MANUFACTURER SHOULD MAKE SEAT BELT EXTENDERS AVAILABLE FOR CONSUMERS WHEN NEEDED. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND IS UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT BECAUSE THE FASTENER IS SO FAR BEHIND HER, IT PULLS THE SHOULDER STRAP UP UNDER HER RIGHT ARM WHICH CAUSES PAINFUL CHAFING. *SLC
1998
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT
I BELIEVE THERE IS A SUB-STANDARD PART BEING USED IN SUBARU IMPREZA REAR WHEEL BEARINGS. BESIDES MY 2 FAILURES, I KNOW OF DOZENS OF OTHER PEOPLE IN MY CAR CLUB WITH SIMILAR REAR WHEEL BEARING FAILURES. CURRENTLY THE FAILURES ARE BEING HANDLED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT AS THE CARS AGE, THE WHEEL BEARING FAILURES SEEM LIKELY TO CONTINUE AND WILL START TO GET EXPENSIVE.