Sorry if its been asked before - but whats the Subaru OK sticker, in the nearside rear window, all about and why isn't there a matching one on the drivers side ?

Chris

 

I always thought it was for the alarm

 

It means the car has been bought from a dealer 2nd hand at some stage and as such came with a warranty and such like, it also has to meet certain criteria like less than 60k, 5 years old I think something like that.

 

Got the same sticker on my Jap import

 

Funny my brand new (first owner) MY98 had one that was brought off a Subaru dealer

 

i aways wondered about that too....

 

On my Jap Import too

 

oh yeah mine's an import with the same sticker, does that mean mines been 2nd hand to someone in the land of the rising sun?

 

On my JDM car as well

 

Means **** all IMHO. Every Subaru seems to have 'em on. Whether it's the final PDI at the factory or something I don't know...

 

I was told at a meet it was soem sort of quality control sticker.

 

Its normally the sticker the roadtester in the factory sticks on after the road test on the subaru test track at the factory,had a friend who worked at Honda doing the same job,if it passes it gets a sticker and parked one place if it fails it goes back to the section it failed on untill it passes.

 

also on MY93 WRX

 

The ok sticker means your car has passed a vehicle inspection & quality control in the FACTORY. It has nothing to do with second hand cars.Many years ago i worked in the nissan factory & all jap car companys same to have the same procedure.

 

It's a Japanese thing, and didn't used to be restricted to cars. Anyone with an oldish Jap camera will know the little gold stickers with OK on them.

 

So I can remove it without any fear of warranty issues from the dealer etc......


Chris

 

yes definately done at factory quallity controll bull

my old fiat had simillar stickers still fell to bits

 

I think it just means it's OK to leave the factory, seem to recall other Jap cars (Nissan & Toyota) having a similar sticker too.

 

Mine says N.O.T.O.K
SUBARU

Anyone else have this?! Could this explain why i got it so cheap?

 

OK means the car was at first rejected by the quality control (generally if the car is dented or been damaged on the production line or the engine didn't work or something like that) but then re-inspected and classified as "OK".

Hope that answers the question.

 

LOL, can i file this under Great Subaru Myths?? Quality entertainment!

 

me as well
then they dropped me at the beguining if this year as the ugly new primera wasnt selling (i was one of the last "temps" to go)

not to bad tho as i got a job asap in the factory next door to nissan who supplies the seats for the cars lol
same job, much more money and much better prospects lmao

 

Yup, it seems to be a Japanese thing. Cameras, videos and the like that I've bought in the past have all had an 'OK' sticker. As do Nissans, Toyotas, Mazdas.....

 

If it changes colour.... panic