Radiator Problems of Subaru Forester

My 2009 Subaru Forester has been nothing but problems. In the past month I've put $3,000 in parts and maintenance. Radiator blew, coolant sensor, whole new exhaust, all new hub barings, 2 new catalytic converters and my main problem is not fixed!!! the car idles at the stop light and during the acceleration it stalls! I took it to 4 dealers and they tell me my gas is to rich???? what is that???? I'm upset with this car and it sucks. I've had this car not even a year.

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I took my car to the mechanic to have a busted radiator hose repaired. They found oil in the coolant tank, water in the oil tank, aka fluid cross-contamination and told me that I'd need a new engine. Then I got a second mechanic to concur. Then, I took to a Subaru dealer who said the short block of the engine is ok but the head gaskets would need replacing. The car has 107k miles on it! Subaru needs to be held accountable for this defect! as a note, no relevant dashboard lights ever illuminated. (2013 Forester, 1 owner).

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Blown head gasket. 2007 Subaru Forester 2. 5xt. 54k miles. Problem presented itself violently as I was driving on freeway. Suddenly engine temp-gauge fluctuates and starts to rise. Pull over, coolant is forcefully exiting overflow tank. Shut car down, temp gauge drops quickly. No external signs of leaking coolant with subsequent refill and testing. After coolant warms up (3 minutes idle) coolant begins to voilently exit radiator cap (when off) or overflow tank. Exhaust very sooty. Shakes my confidence in Subaru and their engineering to have a head gasket blow this early. Subaru coolant conditioner is a re-branded stop-leak. Was looking at the new brz, now I will not be buying and do not recommend Subaru unless manufacturer acknowledges and makes an effort to remedy the situation.

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The engine overheated and seized while on a freeway without a single warning light regarding high temp or check engine. No coolant was visible in the radiator during inspection after the incident. Shouldn't a 21st century driver/owner be notified by some indicator that they are on the verge of heating an engine to the point of failure? and where did the coolant go? does this vehicle have a history of bad thermostats I'm not aware of? it would have been a lot safer if there were some warning light for high temp so we can pull over to allow the car to cool down in order to prevent an accident and save the engine.

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External coolant leak due to failure of head gaskets in engine on a 2002 Subaru Forester with 50,000 miles. Results in coolant dripping onto exhaust system and other components resulting in strong odor. Also creates possibility of low coolant causing overheating, engine damage and possible engine fire due to excessive heat. This problem is known to Subaru however, the only recommendation offered is to add a sealer to the radiator coolant. According to several mechanics I have consulted, this will result in clogging of the radiator and heater core passages further causing overheating problems. The only fix for this problem is replacement of the head gaskets something Subaru refuses to do.

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- the contact owns a 2003 Subaru Forester. The vehicles failure occurred on four occasions. The mechanic stated that the head gasket needed to be replaced. The contact called a Subaru dealer and north american Subaru. The contact stated that when the vehicle's mileage exceeded 100,000 it required a new head gasket. The contact was advised that the previous incident was a leak in the radiator, which was repaired and the contact suspected the head gasket was the cause of the previous leak. The second incident was a coolant leak which was also repaired, which occurred two days after the original repair. The vehicle was towed to the dealer andwas currently being repaired.

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(partial copy of message I sent to Subaru earlier this week. ) [my] Forester is old, but I wouldn't be replacing it if I didn't need another head gasket. You surely are aware of the problem your 4 cyl. Engines have had with failing head gaskets. Unfortunately, this is the second one experiencing such failure. I replaced the original one several years back at my own expense. Let me state my unqualified case that I should not have had to pay for this replacement, as you--Subaru--knew well that gasket failure was in this car's future. How do I make this claim? well, when I bought the car, it came with an additive in the radiator. Something you call "coolant conditioner. " nobody told me why this was necessary. I found out one day when my temperature gauge red-lined and my radiator ran dry. I quickly made my way to the nearest Subaru dealership so, recognizing the problem, the mechanic there told me about this coolant conditioner and how it would have been installed in my Forester the day I drove it from the dealership. He sold me another bottleand advised me to pour it into the radiator immediately. I thought that would be the end of the problem, and I drove another, say 30,000 or so care-free miles, until the gasket again broke down. Time for a replacement, my personal mechanic advised me. I relented and drove about 40,000 miles on the new gasket. . . Until experiencing failure again. As I indicated before, from a legal standpoint, you--Subaru--must have known it had a big problem on its hands. Why you failed to initiate a recall and were never called to task for it is a mystery to me. Recall what happened to Volkswagen only a few years back. They knew about their "problem" as well. Let me add that I know of scores of other Subaru owners more recent than 1999 that feel the same way.

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