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  Best Independent Subaru Service Seattle 2010 Our outstanding Subaru customers voted and made us the number one Auto Repair shop on King 5 Evening Magazine’s Best Of 2010 for all of Western Washington. We were honored to win this year and will keep up the good work to deserve it. All of the employees […]

I have had a pretty Busy Summer and havent had as much time as I would like to Post new articles, but as we head into fall and my son goes back to school I will have more time to post some new articles. Here is a peak at what I will be posting in […]

Typical Subaru Air Conditioning Problems Explained. The Air conditioning (AC) system in your Subaru is made up of the following. A compressor, Condenser, Evaporative (Evap) core, Expansion valve, receiver dryer, hoses and lines, thermo sensor and the controls.  Inside the car there are a series of ducting or blend doors and their respective controls.  I […]

Pictured below is the air filter installed recently by a well known oil change establishment vs the type we would use here at the shop. You can see the filter on the right has had a major malfunction stemming from a poor design and second from lazy, or non professional installation.  Notice the filter on […]

One of the questions I get a lot is “can I add some stop leak” I have never found anything in a bottle that will resolve what happens to a Subaru Head gasket.  I took some pictures from a Subaru Outback in the shop today that had some stop leak put in, only to over heat the next day. […]

When we do Brakes on Your Subaru, we do them right, the way Subaru intended and always avoid the problems in this video. Above is just a quick video I shot this weekend, about some  of our local customers finding us after they have had brakes done at a tire store, with less than satisfactory […]

Through the years a lot has changed about diagnostic procedures and more importantly the tools in which are used to help a Technician reach the right conclusions.   Pictured below are the three different Subaru Select monitors that have been in use.  The current version is part scan tool and part pc based platform that also […]

After upgrading the Turbo and struts it was time to upgrade the brakes without breaking the bank. We went with a very good quality but lesser known rotor from Centrix.  The real important thing to point out is the rotor finish, the paint in the drilled holes and cooling fins will greatly increase the life […]

What is that wind noise on my Subaru and how can I make it stop! One of the typical things that will happen to your Subaru is over time you will hear an increased amount of wind type noise coming into the cabin area of the car especially at freeway speeds. For certain Subaru models […]