2013 FRS Reliability?

[AVodka14]

Purchased mine in June of 2012 with only 9,600 mi thus far. Just don't drive much and my work is close. Had to replace on e taillight. Have the beloved crickets but could care less to waste my time getting that fixed. I hear a mildly low toned 'rattle' when idling with AC on. Not too concerned about it unless this thread says I should be. All and all it should be a great car. I will be happy if this car is anything like my old 2005 tC that had only 87k without one single issue.

[RD1428]

I'm at 35k and I haven't had any mechanical issues.

[rice_classic]

Originally Posted by Djratrap

I am also currently dealing with throw-out bearing squeal (which will in due time result in a replaced clutch/new bearing. Out of basic warranty

Occasionally my car honks (makes a honking noise) when I depress the clutch to shift but only occasionally. The dealer want to replace the throwout bearing but it never does it during their test drive. It's so inconsistent that I can't make it happen at the dealership. Oh well.


p.s. for the OP, I'm @ 41k and everything's been very reliable except:

-Slightly un-flush body panel on right side door to front quarter but I stopped caring.
-Shift honk as mentioned
-I accidentally let the battery die twice and now it has a dead cell and struggles to hold a enough of a charge for more than 24 hours to start the car. But this is my fault.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by rice_classic

Occasionally my car honks (makes a honking noise) when I depress the clutch to shift but only occasionally. The dealer want to replace the throwout bearing but it never does it during their test drive. It's so inconsistent that I can't make it happen at the dealership. Oh well.

If they want to then let them!
Almost 100% that is the problem

[rice_classic]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

If they want to then let them!
Almost 100% that is the problem

They want to but they won't unless they can reproduce the problem. That's the issue. If it starts doing it with some consistency then I will drive there, tell the manager to get in and I'll replicate it for him. But now, it might do it once or twice a week.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by rice_classic

They want to but they won't unless they can reproduce the problem. That's the issue. If it starts doing it with some consistency then I will drive there, tell the manager to get in and I'll replicate it for him. But now, it might do it once or twice a week.

Well that sucks!

[FRSBRZGT86FAN]

Originally Posted by Djratrap

I've dealt with almost all the major issues.

I've had the car in the shop about 10 times for check engine lights regarding cam gears, bad ecu, and oil seals.

I am also currently dealing with throw-out bearing squeal (which will in due time result in a replaced clutch/new bearing. Out of basic warranty

I've replaced the fuel pump 3 times for chirps and gave up after the third time (2nd gen pump).

I did not drive this car hard at all, except for the occasional canyon run.

I purchased mine March 2013 and have roughly 44k miles on the vehicle.

Still love the car, but do question it's long-term reliability.

There will always be one bad cookie in the batch

[FRSfan111]

May 8th 2012 first 86er 20k plenty of track time no problems yet.

[SLEEPER WRX]

30K miles - not.one.single.problem

[dnieves]

7,400 miles since Aug '13 issues (nothing earth shattering and not too nitpicky):


Once saw a little condensation last winter while removing melted snow from right tail light.
Some chirping.
Not all iPod/iPhone album art appears while using the USB connection or streaming through Bluetooth.

[Dustin]

Originally Posted by MrAnthonyC

Passenger airbag when no passenger? This has been found to happen if you have your cell phone or something else like that laying in the passenger seat. Something about the airbag sensor and electronic devices directly on top of the seat..

No. Something else.

[Djratrap]

Originally Posted by FRSBRZGT86FAN

There will always be one bad cookie in the batch

I wish it were only a "few" bad cookies.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15577

Unfortunately it's around 280, and those are the ones on the forum. Who knows how many have actually had the issues/will have them in the future?

[FRSBRZGT86FAN]

Originally Posted by Djratrap

I wish it were only a "few" bad cookies.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15577

Unfortunately it's around 280, and those are the ones on the forum. Who knows how many have actually had the issues/will have them in the future?

Wasn't that issue only really effecting the 2013s? plus it hasn't been updated in 3 months with the latest sale figures

[strat61caster]

Originally Posted by Djratrap

I wish it were only a "few" bad cookies.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15577

Unfortunately it's around 280, and those are the ones on the forum. Who knows how many have actually had the issues/will have them in the future?

280 out of 54263 cars sold is a 0.5% failure rate, if only 50% of cars were reported we are talking about literally 99% of cars have not had this issue.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10766