Subaru Impreza Sport wagon twitchy transmission problems

[JP]

Going into 1st gear had VERY HIGH FREQUENCY GRINDING even with the clutch
fully engaged - took it to the dealer who said he felt the vibration too,
but before they could tear apart the transmission, the District Dealer had
to feel - and he only comes in once a week. Took it back and the District
guy still didn't feel it. The Dealer guy said keep driving it until it
breaks down and THEN they could open the transmission.

Took it over to a FORD dealer and traded it in for a new Ranger. Subaru
must have paid somebody off to get "Car of the Year" two years back for this
POS. Subaru ain't what it used to be.

 

[someone]

Took it over to a FORD dealer and traded it in for a new Ranger. Subaru
must have paid somebody off to get "Car of the Year" two years back for this
POS. Subaru ain't what it used to be.

Good luck with your Ford, whiner. I'm sure you'll have plenty of chats with
their district reps...talk about a POS, Ford never was what it's marketing
dept. gets people to believe it is......

 

[Mark Jones]

Good luck with your Ford, whiner. I'm sure you'll have plenty of chats with
their district reps...talk about a POS, Ford never was what it's marketing
dept. gets people to believe it is......

Any car maker can have problems. It is how it is handled
that matters the most. My 2000 Ford Ranger has not had
any problems at all, other than having its Firestone tires
replaced. I would be a little upset if service personnel
had identified a problem and a manager wouldn't approve
fixing it while it was already in the shop.

I am currently considering a Subaru WRX STi, but all
of the 2004's will probably be sold before I can get
enough money together. The dealer told me they are
limiting production to only 3000 cars, so I will probably
miss out on getting one this year.

I don't think it is a good idea to so severely limit
production, because I may find something else to
spend my money on between now and next year.
I don't really need a car, but these cars are really
kind of special because of the power and AWD.

 

[David Rees]

I am currently considering a Subaru WRX STi, but all
of the 2004's will probably be sold before I can get
enough money together. The dealer told me they are
limiting production to only 3000 cars, so I will probably
miss out on getting one this year.

I don't think it is a good idea to so severely limit
production, because I may find something else to
spend my money on between now and next year.
I don't really need a car, but these cars are really
kind of special because of the power and AWD.

Well, if you can't get your STi, there's always the Diamond Star Evo
waiting for you! And it's a bit cheaper than the STi.

I love my WRX, I can't imagine what the power that the STi has feels like.

-Dave

 

[T Berk]

Going into 1st gear had VERY HIGH FREQUENCY GRINDING even with the clutch
fully engaged - took it to the dealer who said he felt the vibration too,
but before they could tear apart the transmission, the District Dealer had
to feel - and he only comes in once a week. Took it back and the District
guy still didn't feel it. The Dealer guy said keep driving it until it
breaks down and THEN they could open the transmission.

Took it over to a FORD dealer and traded it in for a new Ranger. Subaru
must have paid somebody off to get "Car of the Year" two years back for this
POS. Subaru ain't what it used to be.

LOL.


All I can say is gooood Luuuuuuck.


TBerk

 

[David & Caroline]

If you have something which is a noise or a subtle thing, you really ought
to be in the car with the tech to show them what they are looking for - I
would have made a point to be there when the district guy showed up. They
have had a large problem with people modding the car for more power, drag
racing (with poorly executed, high stress launches), grenading their
transmission, then claiming it was a defect and demanding that Subaru repair
it - now an SoA rep must see the car before most transmission work can be
done.

Also - just because the owner thinks there is a problem, doesn't mean that
the noise isn't normal - maybe the guy didn't notice anything out of the
ordinary, but because it was your car, you are a bit more hypersensitive
about things like that (I know I am).

So - you are saying that because there was a "very high frequency grinding"
which the district guy didn't think was out of the ordinary the first time
he looked, something which hasn't even been confirmed to be a problem with
the transmission yet, you dumped the car for a Ford? Are you insane? If
you didn't like the car, and a small truck was more inline with what you
needed, that's one thing - but a noise means the Subaru is crap? What would
they have had to do, say "we hear it too, we don't know what it is, but
since it bugs you, we have ordered up a new transmission and will change
yours out just for piece of mind" - that's not going to happen. You have a
5yr/60k mile warranty on the transmission, why worry about a little noise
now?

Good luck with your Ford - in my experience with Fords (which has given me
the "never again" mindset) the old sayings are all true (fix or repair
daily, found on road dead, etc.)

 

[Mark Jones]

Well, if you can't get your STi, there's always the Diamond Star Evo
waiting for you! And it's a bit cheaper than the STi.

I love my WRX, I can't imagine what the power that the STi has feels like.

I looked at an Evo about 5 minutes after leaving the Subaru
dealer. The WRX STi is so much better that I would never
consider the Evo.

 

[J]

I just traded my 1998 6cyl Mustang in for a 2K4 Outback Sport (I pick it up
monday..)

It has 110K miles on it and has NEVER been in the shop for anything except
for oil changes and body damage from being hit by careless drivers.
Honestly I wouldn't be getting rid of it if I didn't want something a
little more practical.

Fords are defintiely not as bad as that age old reputation started by some
other-brand-fanboys..

Here's to hoping the Outback Sport can match what the Stang did. I look
forward to seeing it happen.

J