Tex46

I have a Kenwood SatNav in my 2011 Forester Xsn. A recent service and repair at my local Subaru Dealer required battery disconnection . After completing the repair and reconnecting the battery, the SatNav screen went black with a message saying,” Please replace the Map DVD”. However, the map DVD was already in the slot and system could not read it. They struggled for an hour to release the DVD, but eventually gave up. They told me that they suspected the unit was faulty and would have to be sent away. I took the car home and did a bit of research on the internet. I discovered that even though the screen is black, the tilt mechanism will still work and expose the DVD slot. If you then press on the top right hand corner of the screen, the DVD pops out. Next, you reload it and the system boots up normally. I suppose the lesson is to remove the DVD before you disconnect the battery. One other point, I had a non Subaru map DVD in the slot (the Subaru updates are way too expensive). When the system rebooted, I lost the safety grid on the reversing camera. I suspected that this bit of software was missing from the new map DVD, so I rebooted again with the original Subaru map DVD and, hey presto got the grid back. I hope that this information may be helpful to others with the Kenwood Satellite Navigation System.

Hi, I am not sure if this problem is unique to me. I have a 61 plate diesel forester manual XSn. About every two months I have to replace the clutch pedal rubber, that wears away in the top left hand corner (see attached photo). I try to keep my left foot as far to the right as possible, when depressing the clutch, but I sometimes catch the brake pedal, which does not please my passengers. I wrote to Subaru UK and they kindly sent me a whole bag of pedal rubbers, which I have now almost used up. The car has done 50K miles. I have never had this problem with any other car and I wonder if anybody else has encountered it.

The three dreaded warning lights came up on my 61 plate diesel forester last week at 45,000 miles. At first I did not know what it meant, but as soon as the the garage saw it they said "glow plugs". They tried to get the front two plugs out. One came out , the other snapped. They then called a 'specialist' in who drilled out the old plug, before putting in a new one. Final bill nearly £600.00. Surely, Subaru must accept some responsibility for this problem, which seems to be all too common.