88 xt h6

[senator007]

:popcorn:Can any one give me a heads up on the xt6, what problems I should watch out for or keep my eye on ?

[Turbone]

:popcorn:Can any one give me a heads up on the xt6, what problems I should watch out for or keep my eye on ?

 

http://subaruxt.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=230f82ae140967de3052a23bb0d3c6ef

[idosubaru]

if you have an affinity for strange things that no one else likes but is fairly practical and cool in strange ways - you better get rid of it fast or not get one.

 

Power steering - it's driven by an electric pump motor. The brushes ($15) typically go bad but no one knows how to fix it. They also take a special XT6 only power steering fluid, folks may add the wrong kind.

 

Radiators - typically in horrible shape because there are no aftermarket sources and they run $500 from the dealer. $300 if you order from the online discount places. Most XT6's have bad radiators because of that. Dont' believe any adds for aftermarket radiators, those will always be improperly listed 4 cylinder radiators which are quite different.

 

Dash trim (around radio) and steering column surround are EXTREMELY brittle and break all the time. If they're not broke when you get it, they will break if you start messing with them!

 

Air suspension. 4WD models only. extremely difficult to work on. compressor, drier, tank, fittings that crack, a couple dozen orings to leak, 5 solenoids, lines everywhere, height sensors, struts with air bags that may leak, etc. Simplest and wisest thing to do is to swap to coil overs which isn't hard. All of that info is on the xt forum rob just linked to.

 

Other than that, if you can do maintenance on them and a thorough tune up they're great cars and will last about as long as you care to do maintenance on them as long as you don't overheat them or run them out of oil (or a previous owner didn't). Very reliable.

[zukiru]

yay! you bought it!