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Replying to: comendatore (Nov 12, 2007 12:11 pm) What they failed to realize is that there are a number of factors that contributed to giving them the false impression that the Forester isn’t reliable. Take this topic for instance, it's almost 2 years old and has 140 posts while other Forester topics have had hundreds and even thousands of posts during the same time span. And of those 140 posts, you can figure that well more than half are responding to someone asking a question, so the actual number of head gasket complaints is pretty small. And then as Comendatore pointed out, it’s only natural that just the owners who have problems are going to post in a head gasket topic, there's no representation for all the owners who haven't had any problems. So say 20 owners had head gasket issues, there’s no doubt hundreds of others who haven’t had a problem. Also, the Subaru forum is one of the most active ones on Edmunds with plenty of owners ready to offer advice or opinions which ups the number of posts in the problem topics. This leads to more total posts which can give the impression that there are more problems than there actually are. For comparison purposes, The Jeep Cherokee/Grand Cherokee forum has a total of 12,500 posts while the Subaru Forester has 28,200! Now obviously the Cherokee and GC are way more popular vehicles which also happen to have far worse reliability so clearly all forums aren’t equally active. In fact a while back, I tried to get input to a transmission problem with a Grand Cherokee. Not too surprisingly, I didn't get a single response to my question. All this isn’t to say I’m trying to diminish the problem with the head gaskets. We all want to drive the perfect vehicle and get understandably upset when a supposedly reliable one like the Forester has a problem. But at the same time, it helps to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. -Frank
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I just bought a new Forester 2007 2.5 xt limited with turbo engine. It is the last one in the dealer. I found that there are black dust in the exhaust pipes, not as clean as my 2005 toyota matrix. Is it normal? How could I fix it? Thanks 
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Replying to: p0926 (Nov 14, 2007 6:25 am)  tidester, host SUVs and Smart Shopper |
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Replying to: sam92 (Nov 21, 2007 2:15 pm) That's probably soot which means that your fuel isn't being burnt completely. This suggests that your oxygen mix is not optimal and you should have your O2 sensor checked. tidester, host SUVs and Smart Shopper
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Replying to: tidester (Nov 22, 2007 12:05 am) Before messing with the new engine, he should wipe the soot out of the muffler tip to get a clean surface to view, and begin driving the car normally. He might not see any more soot. |
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I just bought a new Forester 2007 2.5 xt limited with turbo engine. It is the last one in the dealer. I found that there is black dust in the exhaust pipe, not as clean as my 2005 toyota matrix. Is it normal? How could I fix it? Thanks |
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Replying to: sam92 (Nov 21, 2007 2:19 pm)
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Replying to: aatherton (Nov 21, 2007 5:02 pm) -mike
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Replying to: paisan (Nov 22, 2007 8:16 am) |
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