The "What did you do to your car today" Thread!
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21K before noticing a lemon seems really odd to me too, but I guess it could happen. Don't recall if you bought new or used?
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As soon as I installed my FSB with awdorgtfo he pointed out an oil "leak" that we thought existed.. so of course I took it immediately to my local dealership.
So I took my car to the dealership and I told them yo, I see a leak.. heres where it is tell me whats going on. They said its nothing and proceeded to wiping it all off..
As soon as I got my car back I called to Livermore Subaru to see if they could do a second opinion of course being that the car was just looked at by a different dealership they said they cant until there is an actual visible issue...
So now after a week and only about 40 miles or so driving it from the 1st dealership I started my car on Saturday morning and I started to hear a rattling noise so I thought it was the heat shield that maybe got loose or something.. I decided you know what given the history of the oil issue I would not drive it.. so I decided to tow it to Livermore Subaru about 30 minutes away from me but I have heard good things..
The service manager Alex (very kool guy..) walked out with me to my car asked me to open my hood and started to listen.. moment I pressed my accelerator he told me it sounds like a rod snapped.
Now I rarely drive my car hard and I normally drive like a damn granny because of my route and cops being around. So he told me it could possibly be that its a factory issue and Subaru will take care of you immediately.
So not only did I collect all my service records but I even called SOA and filed a complaint not only on the 1st dealership but I was told this isnt the first report.. It is rare but not the first for my generation..
Now its the waiting game of getting my car back
@04GG I bought the car new.. this car is only 11 months old and I dont drive like a douche bag... so I know its nothing I did personally.
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No, not saying it was your fault, just saying that I would have expected it to show up sooner than 21K is all. I think it is fairly common knowledge that there are a high number of failures on the 2.5 motors.
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There were no signs to my knowledge since I have never driven a different WRX that was stock before mine.. so I had nothing to really compare it to.. anyways SOA will be covering everything so its all good 