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Old 09-24-2016, 01:17 AM   #88
sajohnson
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Chapter/Region: MAIC
Location: Middletown, MD, USA
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2002 WRX 5MT Sedan
WR Blue. Cobb Stage 2

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Originally Posted by RexyGirl View Post
Subaru covers brake pads (and wear items such as wipers, bulbs, etc) for 3 years or 36,000 miles. This started around 2002 I believe.

OP: Contact Subaru and explain the situation. They can also see the warranty history on your vehicle. They will let you know if brake repairs were ever made. (Or, PM me your VIN, and I can check for you....but still call Subaru)

Also, I would go to another dealer. (BTW..where in Florida??)

Customer pay price for rotors and pads is about $1000 using OEM parts. STi rotors are expensive (I usually recommend Hawk when customers are out of warranty)
The OP said:

"So I took the car to a dealer, they said the rotors were messed up basically have to throw them out and replace them, then proceeded to tell me that they could do this for me for over 1k."

I took that to mean, replace the rotors only -- for over $1,000

I have a WRX, not a STi, but the last time I bought genuine Subaru rotors, from an online Subaru dealer selling OEM parts, they cost about $102 per pair, front. The MSRP for them was about $102 per single rotor. Still, even at full retail price that's ~$200 (+ labor) vs the >$1,000 the OP was quoted by the dealer.

Even if the $1,000+ includes pads, that's just crazy expensive. For the price of 2-3 brake jobs a person could buy a big brake kit.

I'm glad to hear Subaru is covering wear items for 3/36K -- that's very nice, and smart business. I'm not sure what other mfrs currently do (I'm still driving the WRX and haven't purchased any other cars), but in the past anyway that was highly unusual. The standard boilerplate warranty language (from all mfrs AFAIK) excluded any rubber or wearing parts -- belts, hoses, clutch discs, brake shoes/pads, etc.

I believe that was the case when I purchased my WRX in March of 2001.
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