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My tranny is stuck in 2nd gear. I can depress the clutch and disengage it, but I can't pull it cout of gear. It almost feels like the linkage is broken. It's at the dealer now and I'm waiting to find out if it's a 3 or 4 figure repair. Anyone ever experience this?

Went to dealership, got code pulled and it turns out that it's a front oxygen sensor. (They use some other name for the sensor)

Coil pack.... Yeah... That sounds about right. Thanks.

2000 Forester, 5-speed, 87k miles; well maintained with plugs/wires somewhere in the 15-20k mile range. Recently began having a "miss" at various speeds. The car will suddenly feel like the engine lost a chunk of power. This is similar to the sensation of the A/C compressor coming on; only stronger. Sometimes it'll be a rapid-fire "stutter" sensation, other times a longer feeling of power loss. This will happen at pretty much any speed, whether cruising or accelerating, lightly or hard. The car starts fine, doesn't stall and there are no obvious problems like loose wires. Today, while on a 3-hour drive; the Check Engine Light came on and stayed on. The CEL doesn't go off after shutdown or re-start. Even after fully cooling off, it's still on. I don't know what the codes are because I haven't taken it to the dealership and I don't have a tester to pull the codes. What I'm looking for is anyone who has experienced a similar set of symptoms. Before I go to the stealership, I'd like to have some sense of what the possibilities are. I'm not looking for a bunch of wild guesses. I can do that myself. I'm looking for anyone who has had a similar experience. Thanks in advance.

Just popped back in to check the thread. Thanks for the info. I think I'll end up with factory parts. My car sees severe service and the factory stuff has held up better than I thought it would.

Yeah, neither can I. I just THINK it is. In any case, the stock exhaust has so far lasted since 2000 and almost 80,000 miles under fairly severe conditions; so I gotta figure that's what I want. I DEFINITELY don't want some crap from Autozone that I'll be replacing again next year. *sigh* I guess that's what I get for buying a boring car. No decent aftermarket. I'll bet if I had a WRX though.... heh heh heh

As far as I know the stock system is stainless, although I could be wrong. I haven't called the stealership yet. As far as the length of time on this system, my current problems MAY be related to just a gasket. I haven't bothered to take it to a shop yet because I want to ALREADY KNOW what my options are BEFORE I go to a shop. Also, I live out in the country and deal with a lot of roads that have yet to be blessed with stone, let alone pavement. Driving frequently on rough dirt roads DOES take it's toll on any exhaust system. There is also the stuff Ohio uses for snow melting now. It's worse than salt.

Guys... the reason I came here to ask this question is because I assumed that the denizens of this board would already be familiar with the options available. Does ANYONE know what's available in terms of high quality replacement systems? Other than the factory replacement... I already know about that option. Or is the problem that, other than the factory replacement system; there IS nothing but cheap-a$$ replacement systems?

Ever hear the phrase; Penny wise & Pound foolish?

(Did a search, didn't find the info I wanted.) I'm coming up on 80,000 miles and from the sound of it; I'll be needing some exhaust work soon. I am inclined to buck up for a good quality stainless system, if one is available, on the theory that it's a better long term value. However, I don't know what's available, other than, I suppose; a factory system. I also wouldn't mind a better flowing system and even a bit more sound, but I am NOT(!) looking for some boy racer fart can setup. What are my options?

Before you get yourself all involved with complex possibilities, consider replacing the plug wires. It'll never hurt and it often clears up stuff like that.

Remove your rear drums and clean out the accumulated rust.

What gives is that Subaru's cruise control system sucks donkey butt. Believe it or not, I am so fed up with the issue that I have decided to sell my Forester this summer.

2000 Forester w/ manual trans.

As some of you may have noticed, the cruise control on Subaru's SUCKS. Specifically, it doesn't "catch" right away, usually losing 5mph or more before it kicks in, then having to accelerate back up to the set speed. Also, if you're going up a long uphil and the vehicle loses about 10mph, the cruise control cuts out and you have to reset it. I'm wondering if this is something about which nothing can be done, or if it's possible to reprogram the computer for a more "aggressive" cruise control behavior.