2013 Subaru Impreza

VALVE SPRING RECALL SUBARU DEALERSHIP "FIXED" MY CAR DUE TO THIS RECALL BACK IN FEBRUARY 2019, ACCORDING TO MANUFACTURERS PROCEDURE. THIS INCLUDED ADDING OIL AND ALSO COOLANT TO MY VEHICLE. IT WAS RETURNED TO ME AS SOON AS IT WAS COMPLETED (TOOK 4 DAYS APPROX.) HOWEVER, RECENTLY, THE WEEK OF THE 20TH OF MAY 2019, THAT IS ABOUT 3 MONTHS AFTER THE "REPAIR" DONE FOR THE RECALL, MY ENGINE STALLED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE ROAD. FORTUNATELY I WAS CLOSE TO HOME AND AFTER STRUGGLING IT TURNED ON AND I DROVE IT HOME. HAD TO TOW IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET IT FIXED AGAIN. I AM AFRAID THE ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE, IS FAR MORE SERIOUS, AND SUBARU IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THE ISSUE AS THEY SHOULD. STALLING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED IN A BETTER MATTER. TO WHICH I THINK, ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES WITH THIS SERIOUS ISSUE, NEED A NEW ENGINE.

I INITIALLY CALLED MY LOCAL DEALER TO FIX THE RECALL (ENGINE VALVE MALFUNCTION) ON JANUARY 18, 2019. THEY SOONEST AVAILABLE DATE TO SCHEDULE THE REPAIR WAS TODAY, MAY 13, 2019 CITING A BACK ORDER ON PARTS. ALMOST 5 MONTHS LATER. ATTACHED IS THE SCREENSHOT OF THE DAY I MADE THE PHONE CALL. THEY ALSO INDICATED IN THE PHONE CALL WHEN I MADE THE APPOINTMENT THAT THE REPAIR WOULD NOT TAKE LONG AND I WOULD HAVE MY CAR BACK THE NEXT DAY. TODAY, THEY TELL ME THAT THEY WILL LIKELY HAVE MY CAR FOR ABOUT A MONTH BECAUSE THEY ARE BACKLOGGED AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK INVOLVED IS "MORE THAN ANYONE ANTICIPATED." I FEEL THAT NEARLY 6 MONTHS CANNOT BE CONSIDERED A "REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME."

WHEN I LISTED MY VIN NUMBER MY CAR DID NOT SHOW UP AS BEING RECALLED FOR THE SUBARU VALVE SPRING RECALL. MY FIVE DOOR IMPREZA HAS A BUILD DATE OF 06-2013. THE RECALL GOES THRU JUNE 13 OF 2013. NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V772000 I DON'T KNOW THE DAY MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DETERMINE THE DAY. HOWEVER I DO KNOW MINE WAS EQUIPPED WITH THE WEAK SPRINGS. WHILE MY CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY I HAD A VALVE SPRING BREAK WHILE DRIVEN AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH ON THE HWY ALLOWING THE VALVE TO TRAVEL INTO THE CYLINDER. THIS DESTROYED ONE HEAD AND THE PISTON. ALSO SCRATCHING THE CYLINDER WALL. THIS REQUIRED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SHORT BLOCK ASSEMBLY AND ONE HEAD. NOW I STILL HAVE ONE ORIGINAL HEAD AND ONE REPLACEMENT HEAD THAT I DON'T KNOW THE BUILD DATE ON. I THINK THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO COVER CARS BUILT LATER THAN JUNE 13 2013.

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. VEHICLE NEEDS TO HAVE ENTIRE OIL RESERVOIR REFILLED EVERY 3 OR SO DAYS. WHEN ON HIGHWAY, VEHICLES SEIZES UP. THE CAR SLOWS WAY DOWN BY ITSELF AND THE HILL ASSIST INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON AS WELL AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. IT LOSES CONTROL AND THE CAR STARTS SHAKING. I HAVE SEEN TOO MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME EXACT ISSUE AND SUBARU REFUSES TO HELP. THIS IS AN ONGOING SUBARU PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE RECALLED!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 SUBARU IMPREZA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 18V772000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AND 19V149000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. STAR SUBARU (206-26 NORTHERN BLVD, BAYSIDE, NY 11361, (833) 271-0487) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 SUBARU IMPREZA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V772000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AND STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER (STATEN ISLAND SUBARU, 1257 HYLAN BLVD, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10305) CONFIRMED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY (I-79 IN PA, JUST SOUTH OF EXIT #68 MOUNT NEBO ROAD), MY ENGINE LOST POWER. I WAS TRAVELING IN A STRAIGHT LINE AT THE TIME. I HAD IT TOWED TO A SUBARU DEALERSHIP WHICH CONFIRMED IT HAD SEIZED. *DT ADDED CSPC SHORTLY BEFORE THIS, I HAD RECEIVED NOTICE THAT I AM A MEMBER OF A CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT CONCERNING SUBARU CONNECTING ROD BEARINGS AND MAIN BEARINGS. MY CAR IS A 2013 WRX, AND WRX ENGINES MADE BETWEEN 2012 AND 2017 ARE IN THE CLASS. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED THAT ALTHOUGH THEY HAD NOT YET INSPECTED THE ENGINE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE, THEY GUESSED THE CAUSE WAS A TURBO FAILURE: WHICH HAPPENS TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE SETTLEMENT. ("GUESS" WAS THE SERVICE MANAGER'S WORD, NOT MINE.) I WAS FURTHER INFORMED BY THIS SAME SERVICE MANAGER OF MY LOCAL DEALER THAT A FULL ENGINE INSPECTION IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE - WHICH MEANS IT WILL COST ME CLOSE TO $900 FOR SUBARU TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL COVER MY REPAIRS UNDER THE SETTLEMENT. MILAGE AT THE TIME OF THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 46,500 MILES. *JS

SUBARU RECALL FROM OCTOBER 2018. THE CAR IS STARTING TO STALL WHILE DRIVING. SUBARU IS NOW TELLING ME THAT I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL LATE MAY TO HAVE MY CAR REPAIRED. THIS IS UNSAFE AND IS MY ONLY VEHICLE FOR WORK. DURING DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY BETWEEN 30 AND 60MPH OR ON CITY STREETS BETWEEN 20-30PMH, THE CAR JUST SLOWS WAY DOWN BY ITSELF AND THE HILL START/ASSIST WARNING LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND PERIODICALLY THE VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONTROL LIGHT ALSO COMES ON. THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN ONGOING AND PERIODIC BUT MORE AND MORE FREQUENT SINCE DECEMBER 2018.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 SUBARU IMPREZA. THE CONTACT HAD AN OPEN RECALL REGARDING NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V772000 (ENGINE). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MODESTO SUBARU (1517, 4360 MCHENRY AVE, MODESTO, CA 95356) WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE RECALL WAS REPAIRED. AFTER LEAVING THE DEALER, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT BUMPER WAS HANGING OFF THE VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING ABNORMAL KNOCKING NOISES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,996.