mtbsnake

Right you are. They did do a compression test, FINALLY! Unfortunately, the dealer wasted almost a year of my time before the factory rep and a new guy at the dealer stepped up. I think alot of my angst came from the fact that the dealer was a Jeep/Chrysler and didn't know or care about what they were doing. With the amount of warranty work they did, they probably could have put a new engine in. I did end up with new coils, plugs, a cylinder head, computer chip, rings, timing chain and pulley. I'm still not 100% confident, but I've driven it another 14k miles with no issues.

Let's see, where should I start? Bought my '05 XT in October of '04. It came equipped with the short-throw shifter, subwoofer, but otherwise nothing fancy. I drive for work, so I put pretty good miles on a car. In May '05, (25,000 miles), the engine light came on. Took it to the morons at the local dealer, told me it had a misfire code. I spent the next year dealing with it, I even involved Subaru NA. They replaced several ignition coils, plugs three times, both heads, still didn't solve the problem. As the last straw, they tore down the engine. They found bad rings on the right side pistons. Replaced the rings and so far I've driven it around 10k miles w/out issue (just knocked on wood). It was a very aggravating experience. Hopefully everything will be allright. I love driving the car. I live in SC and pop-up thunderstorms happen all the time while I'm driving, but I don't worry with awd.

Hey, new here, I own a Outback XT. I love it now, but a mysterious engine light almost caused me to light fire to it. Seems to be solved, but required new piston rings. Anyone else had any problems? I'm convinced I'm the only one in the world.