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Old 08-04-2009, 12:35 PM   #351
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Just got mine back. So far it feels the same as when it was brand new. Very happy so far!
Welp, I just got word that my new engine seized on start-up...

Soooo... Needless to say, Now I'm a little worried...
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Old 08-04-2009, 12:37 PM   #352
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Welp, I just got word that my new engine seized on start-up...

Soooo... Needless to say, Now I'm a little worried...
WTF? All the new engines are supposed to be brand spankin new, and problem free...
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Old 08-04-2009, 12:48 PM   #353
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WTF? All the new engines are supposed to be brand spankin new, and problem free...
Yeah... I dunno anymore... Sorta lost my will to support SOA on this..

We'll see tho, they are tearing it apart now, and should know what happened by tomorrow...
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Old 08-04-2009, 12:51 PM   #354
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Yeah... I dunno anymore... Sorta lost my will to support SOA on this..

We'll see tho, they are tearing it apart now, and should know what happened by tomorrow...
I think I will be purchasing an extended warranty right when I hit 35,000 miles now.....
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Old 08-04-2009, 12:56 PM   #355
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Yeah... I dunno anymore... Sorta lost my will to support SOA on this..

We'll see tho, they are tearing it apart now, and should know what happened by tomorrow...
Thats crazy. Hopefully SOA gives you a free warranty, if not a whole new car. Do you have any lemon laws in your state? Here in MD, if you're without your car for 30 days or more, due to the same issue, even on multiple visits, your car is considered a lemon. Also, 4 visits to the shop for the same problem make it a lemon. You might want to check in to those laws...
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Old 08-04-2009, 01:23 PM   #356
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^^^That info is in the first post of this thread.
I just read the entire first post and don't see it. I see where you can get the month and year it was built as we've all been doing, but there's nothing saying the EXACT date it was built (i.e. Sept 6th '08).
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Old 08-04-2009, 02:33 PM   #357
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Welp, I just got word that my new engine seized on start-up...

Soooo... Needless to say, Now I'm a little worried...
Oh the engine may very well have been fine. Keep in mind that service technicians are peforming the service (putting a new long block in); all I can say is that the local service technicians have my car all kinds of ****ed up.
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Old 08-04-2009, 05:16 PM   #358
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Seeing Celly's comments on the new engine definately don't have me feelin' real comfortable about this. I believe I'll be requesting a comp'd 100k warranty for sure, one that's transferable due to the loss of value. Anyone will be able to look up, on here, or more over a carfax report, that these cars all have engine replacements. I am also worried about the local tech's putting in a whole new engine, so far so good with the local dealer though, so I'm hopeful their techs are genisus. On the flip side, the mfg f'd that up too....so can't be any worse. Just a shame for anyone, let alone a first time subbie owner. That confidence I had in that car is truly waining, if not gone. All I can do is expect the worst and hope for the best. By the way, Florida's lemon laws Celly are pretty clear and should be in your info packet you got when you bought the car, if you haven't got that covered already. Thanks and good luck peeps.
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Old 08-04-2009, 08:51 PM   #359
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Does anyone know how we can find out what the numbers are nationally for this engine issue?
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Old 08-04-2009, 08:55 PM   #360
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Does anyone know how we can find out what the numbers are nationally for this engine issue?
Sadly, I don't think we'll ever get ahold of this information. It'd be nice if we had an extremely friendly SOA rep who would share more info with us, but it seemed to take a long time just to figure out what was causing the bearing problems in the first place. Some people have said every single WRX built during the affected period will eventually fail, I just wonder if that's true, or being blown out of proportion.
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Old 08-04-2009, 08:57 PM   #361
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Sadly, I don't think we'll ever get ahold of this information. It'd be nice if we had an extremely friendly SOA rep who would share more info with us, but it seemed to take a long time just to figure out what was causing the bearing problems in the first place. Some people have said every single WRX built during the affected period will eventually fail, I just wonder if that's true, or being blown out of proportion.
So I had a conversation with a service technician at my dealer today. He indicated to me that basically all of the vehicles produced within the "bad" VIN range will eventually fail (and also again confirmed what we now know; a switch from lead based to silver based rod bearing was made for both cost and environmental concerns). Apparently he personally has done 6 engine swaps for 09 WRX in the past 3 months.
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Old 08-04-2009, 09:04 PM   #362
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Thanks for the info... does anyone know when Subaru learned that the ones with the bad build dates were all having problems? Mine was built 8/08 and sold to me 2/2/09; I'm thinking they must have known about it by then, so why were they still selling those particular cars?
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Old 08-04-2009, 09:07 PM   #363
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Celly,
This was the engine subaru replaced after your first engine had the bearing issue? Did they explain what caused this?
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Old 08-04-2009, 09:09 PM   #364
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Thanks for the info... does anyone know when Subaru learned that the ones with the bad build dates were all having problems? Mine was built 8/08 and sold to me 2/2/09; I'm thinking they must have known about it by then, so why were they still selling those particular cars?
In the other thread, the first post was 11/29/08. Poster heard internal engine problems, and states they had seen posts regarding 09 WRX problems before that post. So yes, it was known before that. I'm sure that's relatively close to when Subaru realized they had a big problem...
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Old 08-04-2009, 09:33 PM   #365
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This was the engine subaru replaced after your first engine had the bearing issue? Did they explain what caused this?
They had just finished replacing the engine. During startup of the New engine, it immediately seized. So, it's life wasn't in miles... It was apparently in seconds.

I should hopefully know more tomorrow.
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Old 08-05-2009, 07:24 AM   #366
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Thanks for the info... does anyone know when Subaru learned that the ones with the bad build dates were all having problems? Mine was built 8/08 and sold to me 2/2/09; I'm thinking they must have known about it by then, so why were they still selling those particular cars?
I hear ya. Mine is the same build date, 08/08, and I bought it at the end of june 09. Thinking they had a pretty ggod idea this was a possibility. Not sure if I was intentionally dupped or if they really didn't know if this would happen or not. I am pretty sure I'll be asking some hard questions upon my next visit to the dealer. Problem is, I really want this car bad.....I hope they don't make me have to be a d**k about this. Fingers crossed.....
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Old 08-05-2009, 10:43 AM   #367
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I just talked to a salesman in ********, KS. He was downright upset/rude when I brought up the issue of the engine failure. He said it was all because people were rodding their engines and putting bad oil in them. I just laughed and left the dealership right after that. Needless to say I bought a car from another dealership.
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Old 08-05-2009, 10:58 AM   #368
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I just talked to a salesman in ********, KS. He was downright upset/rude when I brought up the issue of the engine failure. He said it was all because people were rodding their engines and putting bad oil in them. I just laughed and left the dealership right after that. Needless to say I bought a car from another dealership.
Wow. Honesty is the best policy. When I asked my salesman about engine issues, he said he had only seen one WRX come back with engine problems. He said don't worry about it, enjoy the car, and if anything happens, warranty covers it anyway. He was up front with me, so I gave him my business.
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Old 08-05-2009, 11:16 AM   #369
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I just talked to a salesman in ********, KS. He was downright upset/rude when I brought up the issue of the engine failure. He said it was all because people were rodding their engines and putting bad oil in them. I just laughed and left the dealership right after that. Needless to say I bought a car from another dealership.
What a jerk! Not all salesmen are created equal...
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Old 08-05-2009, 11:31 AM   #370
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So far we have been lucky and haven't seen any bad ones here at our dealership. I have a few customers with ones that are early build dates with no issues and around 7-9,000 miles. So knock on wood.
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Old 08-05-2009, 06:44 PM   #371
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So far we have been lucky and haven't seen any bad ones here at our dealership. I have a few customers with ones that are early build dates with no issues and around 7-9,000 miles. So knock on wood.
Keep knocking. Mine went at just under 8K. Waiting on it now...rocking the Yaris 4dr in it's place. Awesome.
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Old 08-05-2009, 10:41 PM   #372
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Well, two things happened today. I made a call early to SOA, to see about getting a warranty extension for my car. The young lady said she'd check with her manager, and call me back later on. Five minutes later, I had a 7 year and 100k mile warranty. Then, today, the car seemed to hesitate a bit around 3k RPM. I went on a very short drive with a Subaru tech after hours, and he said it doesn't feel right to him. Looks like I'm back to the dealer tomorrow to see whats goin on...
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Old 08-06-2009, 07:38 AM   #373
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Well, two things happened today. I made a call early to SOA, to see about getting a warranty extension for my car. The young lady said she'd check with her manager, and call me back later on. Five minutes later, I had a 7 year and 100k mile warranty. Then, today, the car seemed to hesitate a bit around 3k RPM. I went on a very short drive with a Subaru tech after hours, and he said it doesn't feel right to him. Looks like I'm back to the dealer tomorrow to see whats goin on...
Very nice on SoA's part. I emailed them yesterday, plan on calling them today to see if I can get some remedy as well. Good luck with the follow-up today. I wonder if some of you are having problems with the 2nd engine because these guys are doing engine swaps and they may not be as clean as when the factory puts the engine in? I guess I'll be finding that out next week. I'll share my experience then. Later.
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Old 08-06-2009, 08:26 AM   #374
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i feel bad for all these people who are having problems i hope i dont my build date is 2/09
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Old 08-06-2009, 09:29 AM   #375
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i feel bad for all these people who are having problems i hope i dont my build date is 2/09
Don't worry about it. Just drive and enjoy
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