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“I traded in my faithful Mitsubishi Galant estate for...”

written by arn on 13/05/2009

Good Points
Quality build and body feels firm like a merc or bimmer.
Nice interior
When it drives it holds the road well

Bad Points
Reliability issues
Camshaft pully fell off
Gearbox issues
Camshaft issues
Expensive to fix
Dodgy brakes.

General Comments
I traded in my faithful Mitsubishi Galant estate for one of these Subaru legacy 2.5 GX estate and immediately knew I had made a mistake. (Gut feeling).



Subaru was a 2.5 gx automatic model registered in 2000

Full mainly Subaru service history.

Mileage 111000



Ok the first 2 weeks went ok, when I noticed that sometimes when I put the car into drive nothing happened, the car was not even attempting to move off, then it would jerk off if you put your foot down which can be quite hazardous.



It carried on like this for the next week or so but I managed to get by. (How I yearned for my Mitsubishi Galant back).



But hey the car slipping into gear when it felt like it was nothing compared to what happened next. I was driving one morning when suddenly I lost control of the steering as power steering failed, battery light came on and stayed on but engine was still running. I managed to pull the car aside and luckily an accident was averted. I called the AA who came out and diagnosed the main crankshaft pulley had fallen of and in the process had done some damage to the keyway and the crankshaft itself.



I had to be towed to a garage and was told the bill to rectify the situation would be 350 pounds, and there was no guarantee the pulley would stay on as they would have to add some chemical weld to it. The garage said they were seeing more and more of this on these Subarus. The other alternative was a recon or new engine.



Also sometimes the brakes feel sharp and other times they feel rather suspect like the pads have worn right down, even though when checked they have not.



By now I was sick to death of this car, but luckily the dealer who I bought it from still had my Mitsubishi Galant and did the honourable thing and exchanged my car back, also paying for the dodgy repair on the Subaru.



Ok I did not get all my money back, but hey I have my long standing faithful friend back which is smoother and on my opinion much better than the Subaru.



Will I miss the Subarus all wheel drive or anything else about it /

NO WAY. STAY CLEAR.



Moral of the story if you have a faithful reliable car you would not be afraid to drive anywhere on the country with, think carefully before you swap it. I had a relatively happy ending because the dealer intervened and I pity whoever gets the Sub next. .