Finfan

I've been letting this thread slide for now since my wife is out of town with the Subaru, but here are some pictures I took of the parts involved before she left. If you look at the picture of the latch mechanism the part I moved to get it to catch was the triangular plastic bit. When it won't catch that part is pretty much centered in the slot and if I move it all the way to the left the latchwill catch. Seems like a mechanical problem with the latch to me but I might be missing something.

The replacements were done by local shops. My wife says that she isn't sure if they replaced it the last time or just repaired the problem so it may have only been replaced twice. Since it wasn't done by the dealer the parts were very likely aftermarket. The latch opens with no problem when we press the button at the rear, it just won't latch when we close it. If I manually close the latch and press the button it opens fine so the problem is with how it latches when it hatch is closed. Apparently the mechanism won't go into position unless I move the part into place. To make things even more fun it is intermittent. Since I messed with it yesterday it is now working again. It seems like the latch itself won't catch in the closed position unless I mess with the mechanism when the problem is happening.

Hello all! I'm here with a question regarding my wife's 2014 Forester. We have had the rear latch replaced about 3 times now in a period of about 4 years, and the same problem keeps coming back. After opening, it will not relatch when closed. I happened again today and after messing around with it for a bit I removed the cover for the mechanism. I found that if I moved a piece that seems to be attached to the latching mechanism to the left it will latch that time, but if I open it again it will refuse to latch until I mess with it again. I think the mechanism just sticks at that particular place without returning to where it belongs. Is this a known problem with this model and is there a solution such as using an after market part instead of an original? Thanks for any info you might supply me with!

Hello I am the one who is called upon when my wife's Subaru acts up so I will probably bother you all with questions whenever we have problems.