2015 Subaru Wrx

WHILE WAITING IN A PARKING WITH CAR AND AC TURNED ON, THE CABIN BEGAN TO SMELL VERY HARD LIKE GAS THIS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AFTER PARKED AND WAITING. DID IT AGAIN WHILE WAITING IN ANOTHER PARKING WITH CAR AND AC TURNED ON AFTER 10 MINUTES. ONLY HAPPENS WHEN STATIONARY, PARKED WITH AC ON. NOT WHILE DRIVING OR FREQUENT FAST STOPS.

I AM A 44 YEAR OLD WOMAN, DRIVING A 2015 WRX. I HAVE ONLY OWNED AND DRIVEN MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS MY ENTIRE LIFE. MY LAST CAR, A MAZDA 3, I DROVE TO 110,000 MILES AND THE CLUTCH NEVER WENT OUT. MY 2015 WRX IS AT 22,000 AND THE CLUTCH IS BEING REPLACED. A BEARING WENT BAD AND DID DAMAGE TO THE CLUTCH. THE DEALERSHIP IS PUTTING A NEW CLUTCH IN THE VEHICLE. *TR

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY DURING RUSH HOUR AND TRIED TO DOWNSHIFT (MANUAL TRANSMISSION) FROM 6TH GEAR TO 3RD SINCE TRAFFIC SLOWED DOWN BUT THE SHIFTER WON'T GO INTO GEAR AND I WAS GOING UP HILL. I TRIED 4TH, 5TH, 3RD AGAIN, 2ND, AND I'M SLOW ENOUGH TO TRY EVEN 1ST AND STILL WON'T GO INTO GEAR. FORTUNATELY I HAD ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO GET TO THE SHOULDER GOING UP HILL IN THE FREEWAY. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE SERVICE REP COULD NOT SHIFT IT INTO GEAR ALSO. HE WAS ABLE TO PUT IT INTO THE SERVICE BAY BY TURNING OFF THE ENGINE, PUTTING IT INTO GEAR, TURNING ON THE ENGINE AND DRIVING IT. AT THAT POINT IT SHIFTS JUST FINE AND WAS TOLD TO LET THEM KNOW IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN SINCE I WON'T BE ABLE TO SHIFT/ACCELERATE TO AVOID OBSTACLES OR PREVENT ACCIDENTS. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I'VE FELT THAT IT'S BEEN A LITTLE HESITANT TO GET INTO GEAR.

MANUAL TRANSMISSION CAR. ABOUT 28000 MILES WHEN THE ISSUE HAPPENED. AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 10 MILES, WHILE COMING TO A STOP IN A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE CAR COULD NOT BE SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL FROM 5TH GEAR. CLUTCH OPERATED NORMALLY SO I STOPPED USING THE CLUTCH, WHILE TRYING TO SHIFT OUT OF 5TH HEAR. AS THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I MOVED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. MOVING SLOWLY IN 5TH GEAR CAUSED CLUTCH TO SMELL, BUT CONTINUES OPERATING. AFTER STOPPING THE ENGINE AND STARTING IT AGAIN AND PRESSING AND DEPRESSING CLUTCH MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE TRYING TO SHIFT, SHIFTER EVENTUALLY WENT TO NEUTRAL AND THEN SHIFTED NORMALLY FOR A MONTH. AFTER ABOUT A MONTH, IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS AFTER DRIVING SEVERAL MILES, WHILE STOPPING AT TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT TO NEUTRAL FROM 3RD GEAR. TRIED STARTING AND STOPPING THE CAR AND PRESSING AND RELEASING CLUTCH, AND STILL COULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 3RD. SINCE I WAS ABOUT 1 MILE FROM HOME, DROVE CAR TO HOME IN 3RD GEAR. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, AND THEY DISASSEMBLED THE TRANSMISSION AND FOUND SOME PART OF THE DIFFERENTIAL HAD BROKEN, CAUSING THE ISSUE. CAR WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY BY THE DEALER. IF THE SHIFTING ISSUE HAD OCCURRED DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING COULD BE A HAZARD. I AM REPORTING THIS ISSUE AS IT SEEMS OTHER OWNERS HAVE THE SAME SYMPTOMS.

IN A 2015 SUBARU WRX WITH A 6-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION PURCHASED 03/2015 AND DELIVERED TO PURCHASE DEALER 04/2015. REPORTED TO SUBARU DEALER 02/19/2016 A ROUGH IDLE WITH ENGINE RPMS RECORDED BETWEEN 400 AND 1K. ROUGH IDLE TRIPPED A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AFTER FUELING AND CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING. DIAGNOSTIC CODE P0420 REPORTED A FAULT IN CATALYTIC CONVERTER. SOFTWARE UPDATE TO COMPUTER PERFORMED RESOLVED ISSUE TEMPORARILY. 04/10/2016 AT 9.7K MILES ROUGH IDLE ISSUE RETURNED RPMS OF 400 TO 1K AGAIN AFTER FUELING. IN NEUTRAL 30-60 SECONDS AFTER STARTING VEHICLE STALLED AT FUEL STATION. UPON RE-STARTING VEHICLE CHECK ENGINE, FLASHING CRUISE CONTROL, ABS, HILL-START ASSIST, AND TRACTION CONTROL FAULTS TRIPPED. VEHICLE BEHAVIOR SIMILAR TO NHTSA RECALL 16V-162 WHERE NHTSA NOTED 'DUE TO THE USE OF INCORRECT MATERIAL FOR A PORTION OF THE ENGINE TURBOCHARGER AIR INTACT DUCT CRACK, THE ENGINE MAY DEVELOP A ROUGH IDLE, REDUCED POWER, AND POSSIBLY STALL'. COMPLAINANT BELIEVES RECALL MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE A WIDER RANGE OF VINS BEFORE LISTED PRODUCTION DATES IN RECALL ORDER.

ON MY 24K SERVICE. VEHICLE WAS CHECKED IN AT BRIGGS SUBARU OF LAWRENCE, FOR TYPICAL RECOMMENDED SERVICE. AFTER LEAVING THE SERVICE CENTER ONCE THE SERVICE WAS COMPLETED, A SHORT WHILE DOWN THE ROAD, I CAME TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT PLACING THE CAR IN NEUTRAL. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO GEAR TO CONTINUE. I HAD TO CALL THE SERVICE CENTER, AND THEY HAD TO PAY FOR THE TOW BACK TO THE SERVICE CENTER. WHERE A SERVICE TECH JOINED ME OUTSIDE, HE THEN PROCEEDED TO START THE VEHICLE, WHILE IN NEUTRAL; REVVED THE RPM TO ROUGHLY 5K AND SHIFTED INTO FIRST. THE VEHICLE MADE A TERRIBLE GRINDING SOUND, LURCHED FORWARD, AND WAS ABLE TO BE SHIFTED NORMALLY AT THIS POINT. THIS STALLING\INABILITY TO SHIFT INTO GEAR\DOWNSHIFT HAS HAPPENED ON SUBSEQUENT ADVENTURES IN THE WRX, WHILE MOVING AND AT A STOP AFTER THIS POINT. AT EACH DESIGNATED SERVICE INTERVAL, I REPORTED THIS TO MY SERVICE ADVISOR; THEY COULD NEVER REPLICATE THE ISSUE. PROCEEDING TO THE 60K SERVICE, THE CLUTCH HAS SINCE FAILED, AND I'VE HAD NUMEROUS STALLS WHERE I WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO GEAR, THE CERTIFIED SUBARU REPAIR CENTER, STATES THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND IN NO WAY DOES MY PREVIOUS ISSUES WITH NOT SHIFTING INTO GEAR EFFECT THE CLUTCH OR ANY INTERCONNECTED PART THEREOF. JUST IMAGINE HAVING THIS STALLING OR CLUTCH FAILURE HAPPEN WHILE ACCELERATING TO GET ON THE FREEWAY OR A BUSY INTERSECTION, LIKE I MYSELF HAVE EXPERIENCED. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN.

DRIVING CAR WITH PASSENGER IN COLD WEATHER (~0 DEGREES F) ON CITY STREETS. AFTER 10MIN OF DRIVING, PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT SWITCHED OFF, NOTIFYING ME THAT PASSENGER AIR BAG WAS TURNED OFF WHILE PASSENGER WAS SEATED. ADDITIONALLY, NEAR THE SPEEDOMETER, THE SRS AIRBAG ERROR NOTIFICATION TURNED ON, SIGNALING AN ISSUE WITH THE SRS SYSTEM. INCIDENT HAS NOT BEEN REPLICATED.