Subaru WRX/STI 2.5L Engine Failure Lawsuit; What Owners Can Do Now

My friends and I have on several Subarus over the years I have owned a 2003 WRX a 2004 WRX and have built the engine twice and now I own a 2007 Legacy GT all these problems stem from cylinder number 4 overheating and blowing out even the rod bearings go out on every Subaru model and even the ones with avcs the hoses always break and shatter. Don't get me wrong I love Subaru but I wish there would be a better compensation or fix for the EJ series

Any chance it extent to Forester xt or other xt models?

Does this cover UK / European spec STi's?

How about the 2008-2010 cars??

How do Canadians deal with this issue?

Does anyone know if there is/was a higher issue with a certain cylinder number? Have a 2017 bought 1 year ago with 23K miles. Rod blew at 30K. Subaru denied warranty because computer showed max rpm at 9K miles of 7400 and max mph of 141 at 19K miles. Just wanting to know if I have any claim to fight this.

So if I own a 2011 sti that had engine failure is there nothing I can do. The car has had all maintenance and oil changes done on time with all the paperwork to prove it. Spun a bearing at 106,000 miles and now have spent an easy 10g to fix it

My WRX had rod failure while being serviced at a shop. After presenting the claim, Subaru denied the claim because it was not presented to an authorized Subaru Dealership. Why would you take to the Subaru dealer that ultimately caused the issue. My understanding is 100% reimbursed if the work is done at the Dealer and percentage of reimbursement at mom and pops shop. Is this correct? Good luck!

I had bearing failure at a track event after 5 laps. The car was out of factory warranty by its mileage. Because of this and because I had not received info on the lawsuit yet I took it to and got it repaired at a performance shop. I got all the known problems repaired (ringland failure w forged pistons, better rods and bearings and balancing etc). Subaru has denied my claim as I did not have their shop evaluate it. I know rod bearing failure when I hear it as I'm 64 and have had cars for 45 years. Heard the death rattle plenty of times. But Subaru wanted at chance to sell me defective stuff again!!!!

Not me!!

Ray Colbert
Pittsburgh PA

I have unfortunately run into the same issues with my 2010 WRX. Very disappointed that the car has 120,000 km and the engine has crapped out and I cant find a new one. Now I'm stuck with a car shell. Very disappointed in Subaru products.

We have a 2013 Subaru WRX. Local shop says the car has the engine problem described in this article. Subaru of America will not do anything for us because we added a stage two tune. However, experts say this tune very likely had nothing to do with the engine defect which ruined our car. Makes sense since so many of these cars had the engine defect whether they had a tune or not.
Volkswagen Audi took care of their customers because the emissions weren’t quite what they had reported. Bought back cars 4 years later at the sticker price. Subaru won’t even give me a dollar. Anyone have a similar experience?

What should I do if my car qualifies under this suit but only recently did the engine blow. The deadline to claim was back in 2019. Am I just SOL?

Having same problem now. Car is at the dealer and they said it’s not covered under warranty. Please let me know if you find out how this can be addressed. maybe reopen class action suit?

Son has a 2015 sti wrx, last year when bought when it should not of been sold to him, it failed within 5 days, subaru of america,authorized new engine and supposive turbo and other parts but dealer lied and didn't replace 100% new, car is now sitting in my driveway dead...but 2 belt in front turn when ignition is attempted to be turned on. subaru of america says it happened because new muffler hahaha muffler doesn't make an engine stop running, we pulled turbo out and found silver shavings inside.....HELP HELP HELP

Update on WRX2014- The dealership has nothing but arrogant managers working there. Just got off the phone with Subaru advocate person and she was trying to get me some help on this car. They said because my son made modifications that they can’t do anything. Well guess what it is his car and no one told me this when we purchased the vehicle. Whatever this is ridiculous and they even went on my sons Instagram saying he had the car on two wheels WTH! I just looked it was in his friends shop and lifted the wheel is off the ground and he clearly is not in the car bunch losers I say. Will never buy anything from this dealership now I will be calling my bank to tell them they can keep it not paying for a hunk of metal. Sorry if I missed words but I’m beyond livid with these people .

I have a 2014 WRX at 93400 miles. My car has this issue. I brought it to a Subaru dealership and the first thing they said was sounds like a rod issue. They suggested I get a new engine offline and install it. At least one guy did. Now I find out about this lawsuit so I am wonder if I can get it fixed by subaru. Car is still stock. If not if anyone files class action lawsuit again would love to know.

I have a 2014 WRX at 93400 miles. My car has this issue. I brought it to a Subaru dealership and the first thing they said was sounds like a rod issue. They suggested I get a new engine offline and install it. At least one guy did. Now I find out about this lawsuit so I am wonder if I can get it fixed by subaru. Car is still stock. If not if anyone files class action lawsuit again would love to know.

My son recently had his 2015 Subaru WRX with only 57,000 mile engine replaced.last week. He was always very meticulous with his maintenance. We were shock when he was told his engine is crap and needed to be replaced. Spent $7K. My brother in law got on the computer and discovered he wasn't the only one this this problem. Is there any recourse with Subaru? The filing date, according an article was last year. Why didn't Subaru posted a recall???