At the beginning, I had great difficulty filling the fuel tank. It would require "trickling" the fuel into the tank and take 15 - 20 minutes. Subaru could not identify the problem. This difficulty has somewhat disappeared, however, on the odd, random occasion, I cannot fill the tank completely.
Second, every 1 - 1 1/2 months the fuel economy drops through the floor and is reduce by approximately 1/3. No rhyme nor reason to it and Subaru cannot seem to identify the cause. It's very frustrating and I am pursuing the issue with Subaru now.
The Forester has definite potential and I like the All Wheel Drive. I just wish that the good times, when every thing works well, would be all the time; I only have 18000 kilometers (11000 miles) on the odometer.
Hello: Possible cause of fuel consumption could be either air conditioning in summer, or defrost in winter (air conditioning as well). To check this, idle in park, turn fan on, and check each heat setting, Listen to engine for idle to change. Unknown to some drivers, that defrost uses air conditioning.
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