NHTSA recall 91V193000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	91V193000
Manufacturer	SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
Reported	1991-11-12
Owners notified	1992-01-15
Component	STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
Units potentially affected	13000

What is wrong

THE ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED MOTOR PUMP POWER STEERING SYSTEM MAY MALFUNCTION, CAUSING INTERMITTENT LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST AND REQUIRING VARYING DEGREES OF INCREASED STEERING EFFORT.

What can happen

THE INTERMITTENT NATURE OF THE POWER STEERING FAILURECAN LEAD TO LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND RESULT IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

The remedy

INSTALL A MODIFIED SIGNAL CONTROLLER AND A MODIFIED POWER CONTROLLER.

Notes

SYSTEM: POWER STEERING.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CAR.NOTE: THE PARTS NECESSARY TO REPAIR THESE CARS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLEUNTIL JANUARY, 1992. IF YOU HAVE AN URGENT PROBLEM, CALL THE SUBARU TOLL FREEPHONE NUMBER 1-800-SUBARU-3 (1-800-782-2783) .

Vehicles this campaign lists
1988 SUBARU XT6	Built 1987-06-01 to 1990-09-01.
1989 SUBARU XT6	Built 1987-06-01 to 1990-09-01.
1990 SUBARU XT6	Built 1987-06-01 to 1990-09-01.
1991 SUBARU XT6	Built 1987-06-01 to 1990-09-01.

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 EA91037

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
EA91037	Engineering analysis, opened 1991-08-29, closed 1991-11-22. POWER STEERING FAILURE. STEERING.

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