Piston Slap - Are Dealers Supposed to Fix This?
01 July 2002, 10:06 PM
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Basically if you had a car with PS are the dealers obligated to sort this? Car has FFSH but is a high miler (UK97 80K) and was wondering if this should have been fixed by the dealer.
Bet there no chance of getting it done now! ;->
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Rob
Bet there no chance of getting it done now! ;->
Cheers,
Rob
02 July 2002, 01:13 PM
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Managed to get mine fixed 
Basically, warranties don't come into it as it's a know manufacturers fault.
Do what i did and argue it with IM, remember it's a known manufacturing fault!!!
Good luck
Iain
Basically, warranties don't come into it as it's a know manufacturers fault.
Do what i did and argue it with IM, remember it's a known manufacturing fault!!!
Good luck
Iain
02 July 2002, 08:50 PM
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Iain,did you actually get it fixed with no warranty? I too would love a bit more info about this as mine is suffering quite badly, and is also an MY97 (60k). I was a bit reluctant to pay for this myself; if I can get a dealer to do it that would be a result! How did you approach this, did you ring the local dealer up and say "please fix my slapper"?
Also, does servicing make a difference, as mine has had a couple of specialists service it over the years, due to poor quality Subaru dealers?
Also, does servicing make a difference, as mine has had a couple of specialists service it over the years, due to poor quality Subaru dealers?
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When I bought my CAT a couple of months ago my97, they noticed Piston Slap and got it fixed for me for nowt as you would expect. The dealer said Sub are pretty good with things like that and if you do thiungs by the book full subaru history etc there are ussually ok about it. They said they got it fixed under the original warranty which expired a couple of years ago ?!?!??
05 July 2002, 09:40 AM
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Mine had 70K on the clock with full subaru history etc.
I just argued the fact that it was a known manufacturing defect and therefore warranties didn't come into the equation.
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Iain
I just argued the fact that it was a known manufacturing defect and therefore warranties didn't come into the equation.
Cheers
Iain
05 July 2002, 09:46 AM
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I had a MY97 a year ago, it was over 3 years old and was on about 68k. Said it had piston slap to the Shipton-on-Stour subaru garage and they said IM were going to fix it as a good will gester. Even though it's out of warranty, did have FSSH
06 September 2002, 06:51 PM
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mine is a my98 r uk impreza turbo, over the last couple of months i have noticed a knocking noise from cold, (piston slap)
am i able to try it with the dealer and get it fix cos it being a subaru fault, please advise????
am i able to try it with the dealer and get it fix cos it being a subaru fault, please advise????
10 September 2002, 09:10 AM
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Many places will though (& the customer service is lots better !)
FYI - Piston slap on imports costs a lot more to cure than slap on a UK car - something to do with no.3 piston being different.
From memory its something like £250 more to fix it on an import.
Ro.
FYI - Piston slap on imports costs a lot more to cure than slap on a UK car - something to do with no.3 piston being different.
From memory its something like £250 more to fix it on an import.
Ro.
09 November 2002, 08:26 AM
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Give Scoobysport a call - cant remember exactly how much they quoted me a while ago but it was much much cheaper than that.....from memory (so could be completely wrong) they quoted me around £650.....& they needed the car for 3 days.
A handy "VIZ" style hint.....if you are having the piston slap sorted & are considering getting a downpipe fitted then get the pipe fitted at the same time as the slap is sorted....it saves a load of money on labour as the downpipe comes off anyway when the slap is being fixed.
Ro.
[Edited by RoShamBo - 9/11/2002 8:27:40 AM]
A handy "VIZ" style hint.....if you are having the piston slap sorted & are considering getting a downpipe fitted then get the pipe fitted at the same time as the slap is sorted....it saves a load of money on labour as the downpipe comes off anyway when the slap is being fixed.
Ro.
[Edited by RoShamBo - 9/11/2002 8:27:40 AM]
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