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[apologies if you also read this on scoobynet]
After a few fruitless calls to Maidstone Subaru last year ('no idea when we'll be getting parts'), a couple of months ago I actually received a letter from Subaru UK informing me of the recall. I've owned the car since August 2014 and the recall was June 2015, and yet it has taken another 9 months? I suppose eventually their admin dogsbody will get around to everybody!

Anyway, in the letter was a list of potential dealerships that could do the work, including one in Tunbridge Wells (where I work) that doesn't sell Subaru any more. Another bit of sloppy admin from Subaru UK I thought, but when I rang them they said they still do servicing, just don't sell Scoobs anymore. Lifestyle Ford, in case anyone else wants to give them a try, 01892 731500.

So I put my name on the waiting list in March, and they rang me last week to say they'd got the parts, and I booked it in for Friday. All done in a couple of hours, and they checked the steel lower front control arms for corrosion too (another recall from a few years back), along with the obligatory check to see if they could sell me some other maintenance work. The lady said they had plenty of people on the waiting list and the parts were coming through very slowly, but reckoned they would get everyone done by the end of the year.