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09-01-2004, 11:50 PM | #26 |
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Name: Mark
Make: 2004 Wrx wagon Mileage: 13,000 Time Out Of Use: 4 days cummulitive Problem And Likely Cause: alarm malfunctioning. intermittently working. no chirping noise when locking/unlocking car. Modifications: catback, short throw shifter, BOV Submitted For Warranty Work (Yes/No): YES 4 times! Reason Given For Denial: can't recreate the problem Your Story: could not recreate problem so they said bring it in no appointment when it breaks. I brought it in when it broke, and they said i need an appointment for them to look at it. brought it back on an appointment. they kept car for 2 days and said they couldnt find problem. would not give me a loaner, so I had to take my car and reschedule. problem got bad enough that I had an appointment with the subaru District Service Operations Manager. He too, said alarm seemed to be working properly after inspection. service department now states they never saw my alarm malfunction, which was the only way I got the appointment in the first place. Disrtict representitive stated he would refund my money for the alarm (not replace the alarm with a new one) brought car into service 8 TIMES TOTAL! UPDATE: Brought car to different dealer which replaced module, problem still happening. waiting for another part to be ordered
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10-15-2004, 04:01 PM | #27 |
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Join Date: May 2003
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Location: Heart of the Streetz, CT
Vehicle:RIP 04 Stg2 JBP WRX 07 SWP WRX 335/350 HTA68! |
Name: S-J R
Make: 04' WRX Mileage: 25000 Time Out Of Use: 2 weeks Problem And Likely Cause: Faulty A/F Sensor (P0171), and MAF sensor (P0101) Modifications: K&N Driop in Filter & Borla Hush Catback Submitted For Warranty Work (Yes/No): Yes Reason Given For Denial: Catback reason for abnormal voltage readings and CPU could not be checked till removed. Your Story: Took 2 weeks and 4 visits, of back and forth with the dealer. I was firm in my conviction the catback was not the cause of CEL's and the car running bad. They would not proceed till I removed the catback. Told me they didn't support aftermarket mods and the CPU could not be checked till it was back to stock. Wanted to charge $100 to take it off. So I paid someone else instead $50 to swap back to stock. Couldn't give me a reason when I pointed out the SPT support of SOA. It was covered under warranty in the end because it could not be proven the catback was the cause. |
11-12-2004, 11:09 PM | #28 |
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Location: San Francisco, CA
Vehicle:2004 Outback Sport blue |
Name: Dado Feigenblatt
Make: 2004 Impreza Outback Sport Mileage: 4,500 Time Out Of Use: None Problem And Likely Cause: Dimming the dashboard lights makes head unit hum. Grounding problem? Modifications: None. Submitted For Warranty Work (Yes/No): Yes Reason Given For Denial: "Some cars do that". Your Story: I took the car for the scheduled maintenance. I showed the Service Dept. guy some things I wanted fixed and this was one of them. When I showed him that when dimming the dashboard lights the stereo would hum he just said that "some cars do that". I already had fought to get other stuff fixed but I didn't have the time to fight that one too. The warranty is about to expire. Should I go back and make them fix it? Thanks. |
06-23-2005, 07:36 AM | #29 |
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Location: Victoriaville, Quebec - Canada
Vehicle:04 Impreza TS San Remo Red |
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Name:Adrien Amaral
Make:Subaru Imreza TS Mileage:37,000 Km Time Out Of Use:14 mo Problem And Likely Cause:Poor paint quality Modifications:no Submitted For Warranty Work (Yes/No):yes Reason Given For Denial:Chiiping not covered on warranty Your Story:Paint chips all over the front hood, on the lower door panels, 1/4 panels, A pilars and rear 1/4 panels. Some sanding on the front hood as well. The car is a San Remo red and is 1 yr old. Check with 2 different dealers and around 7 claims were made on cars with the same trouble. All of them Red San Remo. The subaru rep for eastern Canada don't even want to see the cars. I've also contated Suby Canada to place a formal complaint. Apparently the man with power is the Region manager, and I don't think no escalation is done to him. |
07-11-2005, 07:31 PM | #30 |
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Location: North Carolina
Vehicle:2012 Nissan GTR BE Vibrant Red |
Name: Ed Reynolds
Make: 2004 Subaru STi Mileage: 24K Time Out of Use: 1-2 weeks total Problem and Likely Cause: Misfire Cylinder #1 ECU fried(proven) Modifications: yup....UTEC only pertinent one Reason for Denial: "Anytime that anything is plugged into ECU, it is that things fault." Your Story: http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=801089 |
02-10-2006, 09:28 PM | #31 |
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Vehicle:2005 WRX Evo3 16g Platinum Silver Metallic |
Name: Paul
Make: 2005 WRX Mileage: 12000 Time Out Of Use: 6 months Problem And Likely Cause: alarm chirp Modifications: The passive alarm system that subaru offers Submitted For Warranty Work (Yes/No): no Your Story: my alarm chirp doesnt work for some reason. occasionally i get a much weaker fainter chirp and when i press the unlock button alot (with the weak chirp) it goes loud for a second but besides that it generally just wont make the sound it used to be. Last edited by Trigun001; 06-08-2006 at 07:05 PM. |
03-26-2007, 06:54 PM | #32 |
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03-29-2007, 07:32 PM | #33 |
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hubris and subie do
I am very dissatisfidied with my 2005 down car twice. Last year battery died and I was told to have it towed 50 miles and then go get it. I was ill and my wife is totally disabled. so that she was not without as I was scheduled to go to the hospital. so I went to the store and You guys bought me a battery . I put it it against /Dr's orders. But you and PAgan Lewis were happy.
The driver's seat belt would not retract and the dealer said to drive it over they would order the part and I could come back when the part came in. 150 miles w/o a fuctioning seat belt. Only after talking to my son and stateing that I was sending you and Pagen Lewis a letter objecting did I get an offer to tow the car to Pagen Lewis. The dealer said there was no program to get us a car to drive while awaiting repairs. Today I recieved a call offering to rent us a car 6 days after the left my possession. Thanx for nothing! We have owned several subaru s and we are moving back to mountains to retire but after this There is almost no chance that I will buy another. You are not the only game in town anymore. You may continue to act as if you were still the only awd car . SADLY we fell if we have lost an old friend. Oh, wonder how much of your goodwill you will loose with that big LEMON on on my car. I will drive it proudly a product of your hubris Auf Wiederschauen Alte Freunde |
03-29-2007, 07:34 PM | #34 |
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I am very dissatisfidied with my 2005 down car twice. Last year battery died and I was told to have it towed 50 miles and then go get it. I was ill and my wife is totally disabled. so that she was not without as I was scheduled to go to the hospital. so I went to the store and You guys bought me a battery . I put it it against /Dr's orders. But you and PAgan Lewis were happy.
The driver's seat belt would not retract and the dealer said to drive it over they would order the part and I could come back when the part came in. 150 miles w/o a fuctioning seat belt. Only after talking to my son and stateing that I was sending you and Pagen Lewis a letter objecting did I get an offer to tow the car to Pagen Lewis. The dealer said there was no program to get us a car to drive while awaiting repairs. Today I recieved a call offering to rent us a car 6 days after the left my possession. Thanx for nothing! We have owned several subaru s and we are moving back to mountains to retire but after this There is almost no chance that I will buy another. You are not the only game in town anymore. You may continue to act as if you were still the only awd car . SADLY we fell if we have lost an old friend. Oh, wonder how much of your goodwill you will loose with that big LEMON on on my car. I will drive it proudly a product of your hubris Auf Wiederschauen Alte Freunde |
04-08-2007, 10:23 AM | #35 |
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Location: Rochester, NY
Vehicle:1999 Outback Sport green / gray |
My car is pretty old now, but I had a nightmarish problem with it for years. The dealer was more than accomidating about fixing it though.
Make: Outback Sport Milage: problems started at mile 120 Time out of use: Intermittently out of use for over 2 years, in the first 6 months it was at the dealers about a dozen times, usually overnight or two nights. Problem: the electrical system had gremlins. You name it, it had problems. After a YEAR they replaced the alternator, it was over charging the system. Other electrical components went one after the other, most likely from the charging problems. then the battery went, then the alternator went again, then the battery went again. I blew 4 headlights in the space of two months, that was the final "clue" to the dealer that the power output was to high. Mods: none Warrenty work: everything was fixed under the warrenty. The total for the service was well into the thousands. After they fixed the electrical problems with the battery and alternator, all of the problems stopped completely. |
01-11-2008, 01:11 PM | #36 |
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2005 Outback Headlights burning out???
Can someone direct me to a thread regarding excessive headlamps burning out on my 05 Outback. The dealer denies there is a problem.
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01-11-2008, 02:09 PM | #37 | |
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Its not an issue with subaru but with the company they are getting the bulbs from. replacement aftermarket bulbs are having just as short a life expectancy. |
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01-11-2008, 03:44 PM | #38 | |
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I have seen the same thing with aftermarket bulbs. |
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01-11-2008, 07:21 PM | #39 | |
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06-17-2008, 09:27 PM | #40 |
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very insitefull thanks
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09-24-2008, 10:53 PM | #41 |
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Location: Westchester, NY
Vehicle:2004 Impreza WRX Java Black Pearl |
i have an after market alarm with autostart but i disable it when ever i turn in my car for warrenty and the stock alarm still works so they never know unless they look under the dash and see it.
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11-23-2008, 02:41 PM | #42 | |
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Your title is misleading. Subaru did indeed back their warranty. They made over a years worth of attempts to resolve the issue. By my count from your story you would have been able to file for a lemon law in NOV '07(11 months after delivery and your 3rd visit for stalling was in NOV '07). Yet it seems you choose not to pursue it. As for their offer to you I think it sounds fair. You knowingly forfeited your chance at the lemon law by waiting too long. They made you a offer to get you out of a problem vehicle and into a better one, your Baja was no longer new thus had depreciated in value, it would seem just to me that you should pay the difference, after all you did use it. As for them not being able to put you into a truck. You bought a vehicle that was being phased out of production. It is not Subaru's fault they did not have another new Baja to put you into. I think it is not Subaru you need to be upset with, but your self. You waited too long to file the Lemon Law. Had you filled the lemon law in NOV '07 you would have saved your self a years worth of trouble and disappointment. If you did not know your states lemon laws, it is not up to Subaru to inform the consumer of them. It is the consumers responsibility to protect their self. |
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12-06-2008, 01:13 PM | #43 |
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I have an 07 Sti it has been at the dealership more than my house. Its going back tommorow again. First it acted up I took it in with a cylinder four misfire and they found a cracked piston, after that was fixed I continue to get the same code. It has been back several times for a cylinder four misfire and every time cylinder number four is running lean and nobody can figure out why. Can anybody help, or have any ideas?
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12-06-2008, 01:55 PM | #44 | |
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12-23-2008, 10:20 AM | #45 |
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Location: Carbondale, IL
Vehicle:2007 Impreza 2.5i Obsidian Black Pearl |
Name: Anna
Make: 2007 2.5i Mileage: 15k Time Out Of Use: Unknown Problem And Likely Cause: Airbag Light Goes off - Broke Air Bag Sensor Modifications: Exterior Only, Disabled DRL's Submitted For Warranty Work (Yes/No): Yes Reason Given For Denial: They blamed me for breaking the sensor Your Story: I bought my car brand new with 63 miles on it, and I specifically remember my car having trouble starting and showing an airbag light on the dash when it finally did. This was maybe 3 weeks after I first bought the car. This never happened again until about a week ago (a year later). Then I decided to bring my car in because of a rough idle/stalling. When I described the symptoms I also mentioned how right before the rough idle, my engine was difficult to start and the airbag light went on. After the diagnosis they upgraded the ECU to fix the rough idle under warranty and told me that the airbag light went off because the sensor in the passenger seat was broken, and would be $900 to replace. And this is not covered under warranty because they told me that I was the one that broke it by stuffing something under the seat. I am 99% that it was broken before, because my friends, knowing how anal I am about my car, probably did not stuff anything under the seat and I was also in an accident and my airbags did not deploy. Having the car for a year and not reporting the airbag light, I felt like there was no use in trying to argue at the dealership about when the sensor broke. Is there any reason to try to fight for this sensor? |
12-23-2008, 04:23 PM | #46 | |
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The airbag light can come on for many different reasons. One, is like they said, a broken connector. Broken is not a matter for warranty if it is snapped or damaged. If it is an internal failure than it should be covered for 3 years or 36,000 miles. Connectors being broken by stuffing stuff under the seat is not uncommon. Your airbags will only deploy if the sensors in the bumpers are hit directly. This is the way they are designed and it is described in your owners manual when they will or will not deploy. You need to have them show you the sensor and how it is damaged. If a wire or the sensor itself is damaged, you will have to pay for it. If they are reading the code and determining the sensor is not reading properly due to an internal failure, then it should be covered under warranty. P.S. Are you sure your vehicle is a 2007 model year? There is a recall for the 2006 Imprezas for the pass side seat wiring for the air bag. IF you are not sure, PM me your VIN and I will let you know |
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01-19-2009, 10:09 PM | #47 |
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Anyone have electrical issues with 08 STI or similar? Mine had an electrical fire.
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02-09-2009, 05:11 PM | #48 |
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Location: San Antonio
Vehicle:2006 STI Aspen White |
P0134 code...everything has been replaced..??
Name: Erin
Make: 06 STI Mileage: 19k Time Out Of Use: 1 month and counting Problem And Likely Cause: Was supposed to be the Primary o2 sensor Modifications: Bone Stock!! Submitted For Warranty Work (Yes/No): Yes Your Story: So I finally graduated to AWD after many years and found a pristine white 06 at a dealer here. Picked it up with 18k miles...notice the lack of being able to drive it. So apparently when i bought it the previous owner DISABLED ALL codes for the car. I noticed when I was only getting 120-150 a tank driving on the highway. took it in...they said someone had flashed it..ok...and? Its all covered under warranty thankfully because here is what has been done so far..yes im new here...so give me a break: Been replaced so far with no fix 3x primary o2 sensors 1x ecm all wiring harness relays some sort of relay controller and still its throwing the same code... running rich as hell...and they had to call SOA to bring someone down here to figure it out...so what in the world is the problem. I seem to be the only one having this one off problem. I then called SOA and they are stumped. call the dealer i bought it from and they blew me off saying I can bring it up there and they can try to look at it...after all the time spent down here with an SOA engineer...so tell me what would be the point to have it towed 2 hours to somewhere that would have to start all over again. Marcus is the Sales manager who is very reluctant to help me while lance being the Service manager says there is no point to bring it up...im stuck...what to do? |
02-09-2009, 09:16 PM | #49 |
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Vehicle:1415 Legacy/Forester D.Grey/White |
Is the dealer that sold it to you a Subaru dealer? Did you get a Carfax report on it when you bought it? There may be something you can do with the state considering they sold a car with issues that may be emissions related, you know? Maybe a little more detail would help.
Who sold it? (Subaru dealer or 'other' dealer? Did the invoice say anything like 'as is'? Carfax? What state do you live in (vehicle registered in) and the state where the selling dealer is located? You paid hard earned money for the car and it's crazy to think you've been going through this. Time to get tough! Folks on here are a huge help (RexyGirl, Hondaslayer, Blackfang, Mavrik, etc.) There are some negative nelly's, but if you take the advise of the folks listed above, you may get in the right direction. |
02-10-2009, 10:49 AM | #50 | |
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