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Subaru Forester Tranny Problem
My 2002 Forester has been a great all around car. I bought it with 30K miles a couple of years ago. The only problem I have is that, when driving in snow or extreme rain and I go from good traction to absolute spinning of front wheels, the 4 wheel drive engages in the rear about a 1/2 second later with a loud bang. This is not just a clunk. It is a bang which shocks you and the car. My daughter has the same car and it does not have this problem.
I have an extended warranty which lasts until August 2007. I have taken the car to 2 dealers who cannot reproduce the problem. It is never bad weather when I bring it in or they have driven it in gravel which does not reproduce the problem. The last dealer (last week) told me that a clunk in the rear end is normal as when the front loses traction more power is shifted to the rear wheels. They said that I should bring it in in bad weather and try to reproduce the problem for them. This is difficult since usually in bad weather people just want to get home.
So it appears my options are a) get ready for some bad weather driving to the dealer, or b) tie this car to a tree and kill the damn transmission before August next year  . Anyone ever have a problem like this? Any hints on what the problem could be?
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Thanks guys. Interesting site EW, I will have to check it out. Peters, I haven't got up under there - the first dealer said universals, etc were tight. But maybe I should look for myself. I can minimize the problem by laying off the gas when in snow. It is maximized when revving and gunning through the snow. Fortunately with this car there is usually no need to gun through the snow. One the traction does take hold it can go pretty much anywhere.
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Interesting thought Art, it may be worth a try. I guess I would just manually spin the front wheels and see what is going on underneath.
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Art, its got an automatic transmission. Peters, I suspect you are right its probably the the Active AWD since this is not a luxury Subaru. My daughter has the same car only two years older and she does not have this problem. I also have a 2002 Jeep Cherokee (Grand Limited) with AWD that is seamless. Thanks for the advice - I will check for recalls, although I would have thought the dealers would have done this on my two trips to have this looked at.
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