Manufacturer: FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES U.S.A., INC. (C/O SUBARU OF AMERICA)
Manufacturer Id: 1075
Model: Impreza
Model Year: 1995
Note: Drive Type: FAWD
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: BASE
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK
APPROACHING A TOLL-BOOTH I BEGAN BRAKING MODERATELY FROM ROUGHLY 45MPH. AT ABOUT 15MPH I WENT OVER SOME BROKEN PAVEMENT WITH SMALL POCK MARKS. THE PEDAL IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE FLOOR, OR THEREABOUTS, AND A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF BRAKING POWER OCCURRED. UPON RELEASING THE BRAKE AND REENGAGING THE VEHICLE'S BRAKES, THE BRAKES OPERATELY PROPERLY AND STOPPED THE CAR. BY THE TIME I STOPPED, HOWEVER, I WAS ALREADY 20 FEET BEYOND THE TOLLBOOTH. THANK GOD THERE WAS NOT A CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I HAVE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO REPEAT THIS SCENARIO NUMEROUS TIMES OVER ROUGH, DRY PAVEMENT WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE BRAKING. THE BUMPS SEEM TO CONFUSE THE ABS.(?) I BROUGHT THE CAR INTO MARIN SUBARU, WHO CONFIRMED A BRAKE HYDRAULIC FAILURE AND REPLACE THE OFFENDING PARTS.*AK
1995
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
COOLANT TEMPERATURE SENSOR OPEN OR SHORTED OUT CAUSING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. *MJS