Vehicle profile
1998 Subaru Forester
SUV · Special Purpose Vehicle 4WD

Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 165 hp
- Cylinders
- 4-cyl
- Displacement
- 2.5L
- Fuel
- Gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 4-spd
- Drive
- AWD
- Body class
- Special Purpose Vehicle 4WD
- Doors
- 4
Federal recall campaigns
1 federal recall campaign.
99V040000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDERVEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM (ABS). (THE 1999 2.2 LITER LEGACY VEHICLES ARE EXCLUDED). IN EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER, THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE IS INCREASED.
Consequence: THIS CONDITION CAUSES THE VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE TO BE INCREASED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A CRASH.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER.
03/03/1999
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