FrankW

Thanks for that. Exactly as you said. The car's been dealer serviced from new, and although the servicing dealer lost their Subaru franchise (no idea why) they're so good that I've carried on taking it to them. They were aware of the prob and its fix, fixed it as part of the 48k service. Full marks to Pollitts of Exeter. Agree with you completely about the Subaru diesel, too. We were loaned a new SsangYong Tivoli while the Scoob was being fixed, and although a decent enough car it's not a patch on the Forester.

Thanks for this thread. Fascinating reading. My Forester's a 2012, 46k miles, bought new UK car, and the three dread lights just lit. Local garage identified the problem, replaced the rear two plugs, but both fronts are seized solid, and the r/hand front is showing as the faulty item. Great Christmas present. Off to the nearest Subaru main agent in the new year then.