phil08075

My wife's '03 Forester with 46k mi started making cold start knocking noises this winter. Just took it to the dealer who, without prompting and on the 1st visit, said they would replace the left side pistons (from this forum and others I've learned the problem is always on the left, for some reason). phil08075

My wife's '03 Forester with 45k mi developed cold engine noise (knock) this winter. The dealer diagnosed the problem as left side piston slap, which from my research in this forum and other sites is not unusual. They offered, with no prompting, to install new left side pistons (now on order). This car is leased but my wife loves it and the lease runs out in Aug with a good buyout price, so we were considering buying it. Would you hesitate to do this (after the repair) ? We can just turn it back in but then will most likely wind up with much higher new car payments. Phil08075