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| In addition to many but not all the rattles and squeaks being fixed, my Forester is going to be in the body shop for 4 days having the rear fenders painted and a new larger protective fender film installed. This is part of a TSB issue. It affects the first set of 2009 Foresters produced. I am happy that Subaru is backing its customers, however all this should never have happened. Where is the quality review teams at Subaru doing during testing and design? | |
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Replying to: asl_camguard (Sep 25, 2009 7:42 am) Hopefully in future we will see a version of Camguard aimed more towards automobiles. |
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Replying to: birdboy (Sep 25, 2009 1:18 pm) Ours is OK, besides a couple of door dings, but it never hurts to be more careful.
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Replying to: ateixeira (Sep 25, 2009 1:41 pm) The new one is roughly 4" x 8", and covers the bulge of the rear fender from the lower plastic trim to 8" up. |
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Replying to: birdboy (Sep 25, 2009 1:18 pm) Let me share with you my experience after having this work done. When I reluctantly turned in my Forester to the Subaru body shop for this work, I made certain to get assurances from the service manager that "absolutely the paint/body work would be done flawlessly", as I was very nervous having my brand new car in the shop getting repainted... My results wound up being mixed. The body work (sanding out the rock chips) and the new paint match were done well. It's pretty much unnoticable that the fenders were repainted. BUT - I have the black plastic wheel well mouldings, and these are primarily affixed to the vehicle with dbl-sided adhesive tape. Well, either the body shop tried to reuse the tape (which is a one-shot deal), or they used new tape which wasn't strong enough...because after about a week, the mouldings started coming loose from the car. So I brought it in. They apologized and said they would take care of it. 2 weeks later - same thing. Brought it in again. "Fixed" again. 2 days later - came loose again (in fact, the moulding half fell off the car, scraping the tire as I drove down the hiway). Brought it in again! And again! At this point, the service tech told me that Subaru was having "issues" with these mouldings falling off the Foresters, and were working on a solution. Finally, he called me in (for the 5th time!) and they reattached the moulding with some "super duper strong-as-heck" tape. The new tape has held up so far (about 6 weeks now)...but the tape appears to be slightly thicker than the OEM tape, and thus the edge of the moulding doesn't sit tightly flush to the body the way every other piece of moulding on the car does. Aaargh! My advice to you if you have the body moulding accessory is to absolutely insist that they order/install new mouldings when doing this work. I also suggest you take very detailed pictures of the car "before" the work, and inform the service manager that if the bodywork is not performed flawlessly, you'll expect payment for "diminished value" to the vehicle. It's great that Subaru is willing to step up and address an early production defect, but it's not worth much if they can't/don't perform a quality repair. And FYI - despite inconveniencing me with 5 return service visits, the dealer did not offer to compensate me in any way (how bout a tank of gas? a car wash? an oil change?) and they didn't do any paperwork each time back (I suspect to keep this from showing up on their Quality/Satisfaction reporting systems)... Good luck with your repair, and I hope this helps...
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| Bikerguy, thank you so much for the detailed info regarding the mouldings. i will follow your suggestions. | |
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Replying to: bikerguy3 (Sep 26, 2009 8:58 am) I must have had them on there for 5+ years by the time I sold it, and they stayed in place. |
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Replying to: ateixeira (Aug 18, 2009 8:54 am) Love the manual tranny, but wish it was available in all trim packages. Would have liked a Limited.
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Replying to: Hambros (Sep 30, 2009 12:20 pm) As I expected, the heated seats just make me feel uncomfortable (even on the lowest setting). The cloth does a very good job of warming my body all by itself. Rattles.... that is par for the course in Subaru's, at least in all three that I have owned since 2005. My '10 is actually better than I expected. So far (2250 miles), only the driver and passenger doors have them.
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Replying to: xwesx (Sep 30, 2009 12:47 pm)
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