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Originally Posted by venturaII
Actually, I believe the failure was the result of Subaru's steel suppliers falsifying QA inspection records for the materials eventually used to make the springs. I don't think this was Subaru's direct fault, per se, unless you just mean them waiting for failures before acknowledging there could be a problem in the first place...
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One more link in the chain that you missed.
It is probably the steel supplier to the parts manufacturer that sold the parts to Subaru.
Subaru would have had no clue until things started to fail. Even if Subaru tested each spring (not gonna happen) the low failure rate would mean that it could slip through the cracks for a while. This happens in the industry all the time. Just normally doesn't cause such a ruckus.
Don't think the timing was coincidental.
https://money.cnn.com/2017/10/16/new...now/index.html