I was driving and lost control of the car at 55mph. i struggled to pull the car off the road. the car was towed to my mechanic where he diagnosed a broken control arm due to corrosion.
All of a sudden i was unable to steer the car. specifically, according to my mechanic the o-ring failed in the steering pump return hose. this caused an air leak it is a good thing i was only going slowly. the car had low mileage. the o-ring that failed was made of plastic and became warped due to engine heat over 9 years. this failure could have caused a major crash and death to the occupants in the car. i am sure that my car was not the only one with the o ring failure. check at youtube. in my opinion there should be a recall for this car. *tr
Steering in my car would lock while trying to turn my car. this would happen periodically and at different speeds. it happened 5-6 times before i took it in as i was afraid an accident might happen due to not being able to turn my car. subaru dealer said my power steering pump was failing. dealer also stated that a newer design power steering pump would be installed. this indicated to me that subaru had an issue with this, otherwise what would be the reason for a new design. *tr