NHTSA recall 91V082000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	91V082000
Manufacturer	SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
Reported	1991-05-30
Owners notified	1991-07-05
Component	POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Units potentially affected	76000

What is wrong

UNDER CERTAIN LOAD CONDITIONS, THE PARK GEAR MAY NOT DISENGAGE IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION LEVER IS MOVED FROM PARK TO REVERSE.

What can happen

DELAYED RELEASE OF TRANSMISSION FROM PARK CAUSES DELAYEDAND POSSIBLY ABRUPT VEHICLE MOVEMENT THAT COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLECONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.

The remedy

INSTALL A MODIFIED PARKING BRAKE PAWL TO PREVENT DELAYED RELEASE INTO REVERSE GEAR.

Notes

SYSTEM: TRANSMISSION PARK GEAR.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS WITH ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED AUTOMATICTRANSMISSIONS (4EAT).

Vehicles this campaign lists
1990 SUBARU LEGACY	Built 1988-12-01 to 1990-05-01.
1991 SUBARU LEGACY	Built 1988-12-01 to 1990-05-01.
1989 SUBARU LOYALE	Built 1988-12-01 to 1990-05-01.
1990 SUBARU LOYALE	Built 1988-12-01 to 1990-05-01.
1989 SUBARU XT	Built 1988-12-01 to 1990-05-01.
1990 SUBARU XT	Built 1988-12-01 to 1990-05-01.
1991 SUBARU XT	Built 1988-12-01 to 1990-05-01.

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 PE91039

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
PE91039	Preliminary evaluation, opened 1991-01-23, closed 1991-05-30. REVERSE DELAYED ENGAGEMENT. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.

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