JinMA

^^^I have to agree, this rattling thing is really ticking me off. I thought it might have been the driver side hood strut as some people have complained about, but my strut there feels solid. It does feel suspension or steering related, sounds almost the way a bad ball joint would sound over a set of minor bumps in the road. I'm going to ask my dealership about the 04-17-17R bulletin and see if they blow me off, then i'll try another dealer.

 

On top of that my radio went blank again yesterday for the third time, still working, just blank until I restart the car. Its the 6.5" base radio so im just thinking of junking it for an aftermarket already, there is a base plate by metra (95-8906HG) for it, only had the car 3 months lol.

 

Come on Subaru! Other car manufacturers are starting to put AWD in their sedans, get it together

I have had some odd issues with bluetooth and speakers with the 7" unit, but nothing lately. Have you updated the headunit software?

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That's what they replaced on mine yesterday although they said nothing about replacing steering rack. The tension spring has been redesigned. Didn't hear rattle on way home but that was not far and I didn't get out much in the car today to see if it is really gone.

 

edit: drove the car a fair amount today. No immediate rattling before getting out of the drive this morning. No rattling about town as I went over train tracks and rough road. It may actually be fixed!

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My Steering Rack was replaced @ around 6K miles. Now at 12K noise is back.

Same description: vibration noise front driver side, occurs between 10-25ish miles per hour, just need an uneven to bumpy surface, acceleration has no effect.

First dealer here in MA didn't listen to me (or the car), replaced front sway-bar linker and called it fixed. It was not. Heading back to original dealer who fixed it the fist time for diagnosis. Curious of the TSB is pointing to a recall in the future.

This is my second 3.6R with repetitive issues. My '13 3.6 needed a new transmission around 50K. The first re-conditioned tranny was "over torqued" at the factory and had to be pulled after they tried to pass the car off as "fixed", the second was fine but the whole episode took almost 6 months in a loaner car and first replacing the throttle body, ECU and wiring harness first. My trust in the car and brand was damaged and this situation is not helping to rebuild said trust.

I stayed with Subaru after the tranny issue for a variety of reasons; $2500 in Subaru bucks, sales guy sympathy leading to an amazing deal my '18, and a second kiddo on the way (can't beat the back seat in an AWD sedan under 35K). This is probably my last Subaru, we went with the new Tiguan vs. the forester, I am eyeing CPO Q50 turbo and Red Sport models now... Sorry for the long post but needed to vent to an understanding crowd..

Posting this question from here(more details in original post):

http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/valve-body-replaced-my-2013-3-6r-question-236015.html

My question is if the defective valve body could have caused damage to my transmission? This problem has been going on for months before it was fixed.

Hey thanks for starting this up, I posted some pics just after picking up my 2013 3.6R Limited. You can see the spoiler and I got the OEM starter and moon/nav package.

http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/deep-indigo-pearl-picsi-191917.html?p=4041076#post4041076

Since the pics I partially badged her and am looking into some tint.

I love the car (still have our 06 Forester X Premium). Back seat is huge and fits the baby car seat without moving the seat forward. Running Vredestein Wintrak Xtreme's for the winter (my first UHP winter tire) and been pleased so far (except when it is 60 in Boston!). My only gripe is the fact that Aha radio is integrated in late 2013 models and when I asked Subaru corporate if my radio software could be upgraded they said no!