Its deed are they covered under warranty, assistance guy thinks they are he's also lent me a spare for two weeks until the car gets serviced great guy.

 

Yes M8 they are covered under warranty, i had mine changed on my 03 PPP STi during the winter, just pop along to your local dealer i'm sure u won't be the first

 

Me too, 53 WRX PPP, 11K miles, changed under warranty no problems.

 

Same happened to me on my 53 plate STI the first time around. Got a new battery under warranty. The same thing is happening again so looks I'm off to the local dealership as well.

 

Don't know if you're aware, but the Scoob has a (so-called) smart alternator that only charges when it detects enough current draw. This means if you're not using lights, fans etc then the battery won't be getting any charge and over a period of months this eventually drains it dead. Most have found the solution is to simply leave the sidelights on or the fan on position #1. A larger capacity battery helps too.

There was also 2 areas of concern with the RAC Trackstar unit. It has a default wait time of 6 hours where it keeps trying to detect satelites before going into sleep mode, even if parked in a garage. It also has a very sensitive movement sensor which can be triggered by passing vehicles, reseting the wait time so it never reaches sleep mode. I believe there are fixes available for this which reduce the wait time and sensitivity.

 

ref the RAC trackstar unit. They are aware of the problem & as long as your car is within warrenty period they will come out foc & swap the unit for an updated one that goes to sleep within 1 hour instead of the 6+. Did mine without any argument

Simon

 

Exactly what i got told by Mr subaru assist when he came out, hence the reason my side lights are now always on and the fan in position 1

 

Between this and the rear shockers, these models are a bit of a pain!!!

 

I am glad mine was only a baby WRX then, and i had another tracking device fitted! I went away for a week and shat me pants thinking it was gonna be flat when i got back, but nope. Started 1st time again for me
Well impressed.

 

At least subaru have a fix for this.
Re-designed shockers and top mounts, new tracker pcb and battery all FOC.

top job subaru.

dipster

 

Tell me more about the redesigned shockers then? Are we talking sti's here?

 

We are m8, although the new wrx's have the same shockers (inverted struts)

 

Thanks guys new battery fitted at next service.

 

so why have cars still got knocking noises from the rear after they have supposedly been replaced with the new upgraded parts.


cheers

 

Simon can you post details please? Needed a new battery after a week away! Also does it lower the protection offered by the Trackstar in any way?

Thanks,

Gazz.

 

Does not change it protection wise, the unit just goes into sleep mode quicker hence less battery drain. Call Trackstar as they are aware of the problem.

Simon

 

Your friendly parts guy may of ordered the wrong parts? or you have another issue back there?

dipster