Tl* the contact owns a 2008 subaru legacy. the contact stated while driving at approximately 25 mph and when attempting to press the brake pedal, brake fluid began to leak from the vehicle. the contact stated they were able to park the vehicle safely. the contact referred the failure to nhtsa campaign number: 14v311000 (service brakes, hydraulic). the vehicle was not taken to a local mechanic or a dealer for diagnosis or repairs. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 133,000.
This is in reference to subaru recall wqk-47: while driving vehicle, brake indicator on dashboard illuminated and within a few minutes of driving, i could feel something was a bit different with the brake pressure. within a few moments of that while attempting to stop, i noticed the pedal went all the way down to the floor and on subsequent pumps of the brakes i got some pressure. attempting to drive the vehicle further (slowly), resulted in very little, if any, braking power. i checked brake fluid reservoir and noticed it was below the min mark. i had some brake fluid in the trunk and filled it. i attempted to drive the vehicle a bit further and was able to recover brake functionality for a few more minutes before the same issue occurred. thankfully this was done while on a road that had a low speed limit and there weren't many vehicles around. losing brake power while on a highway for instance on a turn would not have been as good. i took the vehicle to a dealership where they found that the right rear line was leaking. i went in to look at the vehicle and inspected the four-way connector mentioned in the recall as well as the line that runs near the fuel tank where the clip holds on to it. this part of the line is exposed just as the recall mentions. i noticed that the 4-way connector was covered sufficiently in the wax component that the recall mentioned should be used but the area where the leak was does not appear to have any wax at all the work for the recall was performed in october 2018, so a little over a year later and the brake line corroded through where the recall wording indicated it could. if the lines had been sealed as indicated, perhaps this issue would not have occurred. the dealership quoted $1300 to replace a single brake line. another concern is that if that one line was corroded enough to leak, then the others could too.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 subaru legacy. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 15v323000 (air bags) and 14v311000 (service brakes, hydraulics) however, the parts to do the repairs were unavailable. the contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. the contact had not experienced a failure.
Upon cold start, vehicle engine ran extremely rough, placed transmission in drive while applying brake, vehicle lunged forward while applying brake with both feet initially had little effect.