2nd new oil consumption lawsuit suddenly filed against Subaru

I owned a 2013 xv crosstrek since i only put about 5000 miles a year on my car. I commute mostly, i decided to abandon the Subaru after 13 months of ownership and 4708 miles of driving. interesting to note it consumed 3/4 of a court in the first 3000 miles, that sounds excessive to me it is synthetic oil. I got rid of the car 3 weeks after the lawsuit was in the news. The wholesale value of the car dropped $1200 dollars in that time period.

I find it ironic that a car driven by so many grennies is nothing but a oil burning P.O.S.. I have also seen numerous complaints about the CVT transmissions in these vehicles as well. A friend of mind took Subaru to court to Lemon Law his Forrester. Subaru fought him all the way with well dressed lawyers. He ended up winning and getting out of the car but had to still pay almost 5k in legal fees. Making a customer to come back and check the oil is nothing more then a plan by Subaru to get customers to trade in the vehicle and but another one.

I own a 2014 Subaru Forester 2.5i Touring and cover an average of 1,860 miles per month. I only ever check the oil level when the vehicle has been standing for a hour or two - I have never needed to put in additional oil.

IF, however, I check the oil after driving (such as at the gas station when filling up) my vehicle always shows the oil to be low.

Could it be that people are filling their vehicles unnecessarily with oil, which then gets burnt off when they drive? This would give the perception that the vehicle is consuming excess oil.

Just a thought. :-)

I am about to do a 19,000 mile service on a 2014 Forester. This is the 3rd Subaru I have owned. But the first to use oil like this 1 has. The other 2 used NO oil at all. I have added 1 qt. between each oil change up to now.
I have added 2 qts. sinse the last oil change, and have also been told by the dealership "this is normal"
I think this is unaceptable. So I am going to go through the service desk and see what happens next. Not looking forward to a battle.

So, today I just noticed that the oil light came on in my wife's car. A 2013 Subaru Legacy with a 2.5i engine.

The oil had last been changed ~5000 miles about and the low oil light came on. We had to add about 1.5 qts of oil.

The car has LESS than 20,000 miles on it and is currently under the factory warranty. To say that we're not happy about this, is, well, and understatement. The only way to fix this is either to live with it, or get rid of the car. The problem is not going to get better as the engine wears, and we were planning on keeping it until it fell apart.

My 2012 Impreza was using a quart every 2500-3000 miles. I was told my dealer that it is acceptable to burn a quart every 1,200 miles. Subaru is supposed to be an environmentally responsible company. Dealer told me Subaru has more warning lights than other cars. I have friends with new models Honda, Ford, Audi - and all go 7,500 to 10,000 miles before needing oil. Dealer and corporate uncooperative. Oil consumption test would not work since mine was lasting more than 1,200 miles. Every time the light came on I was not near home so felt like I could not take the car any distance. Dealer gave me a quart to keep in the car. Like I am going to stop at night, traveling alone, and fill up the oil on the side of the road. Got rid of the car in July as I did not feel it was safe. While I will miss the AWD on the Subaru, I love my Ford C-max and the 44 mpg I'm getting every time I have to fill up the tank.

I cannot but wonder why other countries do have the same oil burning problem. I have yet to encounter a Subaru (Forester) owner in South Africa and Australia having the same issue.

Has anybody experienced such issue with 2014 XV crosstrek? My 2014 XV looks normal so far, and the odometer is around 9k miles.

I had a 2011 Forester with this problem. The lifters started ticking, so I checked the oil (both warm and cold) and the dipstick was bone dry. Took multiple quarts to register on the dipstick again. Dealer was terrible to me about it and pulled the same 1,200 miles for a quart of oil BS. Great history with Subaru's, but they've lost all business and recommendations from me. Looks like it was an issue over multiple years which is unacceptable not to have fixed it.

I am driving a 2013 Subaru Crosstrek with the same issue. While driving on the highway the blue low oil light came on. I was ASStounded to learn that it had burned 1 quart of oil in only 13 months or so of ownership. So, I added a quart.

I made an apt. with service dept. where I bought it afterward. They changed the oil and then, just like stated, told me to come back in 1200 miles. I did. All they did is check is dipstick oil level and if it looks good (duh!) come back in 1200 miles. I did just that.
How about the audacity of Subaru not implementing a recall? "Feel the love", indeed!

Let me tell you, regardless of what anyone may try to tell you it is NOT an acceptable condition that ANY NEW vehicle burn oil.
I would expect it in a 15-20 year old vehicle but not a NEW one.

Hey....my snow blower doesn't even burn any oil.

Subaru tells you AFTER the sale that the oil consumption is normal. Ya, right.

Now, how may of us, myself included would have bought a Suburu if we knew that this is a big issue?
It's entrapment. I am trapped paying for this now, unwanted, un-reliable motor vehicle for the next 3.7 years!!!!
Why should you or I be the ones to get stuck?
Subaru, pay my car off and give me the money you allotted me for my trade in you crooks!!!!!!!

So,

Here is another one:

My 2013 Subaru with the H6 (the 6 cylinder engine) just burned a QT of oil in 4300 miles.

I was driving home today and the low oil light came on!!!

So, my wife's car (Legacy 2013) with the 2.5i four cylinder burns oil, and MY car is burning oil.

THE RECOMMENDED CHANGE INTERVAL IS 7000 MILES!!!

I'm feeling very taken by Subaru about these cars burning oil at SUCH short intervals.

The oil warning light on my 2014 Outback 2.5i came on about 2000 miles after my 7500 mile dealer oil change (I also had it changed at 3500 miles). I had to add 3/4 quart of oil thinking the dealer mechanic hadn't filled it completely. I checked it again after 2000 more miles and was surprised to find it low again. Now I know why.

I traded in my 2013 xv crosstrek august 5th 2014 bought July 4 2013. at the time subaru was denying the problem with the oil rings. They STILL are. I cancelled the subscription to Drive magazine they said it would take about a month to stop the magazine. it's now December 4 months later just got drive magazine. is this just to bust my chops? Maybe if they saved the postage they could fix some of there bad motors, better yet issue a recall.

It seems like this is a problem with the 2014 Impreza as well. The car was only a couple of months old when the "check engine light" came on at 2600 miles, I have a little over 10,000 miles on the car and I've had 2 oil changes plus added 3 quarts of oil in between, Plus the dam "low oil pressure" light comes on way too often - 20 times in 10,000 miles. The first time I took the car in to the dealer the service rep said they will watch it "in case there is a problem". My 2004 Forester didn't burn oil like this.