Subaru: Never ending Subaru Problems!

Sounds like you got a lemon and a bad dealership....

and now 4 years later your bitter about it - you should have returned it right
away and asked for a new car...

On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 04:13:48 GMT, "Sam" <com>
wrote:
 

Probably too late now but a discussion with the 'zone rep.' guy might be
in order - ask for an extended warranty. Best lines to use - "How would
you feel in my place?" "What do I tell my friends, relatives and
coworkers when they ask how I like my Subaru?" "If this happened to you,
would you buy another Subaru?" "Maybe what happened to me is 1% of your
customers - but its happening to me 100% of the time."

good luck

Carl
1 Lucky Texan


Josh Assing wrote: 


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Gee, you've had some hard luck. But why wait 4 years to whine about it?

Ragnar
2000 Outback Sport with ZERO defects

Not to be defensive, but I did try the lemon route, as it turns out, that is
much harder then it sounds. Also all the repairs were under warranty, so at
the end of the day it did not cost me anything, except headache. The thing
that got me going again is that the speedometer stopped working, and the
warranty is no longer valid. Either way, I was trying to figure out if
others had similar experience, cause I can not believe I am the only one.


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Not really whining. More like death by 1000 cuts :-). Just trying to see if
anyone else had the same hard luck. Either I am truly alone (as the dealer
claims) or there are others. Just looking for the "broken down" Subaru
support group :-).


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On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 09:56:33 GMT, "Sam"
<com> wrote:
 

First year models were not a good choice in the old days but the
chances of unknown problems still has potential today. Against my
better judgement I bought the first model Legacy sedan, 1990. Did
not even consider Subaru's before then. I was amazed at how perfect
the car was for a first model design. But you can't win 'em all.
Forester problems diminished considerably after 98/99 but I waited
until '02 to buy one. There was talk of major design change for '03
so decided I'd better not wait any longer. Been real happy with it
as I also was with my '95 Legacy wagon. Better luck next time.

BoB

<Sam> wrote: 

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Sounds like maybe your car was made first thing on a Monday or just before
quitting time of Friday :-)

I guess my 95 Legacy (160,000km) was made on a Wednesday because this is its
list:
- vibration at 100km/h - factory tires needed re-balancing
- clutch slipping (at 80,000km) - new clutch needed (saw new and old clutch
together - not a manufacturing problem)
- oil pump gasket leaking (at 100,000km) - replaced gasket, leak stopped
- passanger side mirror missing - that branch from the ice-storm finally
fell out of the tree!
- right front drive axle (at 120,000km) - replaced with a re-built
- heat sheild rattle (at 160,000km) - removed heat sheild
- plus the usual stuff replace as per the service schedule.

I agree, I got lucky, but it shouldn't have to be up to luck. All that time
with the car sitting in the shop when you excepted to be able to use it,
isn't right.

If the problem was that everyone was lazy the day your car was made, then
they should admit to this after a certain threshold of problem, and agree to
re-build the engine and re-install the transaxel, to ensure that all gaskets
and seals are proplerly done etc...

If you really want info about reliability that has some statistical
value, you need to do some research on Consumer Rpts, Edmonds, etc.
For what little it's worth, I have the same car. The only non-routine
thing that has ever needed fixing is, coincidentally, the speedometer.
Beginning about a month ago at 107K, it started working only
intermittently (along with the odometer, of course). I'm told it
needs a new speedo head, which costs about $150 parts + $150 labor.
I'll probably hold off until spring to fix it.

All in all, I'm very happy with the car.

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