Recall 98V035000: Throttle Linkage Defect
Year: 1997Make: SUBARU, SUBARU TRUCK
Model: LEGACY, OUTBACK
Year of Recall: '98
Type of Report: Vehicle
Potential Number of Units Affected: 61115
Summary:
Vehicle Description: Passenger vehicles. The throttle shaft ball bearing on the sensor side of the throttle body assembly was not installed in certain throttle bodies.
Operation of a vehicle with a missing throttle shaft bearing can eventually lead to an incomplete return of the throttle valve resulting in a high idling condition.
Dealers will inspect the throttle body and replace the throttle assembly if the bearing is missing.
Owner notification is expected to begin during late March 1998. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact Subaru at 1-800-782-2783. Also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Auto Safety Hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).