EyePatch: Subaru Recalling 72,000 Vehicles for Faulty EyeSight Safety Tech

The Subaru Legacy is unique in its class, thanks to its standard all-wheel drive and a roomy interior. A 2.5-liter flat-four engine that makes 175 hp is standard; a continuously variable transmission (CVT) is the only available transmission. There’s an available 3.6-liter flat-six that cranks out 256 hp, and it also pairs with a CVT. With the 3.6, the Legacy offers decent performance. What it lacks in overall speed, it makes up for in all-weather versatility.

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Subaru’s camera-based EyeSight bundle of active safety features has a flaw, at least in 72,000 2015 Impreza, XV Crosstrek, Legacy, and Outback, models as well as certain 2016 WRXs. Therefore, Subaru is recalling those vehicles, as a faulty brake-light switch can render the automatic braking portion of EyeSight’s capabilities inoperative, potentially leading to a crash.

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Luckily, it doesn’t appear as though any crashes have resulted from the brake-light switch fault, and really, if the automatic-braking function were to fail, there’s still, you know, the driver. Braking function isn’t effected by the issue, meaning that even with the auto-braking feature out of commission, every affected Subaru can still be safely brought to a stop, provided the driver is paying attention. (The danger here, of course, is that the auto-braking system is a fail-safe that works to avoid or mitigate crashes by stopping the car if the driver fails to react to an impending collision.) So far, there’s no timeline on when customers can expect a fix, but Subaru will perform all necessary repairs free of charge.

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from Car and Driver Blog http://ift.tt/1Hi7czV
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