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"Had to have work done to replace power steering pump and related"

"Noticed leak below front end; dealer traced to front struts, and replaced struts and associated coil springs to refurbish front end."

"Rear struts were leaking and needed replacement"

"Rear struts were leaking, replaced all four"

"I had to replace my struts due to "bounce" when driving over bumps"

"Front and rear required replacing within a one year period"

"replace front struts at 180000 miles"

"bad strut mount rear passenger side"

"Worn out and replaced"

"Had to have multiple operations due to grinding noise. Unsure of diagnosis"

"My rack & pinion has been leaking for two years but it's not worth the $500 in parts & 10 hours of labor to do this work on a 12 year old vehicle. Thus, we park in the street."

"When driving at speeds above 55, the steering wheel vibrates occasionally."

"We had to buy new tires due to tire misalignment but this was due to our mechanic's failure not the car itself"

"Replaced new Michelin Premium ultra all weather tires and loved how the car felt driving very quiet and better road grip"

"Loud thumping noise for several months. I thought it was caused by new tires. I replaced tires and it did not correct problem. Took it to auto repair and after paying $98 diagnostic fee, was told it was wheel bearing that cost $806."

"both rear wheel bearings failed under 90,000 miles"

"one rear bearing wore out"

"RR wheel bearing needed replacement at 79000 miles. LR wheel bearing needed replacement at 99000 miles."

"noisy worn wheel bearing replaced"

"Wheel bearing broke around 80000 miles"

"Both sets of front wheel bearings wore out before 60,000 miles."

"Breaks wear out. Need to be fixed. So what?"

"I was able to split up the cost of new brakes and do the back brakes and then the front brakes. Car currently at dealer for front brakes and struts because of noises made as car decelerated by braking or coasting."

"No warning of brake problem"

"Replaced front brake pads at 125000 km."

"I drive a manual transmission Forester. Unable to utilize parking brake above 90+ temperature as it locks brakes on hot days and wheels will not move. Happened last summer and this Spring. I have to pour cold water on wheels and wait for release, last time it took 4 hours. Vehicle couldn't be towed due to locked heated wheels."

"Parking brake locks in on position related to rust buildup according to dealer"

"New brakes installed July 2019 are already failing. Four days ago smoke was pouring out of front wheels, due to brakes failing to release while driving."

"it is very expensive to get the brake work done and is so annoying"

"Brakes rusted and had to be replaced"

"Brakes and roters did not stand up to Vermont winter road treatments. Braking became weak. Rusted/frozen parts needed complete replacement in 2018."

"after 10 years service the brakes needed to be replaced and as a precaution I changed the rotors also since they were rusty and worn."

"Needed to replace all four rotors"

"Noise in left rear wheel was diagnoxed as severely warped rotor which was replace"

"NEEDED TURNING AFTER 30000 MILES, EXCESSIVE WEAR"

"They wore out - the ball bearings"

"Shoes were dirty"

"Noisy Brakes after the car was standing unused for a period of days, maybe moisture on the pads and rust on the drums, and rotors"

"Squeaking breaks and more importantly a loud grinding noise in the rear."

"related to other issue. Cat converter is commonly replaced just to get the codes to go away"

"Secondary air injection system has failed 2 times once at 85k and then at 125k parts and labor are expensive"

"The catalytic converter is failing although the car is still functional. It is slightly out of the normal range, so the Check Engine light is permanently on. This also affects the cruise control, and that slight permanently flashes on my dash and"

"catalytic converter sounds like a truck falling apart. mechanic says it is common to this Subaru model year"

"Repeated P0456 DTC due to poorly seating fuel cap"

"O2 sensor went bad and turned on the check engine light. Cruise control was disabled. This has occurred twice before, once 6 years ago, and again 3 years ago."

"Sensors indicated incomplete combustion, leading to replacing catalytic converter"

"Check engine light kept coming on. Finally, after several attempts to fix it, the computer was changed at considerable cost. Also 2 of the tire pressure sensors are bad and I gave up spending money to fix them so the low tire pressure light just st"

"getting intermittent check engine light coming on and then off"

"Cost of repair"

"It took 3 tries for the dealer to fix this problem. When he could, I drove the car to the dealer immediately when I tried to fill the tank with gas and could not insert the pump into the fill neck. This was the clue the dealer needed to fix the car"

"Known issue which I am writing to SOA about. Very frustrating to have to drop $1,500 on this usse for a 2nd time with no recall. Secondary Air Valve issues"

"It had to be fixed because the cruise control will not work if the engine light is on"

"Two sensors needed replacing, but it required two separate visits to solve the problem completely"

"Every few years I've had to replace both O2 Sensors. The part cannot be purchased as an after market part. Has to be bought from Subaru. That's roughly $300 each time. What irks me is when I have to have it replced, I know it's going to eventually fa"

"They had gone out and needed replacing"

"leaking from around the gaskets"

"Seals were worn out and needed to be replaced. I was told it was normal for a car of this age"

"Oil seals had to be replaced several times"

"Small dips of oil on garage floor. Mechanic recommends we change from full synthetic oil back to regular"

"Vet oil pressure sensor left side leaking. Had to be replaced."

"Had to replace Head and Valve Cover gaskets."

"I have developed a slight leak due to head gasket going bad. Will have head gasket replaced when it becomes necessary"

"Valve cover gasket oil leak into spark plugs"

"Two different oil leaks: the first due to a bad Rocker Cover Gasket, the second due to a failed Head Gasket"

"Have been told there are several small oil leaks from the engine. There is nothing they can do to fix these leaks."

"clutch started slipping badly.. second clutch replacement on this car, first in first year of ownership that was replaced for no cost by subaru dealer"

"Car could not shift in lower gears"

"Through-bearing failure. Repair shop failed to recognize cause of driver reported symptoms even after driver diagnosed and told the shop what the problem was. Four months later the bearing gave out completely and vehicle was trucked to shop."

"Throwout bearing failed, told this is common around 100k miles"

"Scraping noises, difficult clutch usage, smells, complete failure"

"Replaced original clutch after 150000 miles as safety measure."

"We had new clutch and component parts replaced by a professional mechanic."

"Transmission had to be rebuilt probably due to unusual strain in getting through snow bank"

"Transmission started slipping at 65k miles, replaced 1 year later"

"Slipped out of gear. Any gear"

"My Check Engine light kept coming on and the Cruise Control wouldn't work. It turned out there was a leak in the exhaust pipe somewhere."

"Every time I would go to the dealer for an oil change, they would have to tighten down the heat shield. I purchased this car NEW."

"I think that was just covered."

"An easy replacement and not expensive."

"After 12 years of mostly short drives the muffler and pipes rusted out. Very loud. Replaced and all is good."

"rust and a hole that is just do to the rust belt and road salt although a stainless system would be better"

"muffler failed, had to be replaced before annual inspection"

"Car is 11 years old; muffler and pipes developed rust-through leaks and had to be replaced."

"My Cruise Control wouldn't work and my Check Engine light was on. This was due to a leak in my exhaust system. Once that was fixed, the Cruise Control worked again."

"Squealing bearing that required complete replacement of the entire compressor"

"All major parts in the A/C system had to be replaced, which was very expensive"

"A/C compressor failed. First problem with vehicle"

"The Air conditionong went last year, local repair quote was over $1100. The ac unit is not in an easily accessible spot and there are 'environmental issues' - we opted not to get it fixed"

"First repair shop couldn't decide what was wrong and messed it up further. Finally took it to Subaru dealer service who replaced 2 defective O- rings and added Freon. Works fine now. I'll stay with dealer servicing now"

"Part of the AC system... see above"

"The air conditioning wasn't blowing very cold, the problem was that the evaporator was leaking. This was at about 210000 miles. I fixed the problem myself, so the only cost was for the evaporator. I am an auto technician so I had access to necessary tools to work on closed A/C systems. The dashboard did not have to be removed like most evaporator repairs. Glovebox and blower motor were removed, and was able to replace evaporator."

"same as above"

"The bearing in the back axle was flattened or chipped and had to be replaced"

"Had to replace rear axle bearing and hub assembly. This shouldn't happen on a low mileage car that has been service regularly. Exploring this on the internet, I find this is also a common problem with Subaru."

"I have replace both front axles in the last 6 months and 1 rear axle 10 months ago. One of the front axles broke as I was driving across country. So I had to get a tow to the nearest city and tow my car 500 miles to my destination, which is now my home. 3 months later the other front axle broke"

"Bad rear wheel bearings"

"The right rear axle bearing is being replaced for the second time. this time with better quality parts."

"Stopped working--had electronic problem--had to replace"

"Took the Subaru dealer 8 months and 6 visits to solve the problem, including installing 3 used radios until they finally got it right!"

"Radio failed to play at all while CD still worked. Entire unit which was a refurbished one had to be replaced at a cost of 500 dollars at the dealership.....very dissatisfied with entire process at Donaldson's Subaru in Sayville, NY"

"AM radio worked intermittently."

"Am radio stopped functioning. Fm is working."

"While driving, the manual transmission shifter started to "feel" different, then it refused to shift into any gear. I had to be towed to the dealer, who replaced the "Fork.""

"The car had trouble starting at times as if it was not fully in neutral and my mechanic ended up having to replace the shift cable and a good chunk of the console, as there was no other way to get it out"

"Again only occasinally it would hesitat going into gear."

"Not serious in itself but it took the dealer nearly a week to get the part and a couple of extra days to schedule the work"

"Latch on rear door does not always catch/lock"

"Lift assembly weakened. Hatch would not stay up. It would hit you on the head"

"Latch sticks in open position. Need to manually push it down before closing"

"themostat temporarily failed to open"

"Had to replace battery: minimal water and slow cranking in winter"