The left rear strut tower on the car rotted almost completely off causing the interior over the strut tower to bulge way up inside the car. This happened without warning as I was driving the car. I removed the interior of the car and found out that almost all of the strut tower was rotted away on the left rear side and the right rear side has a couple of rot holes in it getting read to do the same thing the left side did. If the left strut tower had completely broke off the tire would have gone right into the rotted wheel well probably causing the tire to blow because I'm sure it would have been sliced open from the jagged rusted metal which would have caused the car body on the left side to drop and start to scrap on the pavement. If your not familiar with a Subaru the gas tank is located just in front of the rear tires and it just about pokes into the wheel well area. In my calculations the gas tank would have been scrapping the pavement and it was full by the way. I have emailed Subaru about this problem. They did a VIN# check and told me there is no recall for my stated problem and that they were not going to do anything about the car.

- Bergen, NY, USA

Since car was purchased it has been into various dealerships regarding a water leak into the main cabin. Each dealership has claimed the car was repaired only to have it leak again shortly thereafter. The car only leaks during a heavy rain and while sitting in a parked position. I have become quite concerned with this problem. A concern is if the water is going into the cabin where else is it possibly going and affecting. Is wiring being affected" the last dealership to try and tackle this issue has claimed that the car's drain holes were plugged and water was backing up into the cabin. Dealership supposedly blew out the drain holes yet the car continued to leak after the next big rain. Another concern of mine regards the drain holes. If these holes like they say become plugged, isn't that a manufacturer's defect in itself? wasn't the car designed with that in mind" I have gone around and around with Subaru on this problem only to end up frustrated. They, to their credit, have not charged me yet for this problem but yet the problem remains. Please help if you can. Thank you.

- Little Rock, AR, USA