Subaru has started to recall the 2.5l New model WRX and STI here in Germany because of engine failure. In our club forums we know of atleast 3 brand new STi´s that have blown engines, 2 of these are Subaru Germany press cars that our club used last week at a meeting arranged by Subaru Deutschland. Both of these cars blew there engines at that meeting as we were in the middle of testing them

Not only these models are affected but also the 2.5 Turbo Foresters and Legacys.

Nasioc reports the same in the USA and now apparently the same is happening in Austrailia.

Subaru stops sales of turbocharged cars - drive.com.au

 

uh oh-dont the new 2.5 require no change in engine oil at 1,000 miles unlike older models ?
martin

 

oopsy, sounds like it got problems

 

group buy on knocklinks anyone ??

 

Not only do they look crap, but there built like crap too!!!!

 

Big end failures, Subarus? Surely not!!

I hope its not some kind of generic fault though! The new model has enough problems without this!

I guess this knocks the 400bhp upgrade from Prodrive on the head....unless they're replacing the internals, that is!

Ns04

 

the 400bhp one wil be a special edition so i've been told, wonder if it will be a mcrae edition?

im guessing they'll put a kinder map on them to get rid of the det

 

Ahh, so its global now; good. As I thought they were only going to address the affected cars in the US and sod the rest of us!

Looks like a bad batch of bearing shells.

Considering its several layers of precious metals coated onto a steel backing; get the chemistry messed up they don't last five minutes: Think of them as like a cheap replica watch where the gold rubs off


Saw a new Sti today, women driving it....oh dear

 

I hope not mate, that would be like putting an band aid over a broken leg.

The map on a std road car will not be set up particularly agressively anyway, so having to slacken it off even more points to a materials problem that shouldn't be there. Sounds like a fault in manufacture to me.

Ns04

 

Cross link: https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...stop-sale.html

 

At least we finally have a name for the "hatch" now anyway... the bloweye

 

Sorry i didnt realise that this topic had already been posted.

 

It's not a double post; that link is for the statement for USA; it wasn't declared worldwide at that point, just US