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the Loaner Forester I had during the door rattle fix was built 1/08, so it is roughly the same age as mine (almost 1 year old per build date). It had all the problems mine did (door rattles, roof creaks, rear seat rattles, limited fender protection). It took a little getting used to the natural aspirated engine as, by comparison to the XT, it proved more hair-trigger from standing starts (caught me off guard a couple of times  ), but much weaker when trying to pass at 40 - 50 mph. Part of that's from different final drive ratio (much higher in the naturally aspirated .vs. the XT).
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Replying to: kurtamaxxxguy (Jan 06, 2009 7:21 pm)
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Replying to: redrose1 (Jan 06, 2009 7:36 pm) However, these rattles were not in my '09 XT when first delivered. They've showed up over time. The '09 X loaner I drove had same # of miles as mine, was built in same time frame, and had the same rattles. Hopefully the dealers' and my fixes will quiet this XT down. And for those in Portland, OR, the dealer I visit most is Royal Moore Subaru in Hillsboro - these folks do very good service work.
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Hey Gang, Recently I have noticed that when I fill up the tank, my fuel gauge will only go to about 7/8s of the way to 'F'. I've tried different gas stations/pumps but I can't seem to get the needle pinned at 'F' anymore. My assumption is the tank is full but the gauge is off (bad float maybe?). I'm assuming a trip to the dealer is in order? Thanks in advance. Jopopsy
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Replying to: kurtamaxxxguy (Jan 06, 2009 9:59 pm)
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Replying to: volkov (Jan 07, 2009 9:10 am) I've driven Lexuses with dashboard creaks, so no car is immune. My '83 Camry dashboard was a buzz fest until all joints I could get to were silicon-rubbered. The worst ever were Saturn ION's, which rattled and buzzed incessantly no matter what; Saturn admitted they built cheapo interiors. |
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No persistent rattles in our '09 F-XT, 4000 miles on the odo. Maybe we're lucky, (so far - knock on wood). Temps ranged from -35F to +100F, since we've owned it. We had, (and sold prior to getting the '09 F-XT) a VW Jetta that had a horribly annoying rattle behind the dashboard dimmer and left air vent. We had it into the dealer 3 times, and still was never quite fixed. It also leaked yellow goo out the doors for 8 straight years, whenever it got very hot out, but that's another story. Rattles can drive you crazy - I know your pain. |
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Replying to: jopopsy (Jan 07, 2009 5:06 am)
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Replying to: sgloon (Jan 07, 2009 10:33 pm)
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Replying to: sgloon (Jan 05, 2009 9:06 pm) The dealer says the smells (greasy through to cooking to verging on burning) are the cosmoline - the rustproofing that they put inside any metal parts. One of the people at the dealership said the smells could last 30K miles. EH!!!  To minimize, don't recirc the air in the cabin. Otherwise, you are stuck with it. The fog is the dash off-gassing (from the type of plastic that they used) and they say mine should be just about done doing that...And they cleaned all the windows for me. Including the moonroof!!! Yeah! They also "said" everything was non-toxic...but you'll never get me to believe that. 
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