Tl* the contact owns a 2005 subaru impreza. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, he noticed a loud clunking noise. He later inspected the vehicle and discovered that the driver side front lower control arm was fractured due to corrosion. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer nor repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and they advised him that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number 11v464000 (suspension:front:control arm:lower arm). The failure mileage was approximately 72,000.
2005 Subaru Impreza suspension complaints
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My brother was driving his 2005 wrx sti on a clear morning on dry pavement and lost control. The car slid off the shoulder of the road and then crossed back over the road where it collided sideways with a tree. The vehicle made contact with the tree on the driver's door post, killing him instantly and injuring the passenger. Upon inspection of the car, we found that the driver's side ball joint seperated from the a-arm. It appeared that the threads on the ball joint were worn excessively and may have seperated or were seperating prior to the collision. We suspect that this could have even caused the loss of control. I know the car has an excellent safety record, but we contacted subaru about the ball joint/a-arm. Their response was that it is not a known problem. In addition, there have been no recalls or service bulletins on this. When we sold the car for salvage, the dealer who bought it told us that he deals in wrx sti parts. He told us that this is the fifth subaru impreza he has purchased with the lower ball joint seperated from the a-arm. Because of the frequency of occurence, I think it warrants tracking, even if the ball joints are separating during collision. The purchaser wished to remain anonymous and again, we sold the car for salvage, but we have pictures of the car and of the a-arm and balljoint. In addition, there was no apparent damage from impact to the wheel or tire.
Rear struts on my 2005 subaru impreza have blown tree times since vehicle purchase in june 2005. Subaru has changed the pn# to an updated part number but refuse to replace again stating my vehicle mileage has surpassed their warranty limitation. This is known defect with many documented cases. Subaru is aware of the issue and has issued an updated part to remedy the situation. Defective struts are a safety concern and can cause an accident and or death. A strut should not be defective three times in a little over a year on a brand new car.
With around 6,000 miles on my 05 impreza wrx sti a clunking noise appeared in the rear right side suspension assembly. The dealer inspected and found a damaged strut.
I was travailing 40-45 MPH on a 2 lane road in my 2005 subaru wrx sti. I came out of a small s curve and went over a rough patch of road, and the tail end of the car started sliding out to the right, the next thing I knew I had ran into the bank and I was facing traffic, I hit the bank at least 40 MPH, there was a car in front of me and one behind me, and one coming in the other lane of traffic. It felt like the tail of the car had tightened up and sent power to the rear wheels and kept me sliding until right before I hit the bank it swung the car around like it had sent all power to the front witch in turn put me into the bank. Nothing worked. No air bags deployed. The seat belts did not restrain me, I hit my head on the side window because none of the safety features worked on the car I sustained injuries including: whip lash, severe headaches and I may have a fractured a vertebra in my back. Contacted subaru of america and they blew me off saying that there was no defects in the car, and that they waited till the government told them to fix something before they would fix any problems.
The left rear strut of my 2005 sti has failed twice in less than 13k miles. The first failed at around 10k and the second at 12.6k miles. Strut failure on a bumpy road at high speed could cause loss of vehichle control and could result in very serious injury or death. Subaru should issue a recall and remedy the problem immediately. On a website for sti owners, there are over 100 owners reporting this same problem.
After ~3,000 miles on my 05 impreza wrx sti a clunking noise appeared in the rear driver side suspension assembly. I do not know if this is potentially hazardous, but it definitely is an annoyance. The dealer diagnosed it as a misaligned spring and corrected the problem for 3 days, but then it reappeared. Many other owners I've spoken to have the same problem and it's supposedly a mfr defect with the strut assembly.
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