jongig

I thank you all for taking the time to reply to me. Just a couple notes on this. I also like the guages and I also check them by the minute I think. The guage hand moved up and I turned the car off. The light I want in the car is a light for coolant level. My BMW drove me crazy, 1 pint low in fluids and it made you push a button acknowledging the problem. The leak on the Subaru was very small and probably took weeks to leak out. I like this car more than the BMW because I have a kid and live on a dirt road in snow country but this car should have lasted much longer. Today I'm driving a new 05 Outback, blood red turbo XT and I feel awful. My 99 rides just as nice, and clean, looks as nice. These days at 42 years old I like new things but I really love keeping old things that work well and when you take care of something so expensive you expect that it will last. I am interested in the class action. This car was purchased used with about 50K and was serviced at the dealer and I was never notified about the recall. The car now has about 120K on it but after looking online at the recall information they could have advised me. It also looks like in the recall that the additional warranty doesn't apply unless you're the original owner. Thanks, John

That's right I don't think it's fair. I own a 99 Legacy Outback Wagon 2.5L and while driving the car I noticed the temperature guage showed the engine overheating. No warning (idiot) lights or steam or sign of a problem. I shut the engine down and noticed the coolant was low, I filled it and drove to a garage. By the time I got to the garage, 1/4 mile it was starting to overheat again. I now have cracked heads and probably a car that's ruined all because of a small coolant leak. Why doesn't the car have a coolant sensor? I've spoke very highly of this car until now and it looks like this is a normal problem. I get this car checked, I change the oil and I keep it clean, for what, now I have a beautiful worthless car. Sorry for ranting. Any ideas or ways I should approach this that I may have not thought of? Thanks, John