Good luck with the transmission after about 80K miles. Their "free" maintenance doesn't include changing the tranny fluid at the 60k service . My parents transmission died at 82k and my BMW mechanic friend said that $hit happens all the time. Complete bull$hit if you ask me. Then there's the interior plastics and whatnot. They don't hold up well at all, and that's after seeing firsthand my parents X5 and my buddy's Mini. I'm not saying Bimmers don't drive great, just that they have problems as well and aren't the end-all vehicle.

-Brian

 

Ill be sure to make sure they do change it, even if I have to pay for it. Plus, I dont plan on keeping this car past the maintenence package period. Not to mention my brother has an 02 325 and has had zero problems, not to mention the car looks like it just came off the showroom floor. As long as you maintain the car properly it will be fine.

 

sounds like operator error to me, at least on the engine and tranny.

 

ALL i can say is, I love my subaru and I pray that I don't come across that type of ****...keepin my fingers crossed..but so far so good..07 wrx with 14k miles

 

QFT!

-Brian

 

I put 30k on my subaru in the first year of ownership... and I started with 4 miles on the odometer. I hope this stuff stays far away from me if at all possible, but unfortunately it seems I'll get to find out a lot sooner than most.

 

You'd be surprised to see how close to average that is for subaru owners. It seems we drive our cars more than most people because we enjoy being in them.

I think I put about 36k on mine the first year. I have averaged between 30 and 35k a year since I've had it until this year. It has sat like 2-3 months so far this year so it's down on pace for 15k or less this year.

 

I didnt have the tranny problems, but I had the engine problems.

 

I maintained my subaru, it still fell apart.

 

Where'd you get those figures? Seems like someone forgot about toyota and honda.

 

^^^^^

that guy has it right.

yeah. toyota only has the single most selling car of all time...

the toyota corolla. over 35 MILLION have been purchased since the name was put on a car.

not only that, but toyota is the #2 auto maker in the world. only ford is above them, and the margin is slim. very slim.

http://www.automotoportal.com/articl...sful_Cars_Ever

 

You're wrong. Engine went because the oil pump failed.

Tranny # 1 was covered, second one was not. I had stock HP so there as no excuse.

 

what exactly went wrong on the tranny.

probably 95 percent of tranny failures i see are due to freeway downshifting or just plain abuse.


Im not accusing you of either. i just dont see how its possible.

 

first and second were stripped to all hell.


I've seen many subaru trannys fail due to poor manifacturing. Hell, ask any subaru shop about Subaru trannys... My TR came out of the box with 3rd gear that would constantly grind, and a reverse that was almost impossible to engage. When I changed the tranny oil I had like 2 oz of metal in the oil pan... I don't drag race or anything, just normal driving. This is apparently common with subaru's crappy 5speed of doom.

The 6speed however is totally different

 

ehhh, i beg to differ, i own two five speed subarus, one of them is highly modified with over 100000 miles. never had a tranny problem ONCE. Thats an 02.


the second is an 06 and has about 50000 miles. Still as strong as the day i bought it.