Subaru 2004 Forrester break problem/ alignment and cruise control

This was probably caused when the vehicle was in transit. Your dealer should realign the car at no cost to you.

The dealer should be able to locate and correct this problem.

Brakes don't fail for no reason on a new car. Something is wrong. I would first suspect a master cylinder or air and/or water in the brake system.

Is there another Subaru dealership near you? Your current dealer doesn't seem to have his act together.

Have you contacted Subaru USA? You should.

But I read that these cars have this common problem... I

Yes my service book in updated and all in order. Now subaru of america is sending two mechanics and an engineer. and they even offered me a car without me asking for one. What does this tell you?

Hi Yvonne,

Sorry to hear of your troubles. I must say that I've had nothing like that with my '04 Forrester. I think that the only complaints that I have with mine would be:

1. Cruse control De-activates. In truth this only happened three times, all on the same trip when towing a light trailer... (Probably should not have been using the CC anyway.

1. Rear wiper arm broke off when I shut the hatch. (This I expect was probably an over tightening of the nut that holds it on, stressing the plastic in the arm.)

I hope that things do go better for you.

Cheers, Michael