# 1998 Subaru Forester 234,000 miles **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** forester, subaru\ **Created:** [July 5, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-subaru-forester-234-000-miles/51342 "2010-07-05T20:30:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fullafaith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e5b9ba/32.png) [@fullafaith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/fullafaith)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-subaru-forester-234-000-miles/51342/1 "2010-07-05T20:30:18Z")
I drive a 1998 Subaru Forester with 234,000 miles on it. When I accelerate, the shifter moves. Can you tell me why? There is also a scraping noise being made (off and on) when I drive. The faster I drive the worse the noise. At freeways speeds the noise changes from a scraping sound to a high pitch squeal. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-subaru-forester-234-000-miles/51342/2 "2010-07-05T20:34:26Z")
First thing I’d check is motor/transmission mounts. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-subaru-forester-234-000-miles/51342/3 "2010-07-05T21:22:00Z")
You might consider checking the transaxle gear oil level; and I’m assuming this is a manual transaxle. Scraping and squealing could point to a ring/pinion gear about to disentegrate due to lack of oil. This can also cause the shifter to buck and jerk due to a binding ring gear. If the gear oil is fine then you should consider the possibility of a broken transaxle mount or broken pitching stopper. (the latter is essentially a top mount)