A Happy SVX Story

[Aredubjay]

I dropped my car off at the shop this morning. I had developed a "noise" that sounded like it was coming from the rear of the car. It sounded as though the brakes were stuck and rubbing. I asked them to check the brakes and find the noise.

I refused to say the other "B" word. I had my suspicions that this would turn out to be the problem, but, if it was, I wanted them to find it on their own.

I dropped it off a little after 8 and just before noon, I got the call. "Your car's ready." "Ready?" I said. "That was quick."

I knew that it couldn't be either brakes or bearings if it was already ready. They would've called . . . they would've smelled the money . . . but, I told them I'd be right there.

I arrived, the young man said, ah, Mr. Johnson. She's ready. I said, reluctantly "what was my noise?" He looked at the ticket. "Your heat sheild was contacting the driveshaft. They fixed it. No Charge." "No Charge?" "Yep." "Wow, that doesn't happen very often." "Well it happened today, just think about us next time you need something." "Oh, I will. See you later." Of course, this is the place where I recently spent 800.00 on tires, so, they'd better be nice. Anyhoo, I get in the car and drive back to the office. The noise was still there. I turned around and took the car back. And told the young man, the noise hadn't gone away. The service manager came out (he has a personality like Vlad the Impaler), I'd interrupted his lunch. "Let's go for a ride." He grunted. We climbed in the car and took it around the block. "Do you hear it?" "I hear a noise, but, I don't think it's anything to be concerned about right now. We checked all the bearings, the rear diff, the cv joints and rotated the tires, and when we turned the wheels, there were no noises. I'd say, if the noise gets louder, then bring it back. Otherwise, I wouldn't be worried." "Thanks a lot." I said, as he got out of the car and went back into the shop.

The main benefit was, NO MORE HEAT SHIELD BUZZ. I'd been meaning to take care of that when I got to it, but, the fact that it was done by someone else, at no charge to me, was a wonderful topper to the fact that MY BEARINGS WERE NOT GOING BAD.

Life is good . . . well, today, anyway.

I'm still watching my 2-3 "flare" that reappeared on my trip back from Hucks. It seems to be sporadic, only rearing its head after the tranny's warmed up and its under load. Otherwise, she shifts "like buttah." I may try disconnecting the battery to erase TCU and ECU memory in case they picked up some "quirks" while driving around the mountains of West Virginny. We shall see. Please send all your "happy thoughts" my way in hopes that I won't be facing any tranny troubles in the very near future. I don't know if my psyche could take it, and I KNOW my wallet can't.

[WestCoastSVX]

That's good news! Lately all we've been hearing about is shops ripping people off, long time members regretfully selling their SVXes, and all these "money pit" problem SVXes out there for sale for the new guys.

Best of luck and happy thoughts!

[1994SubaruSVX]

the last time my cv axles failed they had my car for almost two weeks because they were waiting on parts. because of the inconvience they did not charge me any labor.

bumped into one of the service advisors that used to help me at my local suby dealer. he basically dumped on me why they were so horrible. all they car about is upselling people services. he said the suby mechanic doesnt know his ass from a hole in the wall. all of this was comforting of course. i dread if i have to take me car in there again. glad i found this site and all youse guys!

[SSSVX]

that's happy! no charge and plus fixing your heatshield's prob and check your bearings are still good for FREEE? my local subaru dealer isn't so friendly, they like $$$, if i have some questions to ask them, they'll ask me to make an appointment. as a student, i am not good enough to afford the $$$ like $5X.XX/hr!! so i went figuring by myself or went those places "no charge for checking" - it was interesting - everyone of them told different stories. they are not good. final conclusion, i'll make it by myself with my mec fren who has more than 20 yrs + fix-car experiences. (but he only fixed few SVXes)

so Randy, your noise is still there? hehe, could it be the noise from your new rubbers that contact w/ the road surfaces? i saw ur SVX pic. your rims are stock. 225/16/50 rated?? wondering what kind of tires you have and get up to $800?

[Aredubjay]

[i] so Randy, your noise is still there? hehe, could it be the noise from your new rubbers that contact w/ the road surfaces? i saw ur SVX pic. your rims are stock. 225/16/50 rated?? wondering what kind of tires you have and get up to $800? [/B]

Nope, not road noise. I'd recognize that. I'm running V-Rated Goodyear Eagle RS-A's.

[Seraph]

Originally posted by SSSVX

so Randy, your noise is still there? hehe, could it be the noise from your new rubbers that contact w/ the road surfaces? i saw ur SVX pic. your rims are stock. 225/16/50 rated?? wondering what kind of tires you have and get up to $800?

I have stock rims and I have P6000 Sports in them. Those ran me over 800. Great tires. Low noise and handling is amazing.

Lwin

[1994SubaruSVX]

i just bought 225/45/17 Bridgestone Potenza RE730's for $650 from Costco. shop around people........

[Aredubjay]

Originally posted by 1994SubaruSVX
i just bought 225/45/17 Bridgestone Potenza RE730's for $650 from Costco. shop around people........

I had alternative motives for paying the extra monies. They're documented in an earlier post.

I could've gotten the Yoko AVSdb's I wanted for much less money, if I'd have taken my time and decided to wait. It was a business decision.

[1994SubaruSVX]

i was mostly talking to seraphim. but you could use a little bit of a lecture too!

[Aredubjay]

Originally posted by 1994SubaruSVX
i was mostly talking to seraphim. but you could use a little bit of a lecture too!

Lecture on, brothah! I can ignore you just like I've done everybody else in my lifetime -- and keep ending up in deep doodoo.