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1990 Subaru Legacy latches & locks problems

19 complaints about latches & locks have been filed for the 1990 Subaru Legacy, which is 18% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
19 18% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

None of the latches & locks complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

Door locks; locks will engage automatically due possible spring mechanism. Had springs replaced w/failure reoccuring six months later. Mfg will no longer assist

The lock/latch on my car's passenger door is defective and the recall 90v18400 did not fix the problem. The door is difficult to open and could easiy fail any day and trap my passenger in the car. The same thing is happening to the front drivers door. The manufactuer will not fix the problem at no charge.

Reported at 104,000 miles, February 2003

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