Engine Oil Leaking Problems of Subaru Legacy

Car continues to stall when reducing speed. Occurs mostly at traffic lights and stop signs; however, has occurred when slowing for traffic. Car has completed all scheduled maintenance and oil changes as required. Initially told to service air flow sensor and have inspected for vacuum leak. Vehicle service did not resolve stalling. Service bulletin 16-90-13 shows Subaru knows the torque converter to be faulty on these vehicles, causing the vehicle to stall under these exact conditions. This is creating a safety concern on these vehicles for the potential to be rear ended due to stalling when attempting to slow vehicle. Safety recall should be issued and torque converter should be replaced by Subaru due to faulty design.

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Chronic, and documented, failure of head gaskets by Subaru. Causing a large leak of oil that could cause a fire and/or accident.

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Car wouldn't start after warm. Took 6 times to get it corrected. Also, has had three oil leaks in 6 years.

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The car developed a leak at the oil filter (lee maxi filter) where it meets the engine. The leak started small and grew steadily larger (10 extra quarts of oil were needed to go the last 50 miles). This occurred toward the end of my trip, after traveling about 140 miles. I know that there had been a recall previously on the Subaru brand filter (1998) for this very same problem at the end of last year, but I had this problem with a lee brand filter, which I had but on 2100 miles earlier. Up until this time, no loss of oil had occurred with this filter or with previous oil changes (I had just checked the oil level a few days earlier). I believe that there may be a larger problem here, other than the Subaru brand filter from the recall. . Read more...

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Vehicle leaks oil, and the oil flaws all over engine. Dealership is aware of problem.

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Oil leak from oil filter seam, causing fire. (qcaw).