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grahighlander
Well, I've been pleased enough with our 05 OBW that I'm considering a
2000 Legacy Wagon with 113k on it. Current owner bought from dealer as
trade in at 85k from the original owner. The new owner has had it only
1.5 years, and he told me it had the head gasket replaced under a
recall after he bought it. This may be the WWP-99 program. I called the
dealer service department about the issue, and I was told that it was
really an extended warranty program that had resulted from enough
customer complaints that Subaru was replacing the HG on qualifying cars
with less than 100k miles or 8 years old. I asked him what made the
cars qualifying, and he said they had to have a leaking HG. When I
asked about possible damage caused by driving the car with a leaking HG
before the warranty repair, he said it wouldn't damage the car since it
was an external leak. I'm looking at the repair as possibly a plus,
since the car should now be good for another 100k, but that all depends
on how well the new HG holds up. Any experience with this repair and
its aftereffects? I am a little suspicious that the dealer may have
just added the "conditioner" that I've read about in other posts. Any
advice?
Thanks,
GRAydelotte
2000 Legacy Wagon with 113k on it. Current owner bought from dealer as
trade in at 85k from the original owner. The new owner has had it only
1.5 years, and he told me it had the head gasket replaced under a
recall after he bought it. This may be the WWP-99 program. I called the
dealer service department about the issue, and I was told that it was
really an extended warranty program that had resulted from enough
customer complaints that Subaru was replacing the HG on qualifying cars
with less than 100k miles or 8 years old. I asked him what made the
cars qualifying, and he said they had to have a leaking HG. When I
asked about possible damage caused by driving the car with a leaking HG
before the warranty repair, he said it wouldn't damage the car since it
was an external leak. I'm looking at the repair as possibly a plus,
since the car should now be good for another 100k, but that all depends
on how well the new HG holds up. Any experience with this repair and
its aftereffects? I am a little suspicious that the dealer may have
just added the "conditioner" that I've read about in other posts. Any
advice?
Thanks,
GRAydelotte