10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
64,931 miles

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2008 Subaru Impreza miscellaneous problems

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2008 Subaru Impreza Owner Comments

problem #5

Jun 172019

Impreza

  • 157,155 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Takata recall- I was driving in the slow (right side) of the freeway going about 68 mph (between 65-70), there was a small amount of traffic. There was an extra lane (temporary 3 lane for entrance, but normal 2 lane freeway) to my right and I began merging (or possibly swerved from looking over shoulder...and a bee flew into me while I was driving also causing me to swerve a bit). I ended up in the fast (left) lane that was going slower due to an unknown reason...which caused me to slam on the breaks, but I rear ended the car in front of me at an angle (my driver side front to their passenger side back) because I swerved back into the luckily empty spot next to me, but it wasn't fast enough to not hit the car in front of me. I didn't see my exact speed when I hit the car but I was going over the documented (on previous page) speed that the airbag should have deployed with the amount of impact our cars struck...this vehicle was going less than 20 mph and I was going somewhere between 50-60 mph and the impact was all on the front driver side so from what I've been reading that the airbag should have gone off....especially since I had the recall fixed/serviced in December 2018, where I had to bring the car back to the dealership about an hour later because some "hosing" wasn't correctly reinstalled. So I'm curious if anything else wasn't installed correctly that caused the airbag not to go off. I had just taken full coverage off my insurance to save money three days prior to the accident because I am in the moving process-now with no coverage to my damage (which my insurance quoted around 2900$ had I had full coverage still), as well as medical insurance for myself and I spent about 8 hours in the er. Which also won't be covered. I am not 100% certain of how the accident occurred because I wasn't sure why traffic was slowed so suddenly; the airbags should have gone off?

- Ashland, OR, USA

problem #4

Apr 012017

Impreza

  • 112,000 miles
Problem began with a squeaking sound and would click when depressing clutch. Then the clutch pedal would stick and not come back up. Clutch pedal unable to completely engage making it difficult to get the car into gear. Movement in clutch/brake pedal causing hazard while driving due to displacement. Welds in clutch/brake assembly at the firewall are broken.

- Holladay, UT, USA

problem #3

Feb 012017

Impreza

  • 50,000 miles
Manual transmission 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX, have trouble switching gears, and specifically putting vehicle in reverse from a cold start. For a while heard a popping noise when pushing the clutch down. But switching gears is very difficult/clunky and placing the vehicle in reverse from a cold start is extremely difficult. After doing research this appears to be related to Subaru bulletin 12-184-15 (an issue with welds on the firewall). The brackets/welds on the firewall seem to be breaking/are broken.

- Naperville, IL, USA

problem #2

Sep 102016

Impreza

  • miles
Firewall. Firewall broken, do not have the full range of motion that my clutch needs in order for the gears to go in.

- Hermiston, OR, USA

problem #1

May 282008

Impreza

  • 5,500 miles
Paint on car easily dulled by normal washing. Lots of swirl marks and streaks.

- Bend, OR, USA

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