Good or Bad

Got Boost · 10-26-2009, 02:05 PM

I went to the dealer ship were i purchased my car and found out the build date of my car is 04/2009. Is this a good build date or not?

synolimit · 10-26-2009, 08:20 PM

good, 09's built in 08 were bad

Smokin'Joe · 10-27-2009, 01:48 AM

Yeah, sounds like you're all good man. You should be able to find a tag inside of the driver side door (on the car though, not the door) that tells you the build completion date and some others details, just for future reference. You'll definitely know if it's good when you get to 20,000 miles! Have fun!

Got Boost · 10-27-2009, 03:53 AM

Hell by then I would just have it built. Thanks for the info guys.

BLK09WRX · 11-01-2009, 09:53 PM

Sorry to chime in so late but this is the first i've heard of this. What's the difference between the 09's built in 08 and the ones built in 09?

bizzle · 11-02-2009, 02:15 AM

The first several months of production had the potential for rod bearing failure due to some issues at the factory. Almost all the problem cars were built in the Jul-Aug 08 time frame. You can go search over in NASIOC for a whole long thread on the issue. There was at least 2 failures they saw in Sept 08 build dates as well.

Far as I know, there have not been any failures in a car that was built after Sept 08. If you do have a car in the affected build dates it does not mean your motor will fail- but there is a chance. Here is a link:

2009 Impreza WRX motor issues - NASIOC

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BLK09WRX · 11-02-2009, 05:01 PM

Well I'm at over 5500 miles and nothing bad has happened yet (knock on wood) and lost of the issues seem to have come up around 1-2k so hopefully I'm good. Guess we'll just see when I get around the 20k mark.

booosted09 · 11-02-2009, 05:45 PM

luckily mine was built in Feb 09'....woo hoo

BLK09WRX · 11-02-2009, 06:43 PM

The build date for mine was Sept 29th 2008. Hopefully they figured it out before then.

bizzle · 11-03-2009, 01:32 AM

You should be good to go- mine was built March of 09. Subaru was pretty quick to find the problem and fix it. If something does go wrong, it will be covered by warranty and you will get a new longblock- which includes new turbo.

SmokinJoe just went through this last month and he stated the whole procedure was pretty painless- except for having to re-break in his motor. Most the time you can haggle with Subaru for a free extended warranty if this happens to you.

BLK09WRX · 11-03-2009, 10:33 AM

Yea but I don't think they will honor the warrenty since I have full exhaust and a tune. The tune I can always reflash back to stock but they will probably try to say it was the exhaust that made it brake if it does.

airplnmdls · 11-03-2009, 11:31 AM

Well then put the stock back on! Unless you don't have it...that's why I like to hold onto all my stock parts...just incase I need it for something...

booosted09 · 11-03-2009, 03:28 PM

The service mgr. at the dealership i go to says if your car is modded and under warranty they note your your service acct. So i dont know if you get serviced at the dealership..but its something to keep in mind.