Deja Vu all over again!

Hello:

When I last left you all, I had, once again, had problems with rough running
engine. On my way to work, it was so bad I drove car into dealership
instead. They looked at it, diagnosed a need for an "evap vent". OK...
$250.00. But installing this caused problems with the wiring harness in the
rear wheel well, so the car had to be in shop for the whole day.... grr...
Eventually, I was back on the road. No check engine light. Car seemed
occasionally to stumble, but, hey, I took what I could get.

Next day, boom!, check engine light again. Then it began flashing slowly
on/off. Uh oh. I know now that means misfiring cylinders. This was just too
much!!

I have been to the dealership about 9 times in 7 months and it still wasn't
working.

Today I took it in. One of the things recently fixed was a fuel injector,
which was cleaned and proclaimed good. Apparently, however, this process
caused it to become a little "loose", so they did something either to the
fuel injector or the wiring connecting it (or both).

I took the time to go next door and test drive a Honda..

No charge this time. No check engine light so far. I have a committment that
if this repair doesn't do it, they will keep the car for a week, and give me
a loaner for a week so that this madness can stop.

I'm looking into trade-in value of the Subie...

Legacy 2002, 160,000 kilometers (99,419 miles)
Repair/maintenance costs 2007 ($4700.00)
Repair/maintenance costs 2008 ($300.00 and counting....)

--
Fred Boer - Amateur Access Enthusiast
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Freeware Small Library Application available here:
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"Fred Boer" <fredboer1.TakeThisOut@NOyahooSPAM.com> writes:

> Hello:
>
> When I last left you all, I had, once again, had problems with rough running
> engine. On my way to work, it was so bad I drove car into dealership
> instead. They looked at it, diagnosed a need for an "evap vent". OK...
> $250.00. But installing this caused problems with the wiring harness in the
> rear wheel well, so the car had to be in shop for the whole day.... grr...
> Eventually, I was back on the road. No check engine light. Car seemed
> occasionally to stumble, but, hey, I took what I could get.
>
> Next day, boom!, check engine light again. Then it began flashing slowly
> on/off. Uh oh. I know now that means misfiring cylinders. This was just too
> much!!
>
> I have been to the dealership about 9 times in 7 months and it still wasn't
> working.
>
> Today I took it in. One of the things recently fixed was a fuel injector,
> which was cleaned and proclaimed good. Apparently, however, this process
> caused it to become a little "loose", so they did something either to the
> fuel injector or the wiring connecting it (or both).
>
> I took the time to go next door and test drive a Honda..
>
> No charge this time. No check engine light so far. I have a committment that
> if this repair doesn't do it, they will keep the car for a week, and give me
> a loaner for a week so that this madness can stop.
>
> I'm looking into trade-in value of the Subie...
>
> Legacy 2002, 160,000 kilometers (99,419 miles)
> Repair/maintenance costs 2007 ($4700.00)
> Repair/maintenance costs 2008 ($300.00 and counting....)

Ugh.

Sounds like my Jan-November of 2007 with my car.

--
Todd H.
2001 Legacy Outback Wagon, 2.5L H-4
Chicago, Illinois USA