I hate Subarus!!! - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

KylePavao · #1 02-22-2005, 01:18 PM

The 93 Impreza decided to give up the ghost on both CV joints without ANY warning yesterday, stranding me on a hill! No clicking, no notice whatsoever. Grr... 525 to replace both at a Subaru dealer... Only 119,000 miles too....The Mercedes had 327K on the ORIGINAL axles.

The 240D gave me TWO MONTHS notice of clicking before I had to replace the rear axles...and it cost me 300 at a Benz dealer!!!!

Another notch on the poll, another reason to fix up the 300D this summer.....

-Kyle

H2O2 · #2 02-22-2005, 01:30 PM

[counting the minutes before 123C chimes in here...]

Back when I was in the European vehicle repair biz, I used to check out WorldPac and Altrom wholesale pricelists for various replacement parts (struts, brake pads, ignition, filters, etc.), and Subaru parts were consistently more expensive than many similar VW, Audi, MB, BMW items. May not still be the case, but I did think it was odd...

rickg · #3 02-22-2005, 01:58 PM

Every front wheel drive-type vehicle I've owned(and that's been quite a few) have needed CV joints roughly every 100k miles, give or take. But I am surprised you had no warning.
I was able to get complete rebuilt axles for my Subie for $60 each exchange at Schucks. NAPA wasn't much more.

boneheaddoctor · #4 02-22-2005, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by 123c

Both the CV joints started going at the same time, however mine made a faint clicking noise before I got around to replaceing them 3 months later. I did one one week (the worse of the two) and the other a few weeks later. I was able to get remanufactured axles for roughly $60 each. The CV joints are one of the weak points on the subaru's. But $525 sounds a little steep, but you did have the work done at a dealer. The factory trained mechanic my brother takes his car to would only charge about $300 for a similar job.

However I am about ready to give up on my Subaru, it's just not meeting my current needs, and I can get something much larger that gets the same 15 mpg in the city

15 mpg in the city.....holy crap.....whats wrong with that thing?

schwarzwagen · #5 02-22-2005, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by 123c

It has a Turbo, and the slush box tranny doesn't help much either, but it does get almost 26mpg on the interstate with an average speed of 80mph. My brothers gets almost 20mpg in the city, but his has a 5-speed manual.

thats interesting because my friends mothers 1995 saab aero automatic got 18-20mpg in the city and 25-28mpg on the highway. it was a 2.3l with a garret turbo. big four, lotsa torque.

boneheaddoctor · #6 02-22-2005, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by 123c

It has a Turbo, and the slush box tranny doesn't help much either, but it does get almost 26mpg on the interstate with an average speed of 80mph. My brothers gets almost 20mpg in the city, but his has a 5-speed manual.

Thats still not right.............

thats pretty horrible milage no matter how you look at it.

yal · #7 02-22-2005, 05:16 PM

With all the 4X4 cars and SUV's being bought diff and CV rebuild shops are going to make a killing in a few years

diametricalbenz · #8 02-22-2005, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by 123c

It has a Turbo, and the slush box tranny doesn't help much either, but it does get almost 26mpg on the interstate with an average speed of 80mph. My brothers gets almost 20mpg in the city, but his has a 5-speed manual.

My 2002 WRX wagon got precisely what the EPA sticker said....in the stop and go LA traffic I managed 20.5mpg regularly and on the freeway (SF to Seattle) 70-75mph yielded no better than 27mpg throughout the 25k miles I owned it before it's demise. Although with 227hp through the 5 speed I couldn't complain one bit!

Oh i miss that car

I guess I will never know how long it would take to replace the CV joints.

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