When going up hills my 98 sub forester feels like it is in nuetral it wont go

Asked by Tammi Jan 21, 2014 at 10:00 AM about the 1998 Subaru Forester

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

98 sub forester serms like its in
nuetral when i start yo a hill  or steep
grade

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Nick answered 10 years ago

Well if your car has a manual trans it sounds like it's a bad clutch, if it is an automatic it's time to have the whole transmission gone through because something is sliping. How many miles are on the car?

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