CarComplaints.com Notes: Is burning a quart of oil every 1,000 miles normal? Depends on who you ask. While Subaru says it's within "normal specifications," owners wonder why they need to top off their oil reservoir 4 times between every 5,000 mile oil change.
6.0
fairly significant- Typical Repair Cost:
- $1,200
- Average Mileage:
- 107,000 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 1 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- replace A/C unit with a newer design (1 reports)
AC / heater problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
The A/C was always underwhelming, but at about 100K + miles, the A/C system would just turn on and off intermittently, especially on warm days. I looked online for a possible problem and it was neither an A/C clutch problem nor a refrigerant problem.
I took it to the dealer two summers ago and they said it's normal for it to operate this way, so it won't freeze itself.
After getting fed up about it, I took it back to the same dealer a year ago and they said the problem is that the A/C unit is designed in such a way that on hot days, when the engine is running hot anyways, all of the temperatures are so warm that the A/C cycles no matter what you do. The only solution is to replace the A/C unit with an entirely new unit with a better design.
I decided to buy a new A/C system for about $1200 parts and labor. It solved the problem. But this is one of several problems with the 2014 Forester.
- Peter J., Littleton, US