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Car: Used 2008 Subaru Forester
MPG: 20 city / 26 hwy
Model: Forester
Interior Color: Desert Beige cloth
Dealer: Newport Blue Pearl
Brand: Subaru
Mileage: 125,140 miles
Ownership Cost for 2008 Subaru Forester 2.5 X
Estimated: $40892 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2367
$1136
$994
$899
$805
$6201
Insurance
$1675
$1733
$1794
$1857
$1922
$8981
Fuel
$1696
$1747
$1808
$1880
$1965
$9096
Maintenance
$2763
$1895
$1088
$1038
$2291
$9075
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$732
$732
$732
$732
$732
$1084
Total Ownership Costs
$10209
$7733
$7087
$7159
$8704
$40892
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
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: 2008
Plant City: Ota
Plant Company Name: FHI (Yajima Plant )
Plant Country: Japan
Plant State: Gunma
Seat Belts All: Manual
TPMS: Direct
Transmission Speeds: 4
Transmission Style: Automatic
Trim: 2.5X
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKES FAILED CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND COLLISION WITH ROCKS, BUSHES AND TREES. MJS
2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. PULLED THE CODE AND RAN IT BY A FRIEND WHO IS A SUBARU MECHANIC. AFTER REALIZING THIS IS A SMOG ISSUE CONTACTED DEALER WHO SAID ITS NOT COVERED UNDER EMISSIONS WARRANTY. I KNOW THIS IS FALSE AS PARTS ARE TO BE COVERED BY LAW UP TO 100K MILES. NOW IT'S GOING TO COST $1600+ TO REPAIR THIS ISSUE IN ORDER TO PASS SMOG. ON A 5 YEAR OLD CAR. BELOW IS A POSTING FROM MECHANIC NOTIFYING FORUMS, FACEBOOK, AND ANYONE ELSE WHO WILL LISTEN OF THE ISSUE (THERE ARE GOOD MECHANICS OUT THERE). ONE OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT, GETTING CALLS ON, AND PERSONALLY SEEING FOR OURSELVES IS THESE AIR INJECTION SOLENOIDS HAVING ISSUES ON THE 06+ MODEL VEHICLES. REMEMBER THE AIR PUMP IS SUPPOSE TO ONLY RUN FOR A SHORT MOMENT UNDER START UP (IT INJECTS OXYGEN INTO THE EXHAUST TO BURN OFF THE EXCESS FUELING AT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS SO THEY WILL LITE OFF). HERE YOU CAN SEE BOTH OF THESE BAD SOLENOIDS AND HOW GUMMED UP THEY'RE GETTING FROM EXHAUST GASES AND MOISTURE. THE CHECK VALVE GETS DAMAGED FORCING IT TO BE STUCK OPEN, WHICH CAUSES CONSTANT HOT EXHAUST GASES TO RUN THROUGH THESE PARTS, YOU CAN SEE THE SEAL ON THE PLUNGER IS LITERALLY DESTROYED FROM THE HEAT. I REALLY HOPE SOA REALIZES THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT'S GOING TO GO AWAY. IN THE LAST WEEK WE HAVE TAKEN 5 PHONE CALLS IN REGARDS TO THIS AND TODAY WE ARE FIXING A CUSTOMERS...WHICH IN TIME WILL HAVE THE SAME FATE AS HIS LAST ONES UNFORTUNATELY. HOPEFULLY SOA STEPS UP AND HAS A REVISION AND/OR COMPENSATION (WARRANTY) IN PLACE FOR THIS ISSUE IN NEAR FUTURE. SUBARU CURRENT WARRANTY REBUTTAL IS THEY CLAIM THESE PARTS ARE NOT AN "EMISSIONS" RELATED COMPONENT BUT IT CLEARLY IS AND THEY NEED TO ADMIT TO IT AND FIX THIS ISSUE. SUBARU OWNERS NEED HELP AND SHOULD GET REFUNDS FOR THE COSTS OF REPAIRS THUS FAR! *TR
