Subaru
Forester 2000 Many issues with this vehicle

I purchased my Subaru Forester 2000 2nd hand in 2003 at 72,000 miles at Farmington Ford in Farmington Maine.

A little over 30 thousand miles later it started to develop serious issues.

1st: Transmission was slipping so I had to replace the entire transmission for a total of $2,097 at this time the power steerig knuckle also had an issue and that was repaired as well - the guy also replaced the timming belt.

2nd: A month later my car started to make funny sounds again and I thought it might be the struts but it was more. The wheel bearings were going and I had to get them replaced. At this time my repair guy found issues with the struts as well as a crack i the catalatic converter. I also had an issue with the center lights in my car - this til this day has not been fixed. My repair guy feels it might be electrical. At this time I contacted Subaru through e mail and also spoke to a person at their head office. She told me that all they could do was offer me $700.00 off a new Subaru. Great! No, Thanks.

I moved up north to be with my boyfriend and car pooled alot up there. My car finally got a break and I had no issues. We moved back to my hometown and the issues started arrising again (the more I use the car you know?)

3rd: My car needed welding done on the exhaust system in order to get inspected. I had this done in November of

4th: This Month currently Febuary 2007 my car is now in the shop due to a cooolant issue. My repair man thinks it could be head gaskets which are going to run me thousands of dolalrs more. At this time I would like nothing more then another car - but I still owe 5,000 dollars on this car - and another 2,500 dollars in loans for the repairs of this car - I am at a total loss and all I can really afford to do is take all these repairs because really minus the engine (Knocks on wood) its practically a brand new car! I am not the only person who has had issues with these problems there are more of us - but yet subaru has only done a recall on a couple of very minor things.

I just wrote subaru with my new complaints as well as attached my previous ones. I will update with any response that they provde me.

-Sarah Age: 24

Company: Subaru
Country: USA
State: Nationwide
Site: www.subaru.com

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