NHTSA recall 89V103000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	89V103000
Manufacturer	SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
Reported	1989-06-23
Owners notified	1989-08-31
Component	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
Units potentially affected	57000

What is wrong

THE COMPOSITION OF CERTAIN NON-GENUINE REPLACEMENT PREHEAT TUBES CAN CAUSE COMBUSTION.

What can happen

THIS COULD RESULT IN AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.

The remedy

INSTALL A MODIFIED DESIGN PREHEAT TUBE.

Notes

SYSTEM:ENGINE/PREHEAT TUBES.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:4-DOOR SEDAN, 3 DOOR COUPE AND STATION WAGON, 4-WHEELDRIVE (4WD) CARBURETOR EQUIPPED VEHICLES.

Vehicles this campaign lists
1987 SUBARU DL	Built 1986-08-01 to 1987-07-01.
1987 SUBARU GL	Built 1986-08-01 to 1987-07-01.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

Investigated as PE89122

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

NHTSA investigations that led to this recall
PE89122	Preliminary evaluation, opened 1989-05-18, closed 1989-06-29. ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.