gavnnik

It's been an age since I posted but I just bought a new WRX-STI.

After 2000km - and just after the run in service the crankshaft bearing has gone.

The local dealer will repair it under warranty of course but I can't help but think they should be replacing the car or at least the engine! It's three weeks old for heavens sake.

Anyone have this experience of this happening to them and how their dealer/Subaru handled it.

The ones here were even reluctant to approach Subaru until I nagged them into it!

Gear Head

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New engine without out fail or it will just fail again. They will have to split the engine to get to the crank anyway (which will need replacing) so the labour involved will out weigh the cost of a new short motor. They will also have to fit a new oil cooler.

gavnnik

Is this what you'd expect in the UK? Would you have to argue the case or would the dealer just get on with it?

f1_fan

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What Gear Head says, but as for how Subaru will deal with it be careful. They will doubtless try and blame you same as they do more most of the engine failures in the thread at the top of this page! Stick to your guns and don't listen to any of their nonsense!

There have been a lot of engine failures since 2007 and Subaru d their best to wriggle out of dealing with them properly!

gavnnik

oops that's 2000km (1,250 miles) not 200km.

Tidgy

i wonder if it got traded into the dealer with the headgasket gone and they only did a HG repair.

gavnnik

no it was brand new - 27km on the clock when I bought it.

Tidgy

ah right, i didnt realise that, i assumed it was a second hand one. def should be covered then.

gavnnik

it's more that then want to repair rather than replace the engine.

Tidgy

it dpends on damage, if the bearings have damaged the block then its block, crank etc etc first thing realy is to find out why it failed and assess what actualy damage has been done.

o dont accept them regrind the crank

T5NYW

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Odd that

The new age bottom end is normally bulletproof. And Subaru don't do a running in service. Although like you I did.

Is it a hatch or Saloon?

Was there any oil left in sump as common ring land failure can turn it into a diesel and quickly guzzle up all your oil.

I'd be tempted when the short motor comes back. to give it to someone to rebuild it with Cosworth bits and larger head studs Uprated gaskets extra. It will cost you a grand of two but you'll have a brill motor that should run 450bhp for 5 years no problem.

IMHO

Regards

Tony

gavnnik

those sort of things aren't really an option out here (I'm in Dubai).

Our service interval is every 5,000km (3,125 miles!) but they do the first service at 1,500km.

T5NYW

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Nice

have you a JDM or EU car 2.0ltr or 2.5ltr

Tony

gavnnik

I'm pretty sure they will be JDM and it is 2.5.

Just to gloat it's 15 quid to fill the tank.

Steve001

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that's like 25p a litre? And they make a profit too

good luck with the engine

f1_fan

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Irrelevant if your engine has shat itself though

I would go for a new engine from Subaru personally, it's the least they can do.

What are the laws out there regarding rejecting a vehicle?

K3ogh_sti

wow there really isnt any car in the wrx sti range worth buying after 05 widetracks by the sound of it, unless your loaded...... hope it gets resolved quickly mate

chris

juggers

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They have u.s spec cars in Dubai, you might aswell ask them to use forged components otherwise it may happen again.

terzoscooby

Sounds like it had a blocked oil feed to fail in that mileage. Probably more economical for them to drop a new unit in straight from Subaru.

jura11

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Looking like you don't have JDM,just due JDM cars have 2.0L and only WRX is 2.5L(JDM too)


Jura

juggers

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Dubai is LHD.....JDM's only come in RHD

gavnnik

Ah of course your right. Typical that Dubai would import from US when Japan is closer.

So far the dealer has very reluctantly agreed to talk to Subaru is Japan to see if they can do anything.

They haven't actually opened the engine yet to find out what happened as if they do that they said they will only repair it and hand it back.

Knowing Dubai there is every chance they don't have any engines in the country anyway.

I'm wondering whether to contact Subaru in japan directly.

L.J.F

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Ask for your money back.

gavnnik

Chance would be a fine thing!

gavnnik

Result - new short block approved by Subaru.

thenewgalaxy

Great news.

If you plan on keeping the car long term it would be worth seeing if any specialists local to you would forge the engine and give you peace of mind.

A nice by product of doing that is the ability to cross blades with high power German saloons on the straights, and THEN humiliate them through the bends.

Don Clark

Neither are correct. Dubai (UAE) is part of the GCC countries (Saudi Arabian) Market and is similar to the European LHD build with some minor variations.

Destination Country code should/will be "KS" (unless it's a grey import from the states )