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Exterior Lighting
SOON AFTER PURCHASE, HEADLIGHT LENSES STARTED BECOMING OPAQUE/FOGGED IN APPEARANCE. THE HEADLIGHTS OF MY GIRLFRIEND'S '92 SUBARU LEGACY LOOKED THE SAME. NEVER THOUGHT MUCH ABOUT IT BECAUSE I LIVED IN A LARGE URBAN AREA WITH WELL LIT STREETS. WAS RECENTLY TRANSFERRED TO THE LITTLE CITY OF SAVANNAH, GA. NOTICED THAT IT IS HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT. LAST NIGHT SOMEONE INFORMED ME THAT I SHOULD REPLACE MY HEADLIGHTS BECAUSE THEY ARE BARELY VISIBLE. I LOOKED AT THEM AND THEY ARE EXTREMELY DIM. CALLED THE NEAREST DEALER AND THE PARTS MANAGER SAID THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM CAUSED BY THE CHEAP PLASTIC USED TO MAKE THE LENS FOR THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. IT IS A LITTLE LATE TO BE REPORTING IT, BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE A DEFINITE SAFETY HAZARD. WAS THERE EVER A RECALL FOR THESE HEADLIGHTS?*AK
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Seat Belts
12/23/2000
BOTH FRONT SEAT MOTERIZED SEAT BELT RESTRAINTS FAILED. THE CABLE ON BOTH SIDES CAME OUT.*AK
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Engine And Engine Cooling
08/18/2001
DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65MHP WHEN BELTS BEGAN TO MAKE NOISE. SHORTLY FOLLOWING CAR LOSS POWER, INCLUDING STEERING. IT WAS REPORTED BY A MECHANIC THAT THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY HAD COME LOOSE AND THE CRANKSHAFT HAD BEEN DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. CAR WILL NEED SMALL BLOCK OVERHAUL OR REPLACEMENT ENGINE TO FUNCTION AGAIN.
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Seat Belts
05/01/2001
5 MINUTES AFTER PARKING VEHICLE, IGNITION TURNED OFF CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE ON INSIDE OF VEHICLE. FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT FIRE. VEHICLE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER AMOUNT OF DAMAGE UNKNOWN. CONSUMER STATED THA TFIRE CAUSED BY AUTOMATIC TRACK SEAT BELT MOTOR. PASSENGER DOOR PANEL, SEAT AND HEAD REST WERE MELTED. PLEASE ADD FURTHER COMMENTS.*AK
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Electrical System
VEHICLE KEPT STALLING OUT AND WOULD NOT RESTART FOR AT LEAST 30 MINUTES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER TWICE. BUT, COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE. CONSUMER FEELS IT IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *AK *SLC
