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| horizontally-opposed |
 May 21 2007, 01:06 PM
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Can you Subie experts weigh in on this? Got a letter from someone blasting Subaru engines as "unreliable" and "problematic" and poorly designed.
He also blasts Subaru and Fuji for ignoring the problems, then tells me to Google "Subaru Problems," which leads me to: http://subaruproblems.com/ Thoughts? Alarmist? Accurate? Possible, but not likely? I know a few of us have spent the kind of time on the Subaru boards to know more than I do. I've always heard Subies are quite reliable and my 2003 WRX seemed to be bulletproof, but then I sold it at 30,000 miles and thus lost to the chance to prove it... Thanks! pete |
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| PRS914-6 |
May 21 2007, 03:51 PM
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Excellence Magazine Project 914 3.6 Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,278 Joined: 20-May 06 From: Central California Member No.: 6,031 Region Association: None  |
Pete, I think the problems were pretty much solved in the later engines. They did have head gasket issues in the early models and I don't feel the "conditioner" was a good fix. It just saved them warranty work.
I'm a ski bum and almost everyone I ski with owns a Subie and they get a lot of hard mountain use. None of them have a complaint. Again, they are all late model cars though. I almost bought an STI. My check book was out but decided to build the 914 instead. The STI would have been cheaper...... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) |
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| Justinp71 |
May 21 2007, 04:16 PM
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QUOTE(PRS914-6 @ May 21 2007, 02:51 PM)  Pete, I think the problems were pretty much solved in the later engines. They did have head gasket issues in the early models and I don't feel the "conditioner" was a good fix. It just saved them warranty work. I'm a ski bum and almost everyone I ski with owns a Subie and they get a lot of hard mountain use. None of them have a complaint. Again, they are all late model cars though. I almost bought an STI. My check book was out but decided to build the 914 instead. The STI would have been cheaper...... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) But your car will be faster and cheaper on insurance (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Plus anyone can go out and get an STI. On the topic... A few of my family members have had subaru's... always reliable. |
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horizontally-opposed SOT: Subaru engines known for being problematic? May 21 2007, 01:06 PM
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02 WRX, 85,000 miles.
I put rear brake pads and a... May 23 2007, 06:13 PM horizontally-opposed Thanks for all the feedback. Roughly matches up wi... May 23 2007, 06:31 PM |
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