so the forester is auto and when driving it feels fine ride fine. but when it shifts 2nd or 3rd it sounds like a grinding but you dont feel it and rpms dont change or anything. is it the trans or somthing else? it sounds kinda grinding or crushing a plastic bottle. what could it be? also the car only has 84,xxx original miles
There's no known fix to this yet. Here's a few threads from SF.org from members discussing this common behavior out of the 4EAT: http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/f88/grr-rind-oh-dear-tranny-dont-go-117589/ http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/f89/clicking-04-05-xt-4eat-2-3-shift-noise-poll-39234/
It's annoying, yes, but you shouldn't need to worry about something snapping. So far to my knowledge, no one has had a failed 4EAT as a direct result of this. You'll be fine.
