- Vehicles
- 397
- Built between
- Jul 2013 – Jul 2013
- Models
- 8
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- Not yet
- Repaired
- 63%
- Unrepaired
- 148
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between July 2013 and July 2013. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- Airtex E8518MBuilt July 2013 to July 2013
- Airtex E8596MBuilt July 2013 to July 2013
- Airtex E8597MBuilt July 2013 to July 2013
- Airtex E8598MBuilt July 2013 to July 2013
- Airtex E8600MBuilt July 2013 to July 2013
- 2004-2006 Subaru Baja
- 2000-2004 Subaru Legacy
- 2000-2004 Subaru Outback
Repair progress
148 of 397 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q1 2015.
63% repaired — 249 of 397 reported
Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.
What the defect is
Airtex Products LP (Airtex) is recalling certain model E8598M, E8518M, E8600M, E8596M, and E8597M fuel pumps manufactured July 26, 2013, and July 29, 2013 and used as aftermarket replacements on Subaru Baja's, Outback's and Legacy's. The affected fuel pumps were sold or installed into the aftermarket applications on or after July 26, 2013, and may may leak fuel from the base of a fuel line connection when the gas tank is full.
What could happen
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.
What gets fixed
Airtex will notify owners, and will replace the fuel pump, free of charge. Recall is expected to begin on January 2, 2014.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtJuly 2013 to July 2013
- Recall reported to NHTSA29 November 2013
- Latest repair reportQ1 2015 — 63% repaired
No owner-notification date has been published yet. Manufacturers normally write to registered owners within 60 days of reporting a recall.
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 29 November 2013.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Customers may contact Airtex at 1-800-880-3056. The recall is expected to begin during January 2014. This recall is being conducted by Airtex, not by Subaru.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- Airtex Products, LP
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.