Automatic Transmission problems of the 2000 Subaru Forester

The contact owns a 2000 Subaru Forester. While driving 55 to 65 mph the engine began to over heat. A local mechanic stated that the head gasket cracked. The engine was replaced; however, the transmission has also failed. The contact is aware of the safety risk. The current mileage was 170,000 and the failure mileage was 169,000.

If I place my 2000 Subaru forrester into drive it will not move, it will sit there for several minutes until suddenly it jerks forward into gear. Place into reverse it works well, moves in reverse. Visit several reputable car repair forums online you will literally see hundreds of customers with these same problems posting from 2004-present.

2000 Subaru Forester with a slipping transmission. When in drive, I depress the gas pedal and go nowhere. Just hear a shrieking. Its been coming on for a month now and now has gotten so bad I dare not drive it. It is in the shop now and will be between 1500-2500 to fix. Their estimate is that there is a loss of pressure somewhere. They also have another 2000 Forester in the shop with a similar problem, similar miles etc. Unacceptable on a car with less than 80k miles. And very scary when you are on a slope and go to go and find yourself rolling backwards. Why is there no recall on this problem? there seems to be reports all over the internet with the exact same problem!!.

If I place my 2000 Subaru forrester into drive it will not move, it will sit there for several minutes until suddenly it jerks forward into gear. Place into reverse it works well, moves in reverse. Place into drive, lightly press the accelerator pedal, it will jump forward into gear! place into drive wait for it to move: if I am on an incline it will roll backwards or forwards depending on the slope, otherwise I can sit there for a few minutes before it will jerk forward. Subaru states that they are not aware of this issue; later they state they are aware of the issue and state to replace the transmissions. However, visit several reputable car repair forums online you will literally see hundreds of customers with these same problems posting from 2004-present. All customers have Subaru forrester's or outback's. All claim this hazard! some customers state a temporary fix: replace transmission fluid and for a few weeks/months these problems will disappear. All members of the forums state that they within weeks/months had to replace the transmission, many just gave up on their cars by trading them in. I find this highly unacceptable! who else will then purchase these safety hazards? google Subaru, transmission or Subaru jerking forward into gear my automobile has been very well taken care of! the 5 year warranty just expired and my auto has less than 65,000 miles on it. I have been very diligent in doing all the maintenance and services according to the manufacturers manual as well. I see that 5 other individuals have complained of the same problems on your site. Please, please investigate into these issues. It's a hazard to have a car be placed into drive and then not move forward until you press the accelerator or it moves forward after 2 - 30 minutes of wait time! please review the posts on several forums to see that many other individuals are experiencing this problem with the Subaru cars. It's very unfortunate. Otherwise these cars are wonderful!.

The 2000 Subaru Forester, when shifted to "d", "3", "2, or "1" will not go forward. It will always go when in reverse! we have been told by several dealers that the transmission must be replaced (at the time the car had 70k miles and was 5+ years old - just out of warranty). This problem appears to be well known to Subaru dealers. To mitigate this problem, I must tap the accelerator, and wait and wait 1 second to 30 seconds before the transmission will engage. A year ago, the transmission was drained, flushed and the filter replaced, that helped a little. The service writer said the transmission was out of warranty a should be replaced, he also said the warranty specified that before 40k miles the transmission should be drained, flushed, and the filter replaced. After reading the 2000 warranty and maintenance booklet (msa5m0001w, issued June 1999), page 42 (2000 my federal specification vehicles) and page 43 (notes) I found out that he was in error. Item 10 automatic transmission fluid is an "inspection (I)" item only at 30k, 60k, 90k, and 120k miles. Page 43 "notes 4 and 9" are specific, repeat specific, to the automatic transmission fluid (item 10). Note 4 describes "severe driving conditions", but only two of them "appear (not specific to item 10)" to pertain to automatic transmission fluid, "c. Driving in dusty conditions" and "g. Towing a trailer" - I and most other owners do neither. And as for note 9, the notes stop at 8, - 9 is missing -, the California schedule of inspection and maintenance services and notes (pages 44 and 45) also have note 9 missing! internet citations attribute this hesitation problem to a software problem (this year was among the first years to have electronic transmission control - they mention) a pervasive and continuing problem that Subaru is attempting to avoid. The April 2005 consumer reports (page 92 reliability scores) also documents the higher incidence of transmission problems with the 1999 and 2000 Forester.

When accelerating, the vehicle hesitated before it moved. The dealership was notified. Please provide more information.