Consumers are warned to exercise extreme caution when considering investing in a "Subaru Approved" vehicle from Subaru and its agents due to hidden damage resulting in compromised customer safety and repair integrity .
*This does not apply to new Subaru vehicles.
Subaru uses unaccredited / Backyard Workshops to salvage damaged vehicles to resell as "Subaru Approved" for through online platforms, or Subaru-owned dealerships.
Subaru does not record or disclose known damage salvage history resulting in circumstances which adversely affects the risk to customer safety and repair integrity on Subaru Vehicles.
Subaru ensures that no record of repair exists, and does not disclose risk. The only way to be certain is through independent assessment at approved Repair Center used by leading manufacturers.
The responsibility falls to owners and buyers of "Subaru Approved" vehicles to have the vehicles assessed.
These were found on affected vehicles, and is documented in Subaru Owners Manual Warnings as known risks.
Commonly Affected High risk areas are:
Subaru Approved vehicle with damage history repaired by unaccredited workshops are sold with any documented nor recorded in repair, salvage or insurance databases.
To prevent buyers from accessing insurance claim history Subaru provides fraudulent VIN numbers for Buyers insurer on repeated request, and in purchase contracts.
Subaru internal comment/repair history is cleared of any history prior to sale of approved vehicles.
Conducting business with Subaru can result in driver and passenger safety, and exposes consumers to financial risk and loss resultant of fraud commited by Subaru Management and Executives. Offer to Purchase
Subaru Approved vehicle with damage history repaired by unaccredited workshops are sold with any documented nor recorded in repair, salvage or insurance databases.
To prevent buyers from accessing insurance claim history Subaru provides fraudulent VIN numbers to Buyers insurer on request and in purchase contracts.
Subaru internal comment/repair history is cleared of any history prior to sale of approved vehicles.
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