Originally Posted By: Virtus_Probi
Originally Posted By: gathermewool
I've got an appointment Monday to have this looked into, along with some other items I want documented, but fully expected a response of, "could not duplicate":
1. Passenger seat-belt chime will sound occasionally, even if no one/thing is in the seat. Hitting the seat and adjusting its position at a stop sign or light does nothing, and the only solution is to buckle the seatbelt.
2. The nav. display will occasionally stay at full brightness, even with the lights on - very distracting at night!
3. Windshield squirters are now nearly useless. They were literally the best I've ever had in a car, but now suck.
4. Driver-side leather isn't looking too good after only 33k miles (definitely not expecting anything on this one.)
Do you use Rain-X washer fluid or anything like it?
I have seen a few instances online of people claiming it clogged their sprayers.
Yes, I have the orange stuff in there now. The spray pattern is terrible compared to how it was new.
Originally Posted By: bluesubie
gathermewool - Didn't you also take your car in for a couple of ECM reflashes early on?
Guys make sure the dealer also does a leakdown test which will tell you if the reflash alone will fix it.
Yep, I had to wait for an ECM reflash to fix the long/hard-start problem I was having, where the car would crank for 4-5 seconds before starting, and sometimes even time out and stop cranking without starting.
I believe that this will be my third ECM reflash...
Lesson learned: never buy a newly redesigned Subaru (probably all makes.)
I'll have to look this up, but are the model years before a major overhaul the most reliable, typically? I wonder how much more reliable a '13 Forester would have been for me. I like this one well enough, but the fact that their tunes are so far off doesn't inspire confidence for long-term reliability.