Hello!
I just joined the forum, after lurking here on and off for years since I bought my first Subaru in 2006! I love my car, but lately it has been one thing after another with it, and my husband, who is a heavy equipment mechanic, is right out straight at work and doing side work, and we had to put alot into it for the inspection. he I really don't want to be a nag, so I decided to sell my subaru :crying: I figured we could use the money to buy an old mid 90's Jeep, something cheap, simple and fun to work on, give him a break you know? With that in mind he rallied and fixed the remaining issues, got it all cleaned up, and we started to rethink selling it. But the ads were already out and we started getting calls. The interested parties we have shown it to have all pointed out the shudder it has when parking, and pulling out of a parking spot, and it does it occasionally while driving as well. These are both issues we took to the dealer while the car was still under warranty, and they said it needed plugs and wires, and or bushings, and, yeah we go through those things like toilet paper but did not resolve the problem and we just let it go. figured it was just the way the car is. I don't even really notice it anymore, since it doesn't affect the driveability in any way. But I guess to a potential buyer, the quirks of our car are not so acceptable. So, my subaru is still faithfully waiting in the driveway for the next family adventure! (Is there a patron saint of subarus?)
Now I need your help! My husband says if I can tell him whats might be wrong he will fix it. It's my job to amass the info and present it to him in usable form.
I guess "Hey hun I read on this subaru forum that thing the car is doing might be the selenoid."
"What selenoid"
"Um the one that's connected to the...um...transmission? I cant remember. Maybe it was the AWD, the thing that controls the...um makes the thing tell the other thing how fast the wheels are going...? Isn't helpful?!
Where should I go to ask? I have tried searching but I am getting nowhere fast.
It's in the driveline. He does not think it is the driveshaft. The transmission shifts normally and smooth like it should. No codes. Front CV's have been done, rear have not and probably are due soon but he just doesn't feel like that's the issue either.
Thanks in advance!
Mandy
I just joined the forum, after lurking here on and off for years since I bought my first Subaru in 2006! I love my car, but lately it has been one thing after another with it, and my husband, who is a heavy equipment mechanic, is right out straight at work and doing side work, and we had to put alot into it for the inspection. he I really don't want to be a nag, so I decided to sell my subaru :crying: I figured we could use the money to buy an old mid 90's Jeep, something cheap, simple and fun to work on, give him a break you know? With that in mind he rallied and fixed the remaining issues, got it all cleaned up, and we started to rethink selling it. But the ads were already out and we started getting calls. The interested parties we have shown it to have all pointed out the shudder it has when parking, and pulling out of a parking spot, and it does it occasionally while driving as well. These are both issues we took to the dealer while the car was still under warranty, and they said it needed plugs and wires, and or bushings, and, yeah we go through those things like toilet paper but did not resolve the problem and we just let it go. figured it was just the way the car is. I don't even really notice it anymore, since it doesn't affect the driveability in any way. But I guess to a potential buyer, the quirks of our car are not so acceptable. So, my subaru is still faithfully waiting in the driveway for the next family adventure! (Is there a patron saint of subarus?)
Now I need your help! My husband says if I can tell him whats might be wrong he will fix it. It's my job to amass the info and present it to him in usable form.
I guess "Hey hun I read on this subaru forum that thing the car is doing might be the selenoid."
"What selenoid"
"Um the one that's connected to the...um...transmission? I cant remember. Maybe it was the AWD, the thing that controls the...um makes the thing tell the other thing how fast the wheels are going...? Isn't helpful?!
Where should I go to ask? I have tried searching but I am getting nowhere fast.
It's in the driveline. He does not think it is the driveshaft. The transmission shifts normally and smooth like it should. No codes. Front CV's have been done, rear have not and probably are due soon but he just doesn't feel like that's the issue either.
Thanks in advance!
Mandy