FirebirdUK

Been away from the Scooby scene for a few years, but saw a nice little 2012 WRX STI for sale before Xmas and jumped back in...

Anyway, bought the car from a reputable dealer, and it came with a 12 month gold warranty.

Last week driving home from work, not going overly fast, the engine starts making a weird rattle/tapping sound. Managed to coast home slowly, just in case. Noticed the tapping noise gets a lot worse when hit 3000 rpm.

The car is also really noisy when it starts up. It goes quieter after about 10 seconds, buy you still hear a little tapping when it's idling.

Had a local garage have a look and they say it's probably the crankshaft and that engine is f***ed. Spoke to the dealer and they say they're not sure that would be covered. The limit in the warranty is apparently £500 per claim, despite listing the crankshaft as a covered part.

The car is in finance. What should I do? I want to reject the car if I can, think I've got grounds?

I've put a video up of the tapping here:. https://youtu.be/oWC7j3ajr7A. It's a lot noisier in real life than on the video.

Does it sound like the crankshaft or something else? Love the car but don't want to have them do a shoddy job and end up with it going again when I've got no comeback.

Any advice appreciated...

1509joe

iTrader: (2)

Bottom ends gone its on the overrun when it knocks. Difficult situation do you bother rebuilding a 2.5 bottom end with standard parts.

FirebirdUK

I'm totally naive when it comes to mechanics... When you say the bottom end has gone, I take it that's bad and means an engine rebuild/replacement/lots of money?

1509joe

iTrader: (2)

Yep