Manufacturer: FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES U.S.A., INC. (C/O SUBARU OF AMERICA)
Manufacturer Id: 1075
Model: Legacy
Model Year: 2001
Note: Body Type: Station Wagon and Outback Wagon
Plant City: Lafayette
Plant Company Name: SIA
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Indiana
Seat Belts All: Manual
Transmission Speeds: 4
Transmission Style: Automatic
Trim: OUTBACK
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUBARU OUTBACK. THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS DO NOT GO FAR ENOUGH OUT AND IT RESULTS IN BLACKNESS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT SHINE WHERE THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO. THE DISTANCE OF THE LIGHT DOES NOT CARRY AR ENOUGH WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. ONE SEES BRIGHT LIGHTS WHICH NOT GO TO DIM, THEY GO FROM STRAIGHT TO DARKNESS. THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THE HEADLIGHTS CANNOT BE ADJUSTED BECAUSE THEY ARE TO SPECIFIC. *AK
2001
PARKING BRAKE
WHILE PARKED IN NEUTRAL, WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON, AND NO OCCUPANTS, OUR STANDARD TRANSMISSION VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY, ACROSS THE STREET & INTO THE YARD ACROSS THE STREET. OUR DRIVEWAY HAS ONLY A VERY SLIGHT GRADE (LESS THAN 5%), SO I'M ALRARMED WITH THE EASE WITH WHICH THIS HAPPENED. THERE WERE ABOUT 8 CHILDREN PLAYING AROUND THE STREET & YARDS. MY NEIGHBOR & I BOTH CONFIRMED THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION, WHICH I ALWAYS ENGAGE BEFORE EXITING THE CAR. WE DO NOT KNOW IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ITSELF, OR IF I SIMPLY DID NOT PULL UP ENOUGH ON THE BRAKE; HOWEVER, IF THIS CAN HAPPEN TO A SAFETY HOUND LIKE ME, I'M ASSUMING I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE & THAT IT'S A COMMON ENOUGH OCCURENCE TO WARRANT SOME KIND OF INDICATOR TO ALERT THE DRIVER AS TO WHETHER THE PARKING BRAKE IS ACTUALLY ENGAGED.