My wife's 2002 Impreza 2.5TS is affected by that head gasket problem. When the recall was issued the car was treated immediately with a solution pured into the radiator at IIRC 40-50k miles. Impreza is reaching 90k miles now and drives bettent then ever.
My questions are: -what are odds (%) it is going to happen (are there real statistics somewhere) -if it happens does one or two heads blow -is that $2500 a typical fixing cost per one head or both -when fixed, is problem solved permanently -does Subaru cover it under warranty until 100k miles -are there any sympthoms I could predict the blow ahead of time
I have my 2002 Outback (70k miles) which I told is not affected but it is MT but my wife is reluctant to learn driving that (in fact she used to drive such for a while but it was 10 years ago). We are going to drive Chicago/Santa Fe/Chicago this winter and it will be 3000 miles at least. Should I just take my car - besides that gasket stuff both are in the perfect condition.
Also I consider to trade the care because heard that the cost of fixing that is quite high - $2500. Should I panic?
I am looking forward for some insight - I really do not know what to do.
Thx, Andy