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Good day. I usually leave the radio on when I turn off the engine, but this happened yesterday, and I am puzzled. started the car, radio came on, as expected. drove around a bit. stopped, turned engine off; radio went off. did my errand, restarted the car: the radio is silent, as if no electrical power is getting to the unit. pushing and pulling the dash-mounted controls has no effect. drove about 1 hour, radio always silent. stopped, run another errand, restarted the engine and the radio came back to life. email to SofA got no result, except a suggestion to take the car to a dealer. has anyone seen this happen before? it is a 2004 Forrester, with factory-installed, bottom-of-the-line radio+CDplayer unit. maybe I jiggled the ignition key just right (3 turns to the left, 4 to the right, stand on your toes and sing "happy birthday") to trigger an unusual response in the on-board computer, or maybe it is time to go and demand for a replacement while still under warranty (3 months and less than 3000 miles)? Any help/hint will be appreciated.

Good day. I plan to do my first tire rotation on a Forrester. rather than lifting one wheel at a time with the scissor jack, I would like to lift the entire front (or rear) axle using a floor jack, place the jackstands and remove both tires. Question: where (under which part of the Forrester) should I place the jack head? what is the safest/stronger part of the car which I can access for lifting purposes? I am looking for a frame element along the centerline, of course, since the standard lips near the wheel will only allow lifting off the pavement one tire at a time. Thank you for any suggestion/tip/hint.