Chas70 Posted April 6 Report Share Posted April 6 Good afternoon all. Looking at buying my first Subaru and thought where would be the best place to get advice on what to look out for. An owners club forum of course! It's a Forester 2ltr D, XSN. On a 09 plate, 96000 miles. I'd appreciate any help /advice offered. Thanks, Chas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenmamba Posted April 6 Report Share Posted April 6 That era Subaru diesels are prone to failure so I'd be very wary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted April 6 Report Share Posted April 6 Best advice is avoid diesel . up to 2013 was the worst for boxer diesel but any modern era diesel is potential high maintenance so only buy diesels when it actually truly needed benefit . Don't overlook older vehicles, most of the best made high reliability is late 90's to 2005 era. 80% of my workload is new garbage electrical and emission systems and none of it cheap and many times owners already blown serious money and still got same faults and they at wits end with almost empty bank accounts lol . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay762 Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 Wotcha and welcome - as above but keep us posted as to your final choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas70 Posted June 9 Author Report Share Posted June 9 Well I bit the bullet and got the fozzy as detailed in my post. So far the rear diff temp dash light is intermittently on/off but mainly on, even from cold so it's probably a wiring /sensor fault. The DPF light was on so took it to Carnetix in Melton who were great and said it's an oil dilution problem so I need to get my !Removed! in gear and change the oil. The sat nav will not recognise uk postcodes so I assume the dvd needs updating, only problem is that the screen will not tilt to give access to the discs! 🤦🏻♂️. Other than that, enjoying it 😁😁😁. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay762 Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 On 6/9/2022 at 2:05 PM, Chas70 said: The sat nav will not recognise uk postcodes so I assume the dvd needs updating, only problem is that the screen will not tilt to give access to the discs! 🤦🏻♂️. Other than that, enjoying it 😁😁😁. What head unit do you have - can you post a photo as I may be able to help with that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas70 Posted June 17 Author Report Share Posted June 17 I'll do that as soon as I can, working at the mo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qualityadvice Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 5 hours ago, Chas70 said: I'll do that as soon as I can, working at the mo. I just like this view Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas70 Posted June 18 Author Report Share Posted June 18 22 hours ago, Jay762 said: What head unit do you have - can you post a photo as I may be able to help with that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qualityadvice Posted June 22 Report Share Posted June 22 On 4/6/2022 at 7:46 PM, Greenmamba said: That era Subaru diesels are prone to failure so I'd be very wary. True Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qualityadvice Posted June 22 Report Share Posted June 22 On 6/18/2022 at 3:31 PM, Chas70 said: On 6/18/2022 at 3:31 PM, Chas70 said: Nice head unit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay762 Posted August 25 Report Share Posted August 25 Ok apologies for the delayed reponse, Here are some instructions which may work Try pressing the top right hand corner of the screen for 5 plus seconds, that should kick in the eject process for the dvd and tilt the screen in the process. Also this may be useful Hidden menu: 1. Turn key to on position 2. Press "Agree" 3. Press the "Audio" button 4. Press the volume knob (right side - Audio off) 5. The screen should be blank apart from "Audio off" at the top 6. Tap the left side of the screen, then tap the right. Repeat 6 times The hidden menu should now show up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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