Subaru Orders Dealers to Stop Selling 2012 Imprezas

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The all-new Impreza is the most important model that Subaru needs to market in the US right now, but the Japanese automaker appears to have hit a snag. The company has issued an official memorandum to all of its dealers last week, ordering them to stop selling the 2012 Imprezas as well as certain 2012 Legacy and Outback units, according to Carbuzz.

Subaru of America has reportedly "received a limited number of reports of intermittent excessive brake pedal travel in 2012 Impreza models built through November 15 as well as 2012 Legacy and Outback models built between October 27 and November 23," adding that "drivers have reported their concerns about greater than normal brake pedal travel."

So basically, there might be a serious brake issue right now, and it’s simpler to fix the cars on the lot, but they will have to order parts before they can start the actual recall.

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On 29 November 2011 at 18:19 UTC, Helen said:

I was dubious of the 2012 models. The tsunami probably has big impact on their production.

On 30 November 2011 at 09:16 UTC, sub-driver said:

I'm curious... What's the source on this? I'm considering buying one but haven't seen this reported anywhere else (except for a single iReport story).

On 30 November 2011 at 13:38 UTC, ne said:

@sub-driver. I can verify it's true...the replacement part is a break cylindar and will resolve the issue.

On 30 November 2011 at 14:31 UTC, JT2012premium said:

I preordered one and they told me it was after Nov 15 therefore will not affect mine. However, I still don't have a vin # assigned after a November 17th preorder/ thankyou email from Subaru, so hopefully they'll send another email soon.