Hi everyone,
We have just purchased an automatic 1999 Forester with 145,000 miles and have been driving it for one week. It goes great and we are generally happy with it, BUT. Today was nice and sunny, 40 degrees and we noticed that on a slow acceleration 35-42 mph, there is this sound that sounds like it originates in the transmission and sounds like, well, a spaceship whirring. We are wondering if this is typical of this AWD vehicle? We also noticed that on slowing down, there is almost a "plane landing" sound. Now in all my research prior to this purchase, I read the Car Talk guys' test drive of the Forester and they said it was "noisy" (and that's what radios are for, hahahaha)
Any comments? I am callling the dealer tomorrow!