Airtex Products, LP: Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump
Airtex Products, LP reported this defect to federal regulators on Nov 29, 2013 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 397. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Airtex Products LP (Airtex) is recalling certain model E8598M, E8518M, E8600M, E8596M, and E8597M fuel pumps manufactured July 26, 2013, and July 29, 2013 and used as aftermarket replacements on Subaru Baja's, Outback's and Legacy's. The affected fuel pumps were sold or installed into the aftermarket applications on or after July 26, 2013, and may may leak fuel from the base of a fuel line connection when the gas tank is full.
The risk
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.
The remedy
Airtex will notify owners, and will replace the fuel pump, free of charge. Recall is expected to begin on January 2, 2014. Customers may contact Airtex at 1-800-880-3056. The recall is expected to begin during January 2014. This recall is being conducted by Airtex, not by Subaru.
13 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Subaru Baja | 24 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 Subaru Baja | 37 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 Subaru Baja | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 Subaru Legacy | 49 | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| 2004 Subaru Outback | 90 | 11 | 4 | 9 |
| 2003 Subaru Legacy | 60 | 15 | 0 | 4 |
| 2003 Subaru Outback | 93 | 15 | 1 | 7 |
| 2002 Subaru Legacy | 54 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 2002 Subaru Outback | 143 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 2001 Subaru Legacy | 77 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| 2001 Subaru Outback | 171 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 2000 Subaru Legacy | 94 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 2000 Subaru Outback | 207 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 13E065000.
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