Subaru just released dealer warranty notification of not warrantying broken axles on new06 my Impreezas
that is bu!!shit how can they say that it is not covered under your warranty, especially when the car is brand new.
From what i have heard of Subaru and their warranties, Im not impressed with this Japaneese company
Maybe i should have bought an American made car, at least they wont f**k you over
And in my opinion, if these were designed to be rally cars, they should strong trannys, not something that will break like a piece of GLASS if you decide to get on it a little bit
I have never heard of an American muscle cars(mustangs, trans ams, comaros) having weak transmissions, because the manufactures know that the car was designed to fast and was built that way
well i must say for my basic 02 wrx with the weakest of all years it can take some rough abuse. ive taken it offroad and ran down a striaght line at 60 mph and lumps that made me launch then we played in the mud till it covered everything. i let a 4x4 redneck drive it and he was showing me how to "work it" and had 4lbs of boost in nuetral then dropped it, then when we were leaving he tried to ebrake it and do an AWD burnout. at 5krpm. you open a door and mud fell out of the jams all the way up from the winow seals. i beat it alot on the street even skipped the clutch to 2nd gear and almost third. launched around 5-6k a few time. and im always slaming gears. ive been told you can break these tranny's stock.
dodge wont warranty anything on thier performance car that are bought up highly esp. SRT-4's. they got just as bad. heard GM is uptight also, atleast around here, and in my area, you can forget ford, esp. if you own a muskrat.
american companys wont be as uptight but then again thier buyer's understand either " you break it you buy it" plan or "pay to play".
learned from my parent who have bought two fords in the past 2yrs. thier service blows. they broke the drivers switch panel for the windows and didnt replace it. just made it sit right and passed it off.
A customer states that the vehicle will not go into second gear and makes a rattling sound customer acknowledges by signature or initials that this repair is not covered by subaru's limited warranty. The failure has been determined to be the result of abuse or misuse of the vehicle. The service manager or advisor has fully explained why the subject repair is not covered and that subaru has ageed to pay for a portion of this repair on a one time basis soley as a matter of customer goodwill.
January 31 2006 is when my tranny failed March 08 2006 is when It was ready.
During that time the dealership was vandelized and so was my car, in fact my car was the second worse case.
So Thursday April 20 2006 I was cruising in third gear and !pop! third gear gone! I called roadside and they were helpful they called a tow comp. from bluefield, wv amd it took them 2hours to arive(from a 1hour drive) the nearest subaru dealer to richlands is Walace in Bristol, TN(1hour away). The next morning I went to check on my car. I talked to the service manager and he acted like it was probably not going to be under warranty to talk to my dad and then decide if we wanted him to remove the transmission.
I just wanted to add that after the incedent listed above I had another problem about a month later. Im guessing it was a missed thing and it was weak and finaly gave out, it was 3rd while going 35mph ugh well it ended up being $1300dollars and change. I just hope that none of the other gears are weak.
Subaru needs to adress the problem in some way either to warn customers or fix the transmission.
I know how some of you feel that everyone who buys one should already know but it doesnt happen like that, thats why theres a ton of people with broken transmissions!
Now for all you people trying to find a reason for buying the sti well from what Ive read most of the tranny issues are from the wrx not the sti and the sti gives you tons of other things and more power! If I had the option to go back and do it again I would buy a sti.
I just wanted to add that after the incedent listed above I had another problem about a month later. Im guessing it was a missed thing and it was weak and finaly gave out, it was 3rd while going 35mph ugh well it ended up being $1300dollars and change. I just hope that none of the other gears are weak.
Subaru needs to adress the problem in some way either to warn customers or fix the transmission.
I know how some of you feel that everyone who buys one should already know but it doesnt happen like that, thats why theres a ton of people with broken transmissions!
Now for all you people trying to find a reason for buying the sti well from what Ive read most of the tranny issues are from the wrx not the sti and the sti gives you tons of other things and more power! If I had the option to go back and do it again I would buy a sti.
Do you have any mods on your car?
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(05 wrx)Alright answer me this.... I was at lapeer drag way...launched my car about ehhhh 8 times, got a 14.047 ... i was happy with that and now my fifth gear is all fudged up..i can barley get it in there over 60 mph/3000 rpms ishhh
A customer states that the vehicle will not go into second gear and makes a rattling sound customer acknowledges by signature or initials that this repair is not covered by subaru's limited warranty. The failure has been determined to be the result of abuse or misuse of the vehicle. The service manager or advisor has fully explained why the subject repair is not covered and that subaru has ageed to pay for a portion of this repair on a one time basis soley as a matter of customer goodwill.
January 31 2006 is when my tranny failed March 08 2006 is when It was ready.
During that time the dealership was vandelized and so was my car, in fact my car was the second worse case.
So Thursday April 20 2006 I was cruising in third gear and !pop! third gear gone! I called roadside and they were helpful they called a tow comp. from bluefield, wv amd it took them 2hours to arive(from a 1hour drive) the nearest subaru dealer to richlands is Walace in Bristol, TN(1hour away). The next morning I went to check on my car. I talked to the service manager and he acted like it was probably not going to be under warranty to talk to my dad and then decide if we wanted him to remove the transmission.
Completely agree with shamrock, up until this point I've only owned/raced domestics and still currently race one domestic. I've seen many cars that are almost 40 yrs old rip the front end off the ground on hard launches and not break stock 4speed tranny's and automatics like these things do with only 227hp! Everybody can say what they want about launching with AWD and how you should "know what you're doing," but you cannot deny that these trans' are without a doubt weak. It's kinda sad when 40+ year old technology makes your stuff (Subaru) look like something from some other companies' scrap pile.
BTW!!! It's not just us that have problems with these little Subarus, Car and Driver just did a long term test on a Legacy 2.5GT with the 5speed and shot the clutch at just over
32k miles, and those were professional drivers driving that one.
I would have to agree, subaru driveline is crapola. I would not mind it so much if they weren't super expensive. It would be nice to have a cheapo tranny, easy to find and buy.
I understand the general sentiment here "Subaru makes weak parts" right? But get some perspective. If you look at the so called tough transmissions of the past like a GM turbo 350/400 or Ford C4/C6 you'll also notice they always appeared in RWD cars that could ususally smoke the tires off. And that's why they held up - something was able to break loose when heavily overstressed. With AWD there is very little to break loose and all that torque unleashed at once, well...something's got to give. For one example, my friend's cobra mustang trans held up fine until he started doing second gear launches on dry pavement. After a couple of times it said enough and snapped because the gearing advantage wasn't there and the tires gripped too well. Yes, there are transmissions that will handle it, but in any kind of car you have to pay up big for them, not just subies.
I understand the general sentiment here "Subaru makes weak parts" right? But get some perspective. If you look at the so called tough transmissions of the past like a GM turbo 350/400 or Ford C4/C6 you'll also notice they always appeared in RWD cars that could ususally smoke the tires off. And that's why they held up - something was able to break loose when heavily overstressed. With AWD there is very little to break loose and all that torque unleashed at once, well...something's got to give. For one example, my friend's cobra mustang trans held up fine until he started doing second gear launches on dry pavement. After a couple of times it said enough and snapped because the gearing advantage wasn't there and the tires gripped too well. Yes, there are transmissions that will handle it, but in any kind of car you have to pay up big for them, not just subies.
I'll agree with that... I can't tell you how many trannies in muscle cars I've seen blow up because they had slicks on and whatnot. My buddy blew up the tranny in his corvette when he put slicks on and started launching the car all the time... the car was bone stock.
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My neighbor has gone through 4 trannies in his Maxima to and that's a FWD car that just spins the tires all the time. If you want to talk about bad trannies, start talking about Nissan...
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