Subaru Hit With 4th WRX/STI Lawsuit Claiming Dealers Installed “Secret Software”

3.6 na legacy for life!!!!

Where do you go to get involved with the lawsuit? Had the same recall completed on my 12 hatch in December and by July my engine was toast at 83k miles.

is this on the 2018's as well. I just purchased one and I'm concerned

I have a 2015 wrx. How do I know if I'm affected by what this post says? And what should i do?

I haven't experienced surge or stalling problems. But I do experience idling problems that make it seem my car is going to stall. Had a CEL, took it to dealer and they couldn't find a thing wrong. Told me not to worry a out it.

What happens if you buy a Subaru in Puerto Rico and does not appear on ANY Subaru Records?
And there is NO record of Subaru of PR!!

I wonder how many people is affected by this and do not have any clue

2015 forester xt here. Had recall work done years ago. Nothing wrong ag that time. Rough idling, engine light on multiple times and taken to multiple dealers. Nothing wrong ever found.

How about the crappy throwout bearings that have been garbage since 06? I've had mine replaced twice outside of warrenty already. No engine problems with my pro-tune stage1+sf though so I'm luck there with my 14 wrx hatch

Come on, are people really believing this. Subaru has been making ej series enginges and the ej257 in the sti for more than 30 years. Ive worked on many of them and personally have seen older sti's go 300k without a rebuild. These are very reliablr engines. People are just looking for something to make money on

15 Forester XT, I had the recall work done 2 years back but the car is always at the shop following an oil change. Following every oil change the car goes crazy like really rough idling, gas burning super rich, stalling out. I wonder if this has anything to do with the lawsuit

I have a 2016 STI who do I contact I have concerns now after reading this article

Buy Cobb AP or get a pro tune. Also Everytime you reset the ECU the A/F ratio will be a little messed for the first 10-20 miles until the electronic throttle body "re-learns" causing low idle rpm and sometimes stalling. I generally sit in my driveway and play with the throttle in neutral after a reset.

Subaru = money pit. Should have bought a rav 4

In my experience most of the engine problems are from lack of maintenance. This is an engine you should check the oil level frequently and change it before 6000 if you drive hard at all. If you go to a track day change the damn oil before and after.

I work at a tuning shop. the main brand we work on is Subaru

We can verify the 08-17 EJ25 in STI and WRX(till 15) Engines are SHIT
the older 02-07 motors tend to be much more reliable, and its likely due to changes to try and make less emissions

we haven't noticed this particular issue on 15+ FA20 turbo motors. but lots of our customers will use a Cobb flash tune or in-house pro tune.

My step mom has a 16 XT so will see what ends up happening to it.

one other recall that should be coming for all 15+ wrx and FXT with the new style 6 speed is that the plastic release bearing housing eats away the aluminum on the transmission snout and fails very early. Basically if they replace the release bearing / clutch at this point it will fail again as the snout surface where the bearing rides becomes damaged.

So if you take your vehicle in for this repair, I would demand to see the transmission snout when it is out of the vehicle to verify the surface is OK to just slap the bearing on. Lots of dealership techs wont even check or report this as there goal in life is to make as many hours and do jobs as quick as possible.

There is a tsb for a new bearing but once the snout is damaged that isn't going to fix it.. if you have to change the transmission out of pocket its going to be a few thousand dollars. there are repair sleeves available but the dealer wouldn't in most cases authorize that type of repair.

-From all that I have seen working on these cars, they are being more poorly made as time goes on, the FA20 seems like an improvement over later EJ's but will have to see if carbon build up causes them to have short lives as well caused by the Direct injection / EGR System along with the blow by of a turbo motor.

Stay with 08 and below , much rather throw in a reliable jdm replacement engine than deal with stupids at a dealership, classic subies all day , the new ones are like hot wheels , cool for a lil while then bam your wheels are bent and the car is no good anymore, best of luck to Subaru and their customers

Had bought a used 2014 WRX with 40k miles. 5 months and 5k miles later the engine through a rod and needed to be completely replaced. So much $ down the drain!

My 2016 WRX had a problem where it seemed to just about stall and on night I was driving and it just died I had a feeling it had something to do with the turbo being when it hit 2k rpms I would stall automatically I had it towed to the dealer and they fixed it but they said it was a sensor so that I had to pay out of my own pocket when it was still under warranty who can I talk to about this.

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About 10 days ago I had driven my 2016 WRX 2.0 Automatic for approximately 3 hours and 40 minutes at a distance of 390km. After stopping for fuel and filling up with 93 Octane I proceeded to continue driving however immediately after entering the highway at speeds of 100-120 km/h the car began to lose power and stumble but this lasted for about 1 minute. I continued driving and everything seemed normal for the next 70 km and then all of the sudden the engine blew up and caught fire. All upkeep and maintenance has been done according to schedule and the vehicle only has 63,000km. The vehicle is fully stock with no aftermarket accessories. The turbo failed on the vehicle last year and was replaced under factory warranty. Upon inspection of the motor it has a crack in the engine block so the timing chain burst from inside out. I'm wondering if anyone else has had a similar problem?

I purchased in full a 2016 wrx 6 spd turbo premium at 6 k the clutch went it never felt right I have been driving a standard for 40 plus years before that a recall for the intake manifold to TURBO? Their has been many recalls on one occasion I had a 2011 battery? Took like 10 days over 100 miles on car and scraped my rims I bought this car July 31 2015 and never has a registration come to my home? The dealer took care of 1st one it seems the regi goes to a grey car? Mine is iced silver metallic in NYS if silver is a metallic it must have an S in vin # and title funny in 2016 my car was offered in Grey and Silver metallic? I have been to subaru many times the owner and mechanics yell at me with disrespect the clutch has gone 3 or 4 times I drove a Harley Davidson for 27 years the last time clutch went my car was held hostage for just about 2 thousand dollars they would not give me car back the car came from Edmunds in California they repair cars with no miles hit during test rides or newly bought and ship them east to NY ,I just got a letter subaru wants to buy my car back? I recently got tickets forgot my wallet and officer agreed with me about vin #s and wrote out lemon law with tickets? Well had the car almost 6 years have maybe 18k on it this is a lemon