Owners of Subaru 2011 Outbacks and Legacys need to immediately contact their dealer and refrain from utilizing the vehicle until this problem has been resolved, says Alabama liability attorney Keith T. Belt

In what has become a very active Fall for Subaru, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that the automaker was recalling almost 70,000 Outback and Legacy models from 2011 because the glass portion of the moon-roof might fly off. This was the third recall announced by the safety agency involving Subaru this month, with two earlier actions covered almost 500,000 vehicles.

Subaru indicated there was not enough adhesive applied to the glass portion of the moon-roof on the vehicles assembled from Aug. 3, 2010 to July 1, 2011. They began investigating the issue last June after receiving a complaint from an owner saying the glass flew off as he was driving on the interstate highway, but fortunately no one was injured. The automaker did not say if they had received any additional notifications of the moon-roof flying off and/or if this problem had caused any injuries.

One of the earlier recalls affects 195,000 Legacy and Outback models from the 2010-11 model years and is being undertaken to fix a wiper motor that may overheat and, “in the worst case,” according to Subaru, catch fire.

The second recall, covering about 295,000 vehicles, includes the 2002–7 Impreza, 2003–8 Forester and 2005-6 Saab 9-2x, which is based on the Impreza. Subaru says a front control arm may break if corroded, making the vehicle difficult to control.

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