ARRON BIRD

Oil spots up the back of my car

Smells transmission oil

Rear diff dripping

Oh the joys of Subaru ownership.

Just had a service and new engine??

Crackin.

See what my friendly AA man says in half an hour but it doesnt look good.

Anyone else had rear diff problems on Hatch STI`s?

I would think it has the same diff as all STI models???

Arron.

G.Mac

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Oh ffs, your not having too much luck!!

Hope Subaru UK do the right thing and get you sorted soon and give you a decent replacement car whilst you are waiting

Best of luck
Graeme

f1_fan

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Crikey I know I diss the hatchback looks wise and have a bit of fun needling some of the hatch owners on here, but I feel for you reading this.

First the engine and now this.... hope Subaru sort it out quickly and with the mimunum of fuss.

ARRON BIRD

Car is being picked up and dropped off to my dealer tomorrow morning

I have a Toyota Aygo!!!!!!

Hopefully to be swapped with something MUCH nicer tomorrow!!!

I really like this Subaru so I do hope it doesnt break after this or I will seriously have to take it up with Subaru UK as not fit for purpose!!

its only done 10000 miles!!!

Wish me luck!!

pslewis

Subarus are rock solid ... I would get a new one! Really, I would!

Is it stock standard? No re-maps or anything which could make it really unreliable?

super_ted

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a map would not affect the rear diff leaking tho??

stuart2008sti

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Mine was faulty told the dealer this at its first service,dealer said all was fine.Took the tech out for a drive after the service and the diff locked up doing 70mph,me and the tech jumped out of the car abit shocked.Got it back to the dealership and left it,next day phoned to say the rear diff was naffed and needed a new one.A few weeks later when the engine failed and they had the car apart had to change the center diff as that had failed aswell.They also noticed that the front diff was making more noise than it should and that if it had got worse would have to fix that aswell,buy this time i lost interest and p/x it in.

juggers

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Bloodyell talk about rubbish. Thats why i'd go JDM if i was to get meself a hatch. What did you p x it for?

ARRON BIRD

Mine judders and always has done loading it up from say 3000 revs in a high gear makes a brrrrrrr noise and feeling.
i am getting pissed off with it now and may well be using the fit for purpose with IM
Not the dealers fault.
My last 4 Subarus have all been good...ok I did have an engine failure in 2002 but thyat was early PPP days.

scooby L

Wow that's terrible Arron, sounds like you've bought a Friday afternoon motor.

Hope they sort it hassle free, you're is 100% standard isn't it?

ARRON BIRD

Yep exactly as it left the factory
Good job really!!!

urban

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Has it had a hard life?
I think I read it had a couple of thousand dealer miles on it when you bought it

ARRON BIRD

It had 1500 miles on it
i drive it hard every now and again but its a high performance car isnt it??
The other cars had done track days and driven a lot harder than this one ever has????
No track days for this car???

Tidgy

how long have you had it and how many miles has it now done? also what age is the car?

urban

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Yeah it is.
Was just curious.
I wonder what sort of life it had during those first 1500 miles

Regardless though, its not right and I'd be hammering the dealer and IM over it.

Hope you get sorted satisfactorily

Shaun

ARRON BIRD

10890 miles
March 2009 new as demo

pslewis

I would never buy an ex demo car ..... not of any make/model - but certainly not one like this. Those first 1500 miles must have been miserable for the mechanicals.

We have all been on test drives, the car has 12 miles on it and you give it some welly ... whereas (if you are like me) if you own it it gets the very best of careful running in - mine, at 10 years, stands as an example of a good running in procedure.

Hope you get it sorted, I hope Subaru assist you. Good job you didn't mod it - or worse still - have it re-mapped!! It could well be claimed that the diff was designed to take the power the car was sold with ... increasing that power means that things go bang.

f1_fan

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Pete I normally appreciate your posts and contributions, but this isn't one of your most constructive.

The guy has bought a legit warranted ex-demo 1500 mile Impreza from a dealer and has not modded it in any way and it has gone bang twice now in a big way.

I don't believe for 1 minute that any self respecting dealer would have allowed that car to be hammered so hard it could cause failures such as these.

Like quite a few other non-demo hatchbacks this car has had engine problems and now a diff problem - are you seriosuly suggesting that the diff problem could have happened as a result of those first 1500 miles.

I think we have to accept that some of these hatchbacks have issues and in this case I would be looking for a refund or exchange from Subaru - 2 major failures in 10000 miles is unacceptable in a car of this price.

Good luck to the OP with getting it sorted.

tubbytommy

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i had similar problems with a civic type r a few years ago, in the end just parked in front of dealers door and refused to move it until something was sorted, resulted in replacement car! kick up a fuss in the showroom on a sat/sunday if theres people in there the dealer cant help you more!

pslewis

I do think that damage can be done to a diff in 1500 miles of test drives, absolutely I do.

Like I said - I hope it gets sorted, it's not right. Just a good job it wasn't modded - pheww!

scooby L

Keep trying Pete, someone might bite eventually..







Or do they all know your game...?

Butty

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The 25 miles driving from factory to dealership are just as dangerous on a new car.

How many more times do you want to mention about mods in a thread?

Tidgy

so you;ve had a new gearbox, new diffs all round and did i read a new engine in there as well?

ARRON BIRD

right .....great call from dealer yesterday straight after the car was delivered to them for the AA (great service there again)...it appears the rear diff was blowing oil out of the breather due to being over-filled at new OR at the recent service carried out last week so no major dramas.....phew!!
Car delivered back to my house from the dealer as a kind gesture....faultless quick service.
Thanks..
fingers crossed it will be ok from now on.
PS spoke to Paul at IM yesterday who was alos very helpfull
Great customer service Subaru UK so far thanks.
Arron.

ARRON BIRD

No
New short engine only so far

scooby L

Great news Arron.

Strange it has only just started blowing oil out the breather, dealer must have over filled it (didn't know it was a service procedure though) .