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Car Forum / Subaru Cars / December 2007

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STI rear strut mount weakness

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Philip Procter - 22 Dec 2007 06:22 GMT
I've had an '05 US STi for 3 years with about 37,000 realatively easy
miles on it. So far I have replaced the rear strut mounts twice (at
Subaru's expense, of course). The first time they replaced both rear
struts, too.

It's making that noise again that suggests I have another broken strut
mount back there.  

Dies anyone know if this is a known weakness in the car's design, or
am I just having bad luck?

Has anyone in the group had the same problem?

Is there anything else in the suspension that I should have them check
which might be out of alignment or broken that could be causing the
rear stut mounts to fail repeatedly?

Thanks for your comments!

Philip
Tony Hwang - 22 Dec 2007 06:49 GMT
> I've had an '05 US STi for 3 years with about 37,000 realatively easy
> miles on it. So far I have replaced the rear strut mounts twice (at
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> Philip
Hi,
Replacing sway bar/sway bar links with metal one, bushings, and install
tower brace bar. Upgrade struts with better one like Koni, Bilstein.
bigjimpack@gmail.com - 22 Dec 2007 13:40 GMT
Subaru suspensions suck.. I had to have the front struts on my outback
replaced.  This is advertised as a "heavier duty" vehicle and should
have quality suspension.  I wonder if there are any heavy duty struts
off road quality  for my outback .

> I've had an '05 US STi for 3 years with about 37,000 realatively easy
> miles on it. So far I have replaced the rear strut mounts twice (at
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> Philip
 
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