Idle issue?

[Stu L Tissimus]

Originally Posted by Hanzo

How many miles do you have on it?

When I brought it in, maybe 100. Yeah. I wasn't happy about that. I was scared to drive the thing because I didn't want to cause engine damage or something. Now it's at... I dunno, 350, 400?

Originally Posted by Julio86

And you just took it in to the dealer or how'd you go about getting a fix or get it looked at. Did u call HQ of scion n let them know? Thnx

1) It's a BRZ, not an FR-S
2) I brought it in to the dealer because the check engine light was unpredictable. It would turn on one day and off on others. Nonetheless I brought it in. New cars shouldn't be throwing off check engine lights.
3) The shuddering happened every once in a while. I informed the service guys of this (WITHOUT mentioning this thread at all - I just said that the RPM will go down all the way to 400 or so and then shoot up. Also mentioned that it happened most often after highway driving followed by a stop sign.)
4) I brought it in to the Subaru dealer. Sure enough the engine tech said said, yep, there's a problem and you're the second guy in north america with it, we're calling subaru HQ and getting it fixed for you
5) A couple days later it was fixed.
6)

[driftartist]

did you have to pay a diagnosis fee in order to have them look at it or was it all covered under warranty?

[driftartist]

and also what is the main cion hq number? all i keep getting is the generic cust service number

[My1FastFRS]

I just picked my FRS up yesterday and I have already noticed this. All I had to do was lightly put my foot on the throttle and it stopped. My first thought was throttle blade bouncing, since me barely placing my foot on the throttle fixed it, but I guess there's a fix in the thread already.

[|-Goku-|]

Originally Posted by driftartist

did you have to pay a diagnosis fee in order to have them look at it or was it all covered under warranty?

It's all covered under warranty

[csaba]

Originally Posted by EsoBOFH

Recall might be jumping the gun here people, it seems a lot of us complaining of the issue are very low mileage...

I'm at 1600 km now, and had a good lengthy drive around town last night - I didn't experience the issue a single time (even when trying to reproduce it). It may be the ECU just learning (and me learning).. and the engine breaking in.

Naturally, I'm going to continue monitoring the issue... but I think it really just might be new-baby panic.

If this ECU learning thing would be happening it would be mentioned in the manual ...so people don't freak out!

[Hawaiian]

Originally Posted by EsoBOFH

Recall might be jumping the gun here people, it seems a lot of us complaining of the issue are very low mileage...

I'm at 1600 km now, and had a good lengthy drive around town last night - I didn't experience the issue a single time (even when trying to reproduce it). It may be the ECU just learning (and me learning).. and the engine breaking in.

Naturally, I'm going to continue monitoring the issue... but I think it really just might be new-baby panic.

I'm over 1800 miles and I'm still getting the problem. No missfires lately, and no cel yet, but it's not going away.

[driftartist]

Originally Posted by |-Goku-|

It's all covered under warranty

When i called my dealer About a possible concern i wanted them to check out they told me its a 160 dollar diagnostic fee.

[Marrk]

Originally Posted by driftartist

When i called my dealer About a possible concern i wanted them to check out they told me its a 160 dollar diagnostic fee.

I wonder if they will refund the fee in the event that it is determined to be a warranty issue.

[|-Goku-|]

Originally Posted by driftartist

When i called my dealer About a possible concern i wanted them to check out they told me its a 160 dollar diagnostic fee.

Go to another dealer then. I was able to take my Toyota and honda to the dealership to look at my concerns. And I was never charged any fees. Even though they found nothing wrong.

[driftartist]

Originally Posted by Marrk

I wonder if they will refund the fee in the event that it is determined to be a warranty issue.

if they find nothing wrong though that may suck to pay for nothing.

Originally Posted by |-Goku-|

Go to another dealer then. I was able to take my Toyota and honda to the dealership to look at my concerns. And I was never charged any fees. Even though they found nothing wrong.

good point, the one i called had a douchebag service writer, maybe i will check it out

[taosracer]

For those of us that have concerns with our cars, you might find this interesting:

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...458#post241458

[Tritty250]

Open your hood and look at the engine, mine has an inconsistent idle so I looked under the hood, on my car you can see the AC pump engaging for about 2 seconds at a time every 5 seconds which is why it idles weird, The AC isnt on but for whatever reason it turns on the pump anyways. That seems to be my issue and I couldnt find anyone else saying this in the 17 pages (I did not read them all)

[Marrk]

Originally Posted by Tritty250

Open your hood and look at the engine, mine has an inconsistent idle so I looked under the hood, on my car you can see the AC pump engaging for about 2 seconds at a time every 5 seconds which is why it idles weird, The AC isnt on but for whatever reason it turns on the pump anyways. That seems to be my issue and I couldnt find anyone else saying this in the 17 pages (I did not read them all)

That's weird.