justintime

I recently bought a 2003 sub forrester w/ 67000 miles. Now with 76000 miles a whine developed and continued to get worse. I checked the front diff fluid and sure enough, with a flash light you could see the sparkle of metal flakes:eek: The drain plug which is magnetic also had some attached. Now I have to replace the transaxle(front diff) which isn't cheap. If you experience this particular whine you might have a bearing going out in the front diff. Which means replacing the front transaxle. Not even Saw dust can help you now! From what I've heard this is rare for a subaru with such low mileage to have such a problem. The car is in great shape otherwise. Too bad I really liked my Subaru

Hello, I own a 2003 Subaru Forrester with 76,000 miles bought it with 68,000. After a year of driving it started to develop a whine towards the front passenger side. At first I thought it was the brakes. Boy was I wrong. I checked the front diff. fluid. and it was at the proper levels but there were some fine metal flakes in the fluid and on the drain plug. I took it to the mechanic and he informed me that the front transaxle(front differetial) needed to be replaced. A $2000 dollar repair job or more. He mentioned that it was rare for a subaru with such low mileage to have such a huge problem but I guess thats the luck of the draw. Time for me to fix my car and sell it! Too bad I was hoping to own a subaru for a long time. Hope this info helps those with similar problems.