Fair comment, personally I judge a cars quality by the number of times I have to take it back because something don't work/look right or has failed altogether. A good & willing dealer/manufacturer does make it more bearable though. My gen7 celica was brilliant cos it rarely had an issue throughout it's long life, my 86 has issues now with a shitty gearbox when cold & a noisy HPFP but since it's considered "a characteristic of the car" the dealer can't or will not fix. That's when forums like these are a big help as I go to work helping myself to improve the ownership experience. There are other quality issues too but hey I still love it & I ain't selling it to anyone ;)

Back to OP - I'm keen to hear of the gritty little details of engine failure.

That's the difference between someone who is reliant on others to diagnose and maintain their vehicle and someone who is capable and willing of doing it themselves. >90% of people are not willing to maintain or understand their own vehicle so dealership or mechanic relationship becomes extremely important when purchasing the object that will get you back and forth to work.

By the way your gripes for this car sound like absolutely nothing is wrong. Welcome to 86 ownership.
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They're not bugs, they're features.

You guys had me going there. It's 1 year or 10k miles in the UK.

I wonder why you guys get a shorter schedule? Fuel quality? Road condition? Climate? Profit? Marketability?

It might be climate- much of the US gets over 100 F in the summer. It might also be the stricter environmental regs in the UK. Part of the impetus to push out the OCI is so that there's less used motor oil in the waste stream- the stuff is a toxic waste.

I have an early '13 that spun a rod bearing around ~53k miles. I'm at 60k now, a bit terrified it'll happen again but they covered a new block under warranty.

Were you unable to prove your service records? I had a hard time with that but eventually cobbled enough together where the regional Subaru guy approved the work.

Unusually a spun bearing is caused buy lack of oil in a engine with 20k on the clock, that said with only one qt. left wouldn't a low pressure light have come on?


On a different note. I did have a high performance engine spin a bearing just last month but I am sure that 500 hp. in a 3 lt. track car had nothing to do with its demise. Wait, can I go after ford because they made the block? What was interesting was it happened at the shop when the engine was cold the next week. It went tic tic tic clank at idle.

Looks like I'm in a similar boat. Pulled over immediately and checked the oil which was still perfect since I had just changed it 150 miles previous.

https://youtu.be/0yodUYrdC1M

Similar outcome but not similar situation. You're not missing 5 quarts of oil...

The low oil level will play havoc with the oil temps. The oil will get severely hot, the viscosity drop to 0 and stuff starts to seize up even if the light stays off. Just because it has SOME oil in it isn't good enough.

Lights are really good at telling you you just binned an engine.

My lights arent even on so it's not even good at telling you that..

As a long time VW owner I have to laugh at that comment. Welcome to the world of CELs and repairs. Lol. The amount of repairs I've had to do over the years on my B5.5 Passat would easily pay for a new engine. I had so many loaners at one point that the car rental place remembered my name when I walked in the door. When you don't even flinch at a $1500 repair bill, and a $1k bill makes you happy because it's so cheap (for a vw repair), something's wrong. Haha. But they're great when they're actually running well. I do love em though.
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Sorry to necro this thread but I finally got my car into the dealership and they agreed to replace the short block. Too much sealant blocking oil passage for cylinder 4 so clearly not my fault. Didn't even have to call SOA or argue, all I did was provide proof of oil changes every 3300 miles and showed them my milky way galaxy that came out of the oil filter. Really happy with Subaru. https://i.imgur.com/GpWkH4G.jpg

How many miles on the car?