Fram/Subaru recall: Equipment
What is wrong
Fram Group Operations, LLC (Fram) is recalling certain Subaru original service equipment oil filters sold for installation on Subaru Legacy, Outback, Impreza, and Forester model vehicles equipped with certain 4 cylinder engines. Due to manufacturing anomalies, upon engine start up, engine oil may leak from around the oil filter gasket, causing a rapid loss of nearly all engine oil.
What could happen
Oil on hot engine or exhaust surfaces can result in smoke and possibly a fire.
The fix
Fram will replace the defective oil filters free of charge. Owners may contact Fram at 1-800-890-2075, Option 2, or go to www.fram.com/Subaru_recall for more information.
Vehicles covered
- Fram/Subaru Oil Filter 15208Aa12A
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 13E005000
- Type
- Equipment
- Filed by
- Fram Group Operatons, LLC
- Reported to NHTSA
- Jan 29, 2013
- Owners notified
- Feb 6, 2013
- Vehicles or items affected
- 282,514
- Started by
- The manufacturer
- Built
- –
- Part
- Equipment
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
To check one car, enter its 17-character VIN on the official NHTSA page: a recall may cover only some vehicles of a model year.
Recall data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by NHTSA.