- VIN: JF1SF6354WH76****
- MPG: /
- Year: 1998
Ownership Cost for 1998 Subaru Forester L
Estimated: $52792 over the next 5 years
|
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Total |
| Depreciation |
$5185 |
$2489 |
$2178 |
$1970 |
$1763 |
$13585 |
| Insurance |
$1632 |
$1689 |
$1748 |
$1810 |
$1873 |
$8752 |
| Fuel |
$1660 |
$1709 |
$1769 |
$1840 |
$1923 |
$8901 |
| Maintenance |
$2763 |
$2912 |
$1794 |
$2371 |
$2291 |
$12131 |
| Repairs |
$977 |
$1138 |
$1298 |
$1417 |
$1627 |
$6457 |
| Taxes & Fees |
$2003 |
$2003 |
$2003 |
$2003 |
$2003 |
$2967 |
| Total Ownership Costs |
$14220 |
$10166 |
$9077 |
$9593 |
$9736 |
$52792 |
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger) Body Class: Wagon Displacement CC: 2500.0 Displacement CI: 152.55936023683 Displacement L: 2.5 Drive Type: AWD/All Wheel Drive Make: SUBARU Manufacturer: FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES U.S.A., INC. (C/O SUBARU OF AMERICA) Manufacturer Id: 1075 Model: Forester Model Year: 1998 Note: Body Type: Sport Wagon Other Restraint System Info: SRS Airbag Plant City: Ota Plant Company Name: FHI Plant Country: Japan Plant State: Gunma Seat Belts All: Manual Transmission Speeds: 4 Transmission Style: Automatic Trim: L Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
| Model year |
COMPONENT |
Complaint |
| 2004 |
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE |
I OWN AND DAILY DRIVE A 2004 FORESTER XT. IT HAS RECENTLY DEVELOPED WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE A SEVERE SAFETY RELATED ISSUE. LAST NIGHT, AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES, THERE WAS AN OVERWHELMING SMELL OF RAW FUEL IN THE CABIN. THIS SITUATION HAPPENED AGAIN THIS MORNING WHILE SITTING IN TRAFFIC, AT A RED LIGHT. THE SMELL OF GASOLINE WAS SO STRONG, I FELT LIGHT HEADED AND HAD TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOWS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS 24 FAHRENHEIT. I FOUND THAT SUBARU OF AMERICA (SOA) ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM ON WRX MODELS WHICH PRODUCED THIS SYMPTOM. UPON INSPECTION OF MY ENGINE, I CAN BOTH SEE AND SMELL RAW FUEL SEEPING FROM ONE OR MORE OF THE FUEL LINES. I CONTINUED MY RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF THIS ISSUE COVERING MANY YEAR MODELS OF THE FORESTER AND THE LEGACY MODELS. DUE TO THE VOLATILITY OF GASOLINE AND THE INHERENT DANGERS TO HUMANS IN VAPOR FORM, I FEEL THIS IS A CRITICAL SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE READ MANY REPORTS AND NOTICED THE APPARENT LARGE POPULATION OF AFFECTED VEHICLES. THIS IS VERY DISCONCERTING. I AM CONTACTING SOA TO REPORT THIS PROBLEM AND TO REQUEST THEY COVER THE FAILURE UNDER GOODWILL. *TR |
| 1998 |
SEATS |
1. LEFT AIR/HEAT VENT NON-FUNCTIONAL. AIR/HEAT IS PUSHED OUT WITH ALMOST NO FORCE, UNLIKE RIGHT VENT, WHICH BLOWS WITH SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER FORCE. BROUGHT THIS COMPLAINT TO DEALER WHO SAID HE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH HIS CAR. SAID IT WAS DESIGN FLAW, DID NOTHING TO ADDRESS PROBLEM. 2. A SPOT OF OIL OR GREASE-LIKE SUBSTANCE APPEARED ON REAR LEFT SEAT BACK. AT FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS NOTHING, NOW STAIN HAS GROWN TO COVER ALMOST A THIRD OF THE ENTIRE SEAT BACK. THE LEAK IS OBVIOUS AND GROWING, THE SEAT BACK CONTINUOSLY GREASY AND WET. DEALER NOTIFIED, CLAIMED THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO ABOUT IT. |
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