I need some advice. I'm on my 2nd Subbie, both bought from the same local dealer. My problem is that with both cars, every time I take it in for things they haver a standard reply - we couldn't reproduce the problem.
On my '04 Forester, I kept complaining of drive train stiffness when turning slowly, like into a parking lot. It reminded me of an old 4 wheel drive with front axles engaged and powered, on dry pavement. I got the standard reply.
After knowing that this was really binding up because the car wouldn't even coast when the wheels were turned and going slow, I took it back and asked for a mechanic to come for a test drive with me. He drove it 10 feet and knew that the valve that disengages the rear drive was stuck. They replaced it and now it drives normally.
My question is this: now it seems as if there is a humming noise from my rear drive train. I can't help but wonder what kind of damange I did before I actually got this think fixed. Should I complain to Subaru USA? I'm still under warranty for a while.
Thanks.