this is a great start! kudos to thread starter!

anyone planning to install something like this..?
http://www.rallyarmor.com/images/crosstrek_red.jpg

still looking for a place to buy and install it around klang valley..

just contacted this seller to inquire about the postage fees to ship to Malaysia.

Anyone wanna share the shipping cost? I stay in PJ area.

Yea I contacted the eBay seller. It's about 90USD without shipping cost. Waiting for reply on shipping cost from US to Msia.

Any forumers that know of a cheaper alternative that I can buy locally?

omg now you got me a bit worried. i did my tyre rotation and balancing at a tyre shop along jalan ipoh, but I'm not too sure whether they have those settings for an xv... aiks..

Good morning guys!

I was driving along NS hwy at about 100 kmph and all of a sudden, gear lowered to about 2 - 3 and could only cruise at around 40... A few lights came up around the speedometer (see pic) at the same time.

Stop at the nearest R&R which wasn't far and rang Subaru service center at PJ Section 51. The guy on the phone was very helpful and pretty much guide me step by step to get the car up and running again.

One tip is to have a normal 2B pencil (all my other pens couldn't fit through the tiny hole next to gear stick) to push the lever in the hole to release the gear stick to P. Also, you need something slim but strong to pry open the small cover located at the top left hand of the gear thing. After pushing the lever down, restart the car and the car should be able to drive like normal. Fingers crossed, i only drove around 15 km to my office after that. Later tonight when i go home, hopefully it doesn't give me problems... Plan to bring my car in for service this coming Tuesday.. Hopefully this would be covered under warranty....

Will keep you guys posted on what the actual problem is for my car once i know... According to the service center, its wiring problems in the gear box. Previous customer's wires were bitten by rats!

Anyway.... hopefully you guys wouldn't need to go through this, but its probably a good idea to get the service center to check the wiring next time you send your car in for service.


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i was told to pump as often as possible and running the car with very low fuel is actually quite bad for the engine. Dont know how true is that though.. haha..

By the way, brought my car in to the service centre this morning and was told that there is no problem with the gear box wiring which caused the car to stall when i was driving on the highway the other day. So they just updated some software stuff and cleared the fault code for me. Fingers crossed, it doesnt happen ever again. Was quite dangerous when it happened the other day.

doesnt happen with my car... i think you should get it check. Most likely something minor with a quick fix.

Those considering a new XV might want to wait for this? Unsure whether we'll get the model here or not though..

http://paultan.org/2014/02/11/subaru-xv-uk-update-2014/

I've recently switched over to RON 97 and used it for about a month already after using 95 for the past 4 - 5 months.. my experience is that it gives a smoother acceleration and therefore a quieter ride on my XV.

WOW. The service centre at section 51 have further upgraded the waiting area compared to the last time i was here for my first service. The area now have two additional computers with internet access for all to use. A lot more tidbits are available too on top of the instant hot drink machine. Very impressed.

Three hours?! I've done three services so far and all took around one and half hours so far. Those that arrived earlier than me took around 1 hr. I guess the tip is to book the earliest session.

cant wait to change my tyres... the road noise is very loud indeed..

not very sure actually. how long do these tyres last normally...?

by the way, by installing these soundproofing products, does it pose any warranty issues in the future...? Anyone here that could shed some light to this..?

do share once the soundproofing is done.. Im still quite skeptical on soundproofing of the XV as i am really not sure how effective it can be!

same here! it is quite loud..

Actually.. has anyone here on this forum done sound proofing to their xv..?

This post has been edited by Maxiii: Feb 28 2014, 02:58 PM

how is it after doing the door..? good improvement..?

Will sound proofing be able to fix this bare metal problem..?

what do you guys think about using the Motul engine oil on the XV? Will it be better or a waste of money..?

i took the 5 years free service package when i bought the car.. so one of the fine prints at the bottom of the service schedule is that we could pay extra if we wanted to use Motul engine oil for service instead of the castrol magnatec which is the one they would us as standard.

So im just wondering whether is it beneficial to pay the extra and go for motul or in fact its bad for the XV enginer if we use Motul..?

This post has been edited by Maxiii: Mar 5 2014, 10:00 AM