2012 SUBARU OIL PROBLEM

Asked by OldLadyL Mar 13, 2019 at 07:33 PM about the 2012 Subaru Forester 2.5X Premium

Question type: Shopping & Pricing

I am considering buying a 2012 Forester and have concerns about the oil consumption problem. The car is a 1 owner, traded for a 2019. There is a carfax with a good routine maintenance record and no problems reported and is a nice looking, clean, apparently well kept car. It has 167,xxx miles. It is at the dealer he traded it at for the 2019 and price is $8995. My worry is about the oil problem since it is out of warranty and over 100,000 miles. Opinions/advice?

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I do not know of any way to measure oil consumption other than driving the car for a thousand miles or more. I would pay less as this car is at least 75% used up.

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