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I know nothing about cars and need some advice here.
My wife has a 2011 Subaru Outback with 70K miles on it. Paid off. Planned to keep it for another 4-5 years.
In the fall, it overheated and the coolant basically erupted under the hood and spilled out everywhere. Filled it back up and had no issues with it since. At next oil change, dealer said it all looked fine. So now a couple weeks ago, it happened again.
But this time, just refilling the coolant didn't work. It would start to immediately overheat again, and so I had to have it towed. Turned out to be blown head gaskets, which evidently is a somewhat common problem with this model year. I yelled at Subaru for a few days and got them to cover the cost of the repair even though I was out of warranty.
But now I have a buddy who knows quite a bit about cars telling me that I should sell it and get a new one, that with the coolant/water mix spilling out everywhere under the hood twice, who knows where that water might've gone and what problems could pop up with it down the road.
A mechanic said that seems like a legitimate concern too.
The Subaru dealer that fixed the head gaskets says that's BS, there should be no worry. Of course, they have no credibility (they insisted for a week it was just a dirty radiator and not blown head gaskets even though a different mechanic had diagnosed the head gaskets right away).
So, what do I do here? I could get 11K on trade-in or maybe 13K if I sell privately. Is it warranted to get rid of it to avoid a potential major issue down the road?
Any advice would be appreciated.
My wife has a 2011 Subaru Outback with 70K miles on it. Paid off. Planned to keep it for another 4-5 years.
In the fall, it overheated and the coolant basically erupted under the hood and spilled out everywhere. Filled it back up and had no issues with it since. At next oil change, dealer said it all looked fine. So now a couple weeks ago, it happened again.
But this time, just refilling the coolant didn't work. It would start to immediately overheat again, and so I had to have it towed. Turned out to be blown head gaskets, which evidently is a somewhat common problem with this model year. I yelled at Subaru for a few days and got them to cover the cost of the repair even though I was out of warranty.
But now I have a buddy who knows quite a bit about cars telling me that I should sell it and get a new one, that with the coolant/water mix spilling out everywhere under the hood twice, who knows where that water might've gone and what problems could pop up with it down the road.
A mechanic said that seems like a legitimate concern too.
The Subaru dealer that fixed the head gaskets says that's BS, there should be no worry. Of course, they have no credibility (they insisted for a week it was just a dirty radiator and not blown head gaskets even though a different mechanic had diagnosed the head gaskets right away).
So, what do I do here? I could get 11K on trade-in or maybe 13K if I sell privately. Is it warranted to get rid of it to avoid a potential major issue down the road?
Any advice would be appreciated.