While driving and without warning head gasket blew causing fluid to leak. Dealer notified.*Ak
Engine & cooling
1996 Subaru Impreza Engine problems
Owners have filed 3 complaints about the 1996 Subaru Impreza's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 12% of all its complaints, most recently on June 18, 2003. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
- Complaints
- 3
- Recalls
- 0
- Crashes
- 0
- Fires
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
Engine complaints
When driving vehicle begins to vibrate and then drastically loses power not being able to maintain speed above 40mph. Dealer has diagnosed problem as a misfire on cylinder 2, but has been unable to correct.*Ak
A stuck valve caused the car to misfire and the check engine light to go on. It took subaru 3 months to figure it out. *Ak
VEHICLE HAS NO HEADRESTS. *AK
Subaru Impreza engine complaints by year
Impreza engine problems, every yearSource: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked . Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data