6.0

fairly significant
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
108,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most common solutions:

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problem #1

May 052010

Forester XS 2.5L

  • Automatic transmission
  • 108,000 miles

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door seals tear easily & are falling off door seals tear easily & are falling off

The foam rubber seals on the doors are held on with tiny skinny plastic clips, & they tear through the soft foam. Eventually enough of the plastic clips tear through so that the door seal hangs off the door -- looks awful & lets air in.

The plastic door seal clips that Subaru used are basically the width of fork tines & they only extend into the foam a quarter of an inch. It's a bad design. Subaru should have used round clips with more surface area.

- Mike W., South Hero, VT, US