lmiller01

When I say sloppy, there have been a couple of times in corners or round abouts where the car feels like it suddenly lurches, to which a re adjustment of the throttle and wheel are usually needed to get her back on track. Shiny stuff, I like your droplinks. I am going to have to get under the car at the weekend and have a look and see if I can spot what is going on.

The mileage is around 48,000 Not even going to pretend to know what the drop link does, if this is worn would this account for the sloppy handling in the corners or is that just a Forester thing?

Hi there Since I purchased the car (recently) there has been a clunk when I go over bumps on the road, now this is not the crash you get as you go down a pothole, but a definite clunk, as if a track rod end was failing or bush was going. It happens when either the nearside or offside wheels hit the bumps. When I had the clutch\flywheel replaced at Bulldog they put the car on a ramp and on a stand that lets the wheels dangle and in both cases they could not fine the issue and said they could not replicate it when doing a test drive, they must have smooth roads on their test drive route. So I just want to see if anyone thinks this is normal behaviour or should I look somewhere else for the issue? The car is under 12 months warranty so I'd like to track the issue and get it fixed down before that runs out. Cheers Laurie

Well I had the flywheel replaced under warranty, but unfortunately I has to pay for the clutch parts, but did only have to pay a penny for fitting them as obviously everything was already out of the car at that point. So I do have a car that actually drives like a car now, although I am still not convinced that the car is 100% but I will cover that in another post. Thanks for the response to my original post. Laurie

Hi there I've just purchased a 2010 Forester from a Subura dealership and after a week of ownership I am really concerned about the bitting point on the clutch. I have to push the clutch pedal right into the carpet to engage first, and if I have used to car for a while there is a judder when driving off. Second gear is also a bit difficult to enguage but then the gear box seems fine one one the move. It feels to me that the clutch is on it's way out, the car has only done 40k miles and there is no tow bar one the car. I have seen several articles on the web about clutch failure on the Forester and Outbacks. Any one got any ideas and advise? I am taking the car back to the dealer tomorrow for another fault (passenger side window fell out) so really not enjoying my Subaru ownership at the moment. Regs Laurie