Subaru: 98 Forester Buy or Not?

I bought a new Forester december 1999. I have 100 000 km now and it still
drives like new. I replaced the tires at 95 000 km. Brake and clutch are
untouched. No oil consumption. I don't feel a great difference when
driving a new one.
HH

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Yes, it was the first year for the Forester, but it uses the Impreza chassis
and the same drivetrain used in other Subarus, so really only the body is
new, which is not usually the problem on 1st year cars.
Ed B


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1) Foresters built between APR 1997 and MAR 1999 had a recall for the brake
master cylinder.
(NHTSA Campaign Id Number: 99V040000)

2) If manual transmission, Subaru changed pressure plate design starting in
03/98 and continuing though 07/99. (Subie clutch material is prone to
chatter when the clutch is cold but ours built in 2/98 would chatter even
when warmed up). Check the build date on the vehicle you are thinking of
buying.
See: http://forums.vmag.com/suvsubaru0200/messages/2662.html ,
http://tinyurl.com/svbu and http://tinyurl.com/sv9a (These last two are
Google search results I found from when I first chased this issue).

Jim G.

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