Worldwide sales stop on 2.5 Turbos
10 April 2008, 03:03 PM
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Worldwide sales stop on 2.5 Turbos
Subaru has started to recall the 2.5l New model WRX and STI here in Germany because of engine failure. In our club forums we know of atleast 3 brand new STi´s that have blown engines, 2 of these are Subaru Germany press cars that our club used last week at a meeting arranged by Subaru Deutschland. Both of these cars blew there engines at that meeting as we were in the middle of testing them 
Not only these models are affected but also the 2.5 Turbo Foresters and Legacys.
Nasioc reports the same in the USA and now apparently the same is happening in Austrailia.
Subaru stops sales of turbocharged cars - drive.com.au
Not only these models are affected but also the 2.5 Turbo Foresters and Legacys.
Nasioc reports the same in the USA and now apparently the same is happening in Austrailia.
Subaru stops sales of turbocharged cars - drive.com.au
10 April 2008, 03:32 PM
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Big end failures, Subarus? Surely not!! 
I hope its not some kind of generic fault though! The new model has enough problems without this!
I guess this knocks the 400bhp upgrade from Prodrive on the head....unless they're replacing the internals, that is!
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I hope its not some kind of generic fault though! The new model has enough problems without this!
I guess this knocks the 400bhp upgrade from Prodrive on the head....unless they're replacing the internals, that is!
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10 April 2008, 03:38 PM
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the 400bhp one wil be a special edition so i've been told, wonder if it will be a mcrae edition?
im guessing they'll put a kinder map on them to get rid of the det
im guessing they'll put a kinder map on them to get rid of the det
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Ahh, so its global now; good. As I thought they were only going to address the affected cars in the US and sod the rest of us!
Looks like a bad batch of bearing shells.
Considering its several layers of precious metals coated onto a steel backing; get the chemistry messed up they don't last five minutes: Think of them as like a cheap replica watch where the gold rubs off
Saw a new Sti today, women driving it....oh dear
Looks like a bad batch of bearing shells.
Considering its several layers of precious metals coated onto a steel backing; get the chemistry messed up they don't last five minutes: Think of them as like a cheap replica watch where the gold rubs off
Saw a new Sti today, women driving it....oh dear
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The map on a std road car will not be set up particularly agressively anyway, so having to slacken it off even more points to a materials problem that shouldn't be there. Sounds like a fault in manufacture to me.
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