[Banksmom2008]

We were in an accident in January. A lady thought she had enough time to turn in front of us. She didn't. The front end of our Tribeca hit the passenger side of the lady's vehicle. The repair shop replaced several items, including the radiator. We had to take the Tribeca back to the repair shop a couple of times (lights were too low, wheel well parts not inserted correctly, etc). I finally sent an email to the owner telling him about all of our issues.
We decided to take the Tribeca to the Subaru dealer to have them fix the problem. It was also overheating.
The dealer "found engine coolant to be 1/3 gallon low topped off coolant and bled system ran vehicle for 30 min and stayed normal". This was done on May 11th.
The Tribeca now overheats constantly and quicker. It is worse when the a.c. is on. I am at a loss as to what is making it overheat. It did not do this before the accident.
Also, it is now 'chugging' when we press the gas. We are also going through gas quicker.
Any thoughts or suggestions regarding these issues?
Thank you for any assistance you can provide.
Patty

 

[Subaru Scott]

You should really get it back to the dealer or a Subaru specialty shop ASAP. Continuing to drive the car when it is overheating is going to do lots more damage.

 

[psygnal11]

The first time your car started overheating, you likely warped the heads and now have an internal head gasket failure which will continue to cause overheating (even with the coolant topped off).

 

[Dodik]

do your fans turn on when its hot?