The contact owns a 1991 Subaru Loyale. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the automatic seat belt continuously opened and retracted independently, failing to secure the contact inside the vehicle. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed a failure with the automatic seat belt tightener system and observed an oil gasket leak. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 309,000.
Engine & cooling
Subaru Loyale Engine problems by year
18 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Subaru Loyale's engine & cooling. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
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This car has died on three occasions with no warning, and with one incident occuring on the interstate at 60+ mph. Dealer has been unable to diagnose the problem after multiple attempts. My concern is safety - this fortunately has so far not resulted in any injury. The dealer has not reported this to manufacturer - said that it wasn't a warrany problem because they couldn't find the "problem". *Ak
Car leaks oil on tail pipe, causing oil to burn and smoke. *Ak
Exhaust failure details: very soon after we purchased this vehicle, we discovered that whenever we took a cloverleaf-type offramp which required a quick decceleration and then a quick acceleration, a thick black cloud of smoke would come out of the exhaust pipe. The only way I found to correct this problem was to put the car into neutral, if distance allowed, and allow the car to decompress before accelerating. A very little percentage of my driving involves this type of offramp, and estimates I requested for...
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this repair ranged close to $1000.00. My husband once heard a man call into an auto-repair radio station interview with the identical problem in his subaru loyale wagon. My axle problem has been a real nuisance. I never do any off-road driving, only regular city driving, and I have had to replace the axle three times, and have now been told that the axle needs to be replaced again, and the car is not safe to drive. I think this is an unreasonable occurrence for regular city driving after only 140,000 miles. *Ak
The nut worked loose off of the oil pump gear. The gear walked foward,eating thrugh the timing cover,finally wiping out the timing assembly. Final result - the engine lost oil pressure and the engine continued to run,causing the engine to seize in traffic.Engine was a loss. This all could of been avoided if a lock nut was used to hold the oil pump gear in place. A 5 cent nut cost me $3000.And placed my family in danger. Sad,sad,sad!
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When driving at any speed vehicle jerks and vibrates. Also, engine head gasket had a leakage. Consumer put the vehicle in repair shop for repairs, but problem has returned. Vehicle has been in repair shop four times, and dealer can't determine the cause of the problem. *Ak
Broken belt caused car to essentially be without power, replace timing belt, alternator, water pump, oil pump, ane reseal the engine, all within 100,000 miles.
Pcv valve froze, causing engine to pump oil and damage valve train/rod bearings.
The vehicle has an oil leakage that is posing an ignition hazard. *Ak
PISTON PIN FAILED.
OIL LEAK FROM THE SEAL AT THE TIMING BELT. *AK
While driving vehicle the water pump broke. Please describe details.*Ak
ENGINE PISTON PIN FAILED. *DH
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