I DO HAVE ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH MY BRAND NEW SUBARU BAJA TURBO 2005. SOMETIMES WHEN I DRIVE IN THE FREEWAY, I HEAR WINDY NOISE DOES AT 70 MPH IN COLD TEMPERATURES. I CALLED SUBARU OF AMERICA FOR A POSSIBLE FIX FOR THIS ISSUE. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE T.O SUBARU DEALER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM HOWEVER THEY DENIED ME THE WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE WINDY NOISE WHEN THE MECHANIC DROVE THE CAR WITH HIS SERVICE MANAGER. FOLLOWING AFTER THE DENIAL I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE MECHANIC FOR A TEST DRIVE, DROVE THE CAR AND SHOWED THE NOISE THAT I HEARD AND HE AGREED THERE IS AN EXISTING NOISE, AFTER I DROVE THE VEHICLE HE FIRST MENTIONED AS SOLUTION TO BUY WIND REFLECTOR, LATER WHEN I MENTIONED TO THE MECHANIC ABOUT THE WARRANTY HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. UNTIL WE ARRIVE BACK TO THE DEALER HE MENTIONED TO ME THAT THERE WAS A LADY IN ANOTHER SUBARU WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AS MINE AND HE WILL LOOK ON THE RECORDS WHAT HE DID AT THAT TIME TO FIX THE LADY'S CAR. I CALLED SUBARU OF AMERICA AND SPOKE WITH MR. SHUMAKER TO HELP ME TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE, HE CREATED CASE # 783649 LATER ON I GOT NOTICED THE T. O. SUBARU DEALER DENIED THE WARRANTY BY THE SERVICE MANAGER; TAKING A POSITION AS HE WAS THE ONE THAT DIAGNOSTIC THE PROBLEM. THAT I WAS TOLD BY MR KEVIN SHUMAKER,I WAS SO IRRITATED DUE TO THE FACT HIS MECHANIC PROMISED ME FOR A FIX INSTEAD HIS MANAGER DENIED THE FIX. I JUST WANT THIS WINDY NOISE PROBLEM BE FIX ONCE FOR ALL PROOF THAT SUBARU OF AMERICA AWARE OF THIS WINDY NOISE OFFERING A CATALOG WHERE THEY OFFER WIND REFLECTOR. I MAY FILE LAW SUIT FOR MISREPRESENTATION AND DISHONESTY TO HONOR WARRANTY IN REGARDS WITH THIS ONGOING ISSUE I HAVE, I ASKING YOU DEPARTMENT TO FOLLOW AN INVESTIGATION IN THE WAY THIS DEALERSHIP WORKS IN REGARDS WITH WARRANTY ISSUES AND INSTEAD OF PROVIDED IT THEY TRY TO SELL EXTRA EQUIPMENT SUBARU OF AMERICA DOESN'T ACCEPT MY CLAIM BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE VERIFY BY A SUBARU DEALER AND I'M STILL STUCK WITH THIS WINDY NOISE ON MY CAR. THANK YOU. *JB
2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK
I WAS APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT LAST APRIL 28, 200) AND WENT TO APPLY MY BRAKES, ONLY TO FIND THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO WORK. I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 20 MPH AND GRAVITY SLOWED ME DOWN TO BELOW 18 MPH BECAUSE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY, ONLY TO BE STOPPED BY A CAR MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN ONTO A HIGHWAY VIA ROAD-RAMP. 3 PEOPLE WERE INJURED, AND MY DRIVING RECORD SEVERELY SCORCHED. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO FIX THE DEFECTIVE BRAKES TICKET. THERE WERE NO SUBARU DEALERS IN TOWN. THEY DID A VISUAL INSPECTION AND FOUND NOTHING TO BE THE MATTER. AS SOON AS I GOT BACK HOME, A WEEK LATER, I TOOK MY CAR INTO SUBARU, WHO RAN DIAGNOSTICS ON THE ABS ONLY TO CONCLUDE THAT I WAS A CRAZY PERSON. I DECIDED I RATHER NEEDED A SECOND, AND THIRD OPINION. NOW SUBARU HAD MY CAR FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS, GAVE IT BACK, TOOK ME BEHIND THE STORE TO TEST THE BRAKES, AND THE 20 FEET ON GRAVEL IT TOOK TO STOP WAS NORMAL, NOT TO MENTION, I HAD I QUOTE STATING 100% FUNCTIONAL AND NEW BRAKES. SO MY MAIN MECHANIC TOOK THE TIRES OFF TO LOOK THE BRAKES ,AND SAID OH MY GOD YOU CAN'T DRIVE THIS CAR, THERE WERE NO BRAKES! NONE, IT WAS NOT MEASURABLE, THAT' WAS HOW LITTLE THERE WERE.. SO I GOT A THIRD OPINION, AGREEING WITH THE SECOND OF MY MECHANIC, I CONCEDED, AND GOT MY BRAKES CHANGED. I ASKED TO KEEP THE BRAKE PADS TO TAKE TO SUBARU TO SHOW THEM THEIR GRAVE ERROR. I GAVE THE PADS TO THEM, THEY SWORE UP AND DOWN TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT, AND THAT WAS JULY 3, 2006, THIS IS APRIL 9, 2007. I THOUGHT ALL WAS WELL THAT ENDS WELL, BUT NOW THAT I KNEW OTHER PEOPLE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS I DIDN'T WANT TO DIE JUST BECAUSE I LOVE MY CAR, AND I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE TIME TO BUY OUT OF MY BAJA. *AK