Help - SVX and dealership

"gw%n wrote:
> My wife's SVX has been into the local Phoenix dealership three times
> for A/C problems.
>
> My wife has to drop the car off again due to no A/C. So, far the high
> pressure hose and various O rings have been replaced. At 105 degrees
> plus local temps this is really starting to get annoying.
>
> The dealership (Pitre/Power) and their service manager respond with
> "whenever a new part is installed, it will most likely put pressure on
> a weaker item". I have never had this problem with any other vehicle
> I have had serviced with A/C problems.
>
> I have contacted Subaru of America customer service and they are
> useless other than trying to sell me another Subaru.
>
> Can someone please recommend an independant shop in the Phoenix area
> that is reliable and can fix my wife's SVX.
>
> By the way, the same dealer (Pitre) had to replace rear bearings, it
> took them three visits before they fixed it correctly. My wife has
> driven 5000 miles on the existing wheel bearing replacement and it is
> already starting to "howl". The dealer claims it's tire noise. I
> bought new tires and the dealer still claims "tire noise".
>
> Any help would be appreciated.

The first thing I would do is stop going to that dealer.
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""gw%n" <WePay.DeleteThis@TheySpend.gov> wrote in message
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> My wife's SVX has been into the local Phoenix dealership three times
> for A/C problems.
>
> My wife has to drop the car off again due to no A/C. So, far the high
> pressure hose and various O rings have been replaced. At 105 degrees
> plus local temps this is really starting to get annoying.
>
> The dealership (Pitre/Power) and their service manager respond with
> "whenever a new part is installed, it will most likely put pressure on
> a weaker item". I have never had this problem with any other vehicle
> I have had serviced with A/C problems.
>
> I have contacted Subaru of America customer service and they are
> useless other than trying to sell me another Subaru.
>
> Can someone please recommend an independant shop in the Phoenix area
> that is reliable and can fix my wife's SVX.
>
> By the way, the same dealer (Pitre) had to replace rear bearings, it
> took them three visits before they fixed it correctly. My wife has
> driven 5000 miles on the existing wheel bearing replacement and it is
> already starting to "howl". The dealer claims it's tire noise. I
> bought new tires and the dealer still claims "tire noise".
>
> Any help would be appreciated.

The bearings are a well known weak point on an otherwise amazing vehicle.
Had I been able to find one in my area a few years back, I would be driving
that instead of my Outback. As for the A/C, I'm thinking your dealer is
inept. I've never heard such a statement, and when I had parts of my
Outback's system replaced due to an accident, I never noticed any leakage,
despite the fact that the rest of the system is 10 years old.

-Matt
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