koneall

The paperwork says the nut holding the turbo impeller came off and damaged the turbo blades. I have no idea what that means. I'm guessing they screwed up installing the replacement turbo. But it didn't cost anything other than time and some gas money. Plus the new one has a one-year warranty.

It's back, it runs fine. Ogden Subaru threw in a tuneup and oil change for our trouble.

I think I mentioned the Subaru will be my daughter's car when she starts college in 2010. She hates the cold so she'll use the remote starter and let it idle for 15-20 minutes before ever leaving the house. I'm restoring a 1967 VW bug so that's what I'll be driving. It was supposed to be her car but she can't figure out the clutch and refuses to use the window crank. Kids! :-) Tomorrow we drive (again) down to Ogden and collect the Subaru.

I'm back. About 100 miles outside of Ogden the brand new turbo died. She was in the mountains and it died on a particularly steep slope. It still runs but not too well. She called and Ogden Subaru said to bring it back. So she's heading back to Ogden at 40MPH. kevin

Well the Forrester is on its way back. My wife and a friend drove the 200 miles yesterday to pick it up. Shortly after leaving the engine light came on. They went back and had that fixed. But by then it was getting dark and neither wanted to drive at night so they found a motel. Now they're headed back. The mechanic confirmed the problem was caused by not changing the oil often enough. Also driving mainly short distances without letting the turbo cool. So from now on we change the oil every 3000 miles, I sit in the car for a couple minutes before turning it off, and hope my daughter does the same when she leaves for college in the fall, taking the Subaru with her. Thanks for all the help. I assume I won't be back here anytime soon. kevin

For the most part, I drive two miles to work, drive home for lunch then home for dinner, six days a week. Maybe once a month I'll drive on the interstate 20 miles to the next town. Once every three months I'll drive three hours on the interstate to Salt Lake City. Overall the turbo gets little use. koneall

Thanks for the help. We get the oil changed between 3500 and 4000 miles. IS that too long? koneall

I have a 2007 Forrester. With just a few weeks left on the drivetrain warranty the turbo died. I'm wondering why it died and what I can do to prevent it happening again. I guess I'm asking if this is a common problem with this model. TIA, koneall