First week off to a bad start, and a bunch on non-starts
 

My issues started right when I got my 2013 BRZ Limited home. I hopped back in the car shortly after getting home, and it didn't start up properly on the first attempt. It fired up, but stalled immediately. Over the past few days (currently at 73 hours of ownership and 150 miles driven) it has failed to start once or twice. I was going to wait until this weekend and take it back to the dealership, but this afternoon while picking up some equipment at work it took 4 attempts to get it to stay running and then it threw a CEL. It drove fine, so I went back to my office and then home. I went to take it out to dinner, but my girlfriend and I both noticed a ticking sound coming from the engine bay. It was also taking successively more attempts to start the car.

That's when I made the decision to tow my brand new fricken car back to the dealership! This is definitely NOT the way I wanted to start my ownership of this gorgeous vehicle.

^......that's too darn bad.....:(

Let's hope it is something easily tweaked and you can get on enjoying your new car ... http://www.runemasterstudios.com/gra...ages/smile.gif

Please let us know what was wrong with your car.

humfrz

ECU update should set you straight. Or at least I think that's what the fix was for the stalling issue.

TSB# 11-130-13R will take care of this.

sorry to hear about that - keep us updated.

Thanks guys! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it is a quick fix. I do still have my WRX though, so I'm not stranded or without a fun car.

I can't find the TSB info for that number, but hopefully it is related.

This is the description per Subaru:
"Difficulty Starting, Rough Idle, Cam Position or Misfire DTCs"

Sure sounds like your issue and hopefully a quick fix. Suck you had to deal with this on a new car, what is your build date?

Awesome, thanks for that info. I'm assuming I can look up the build date from the VIN?

You can, or you can open your door and look on the frame on the inside, there is a sticker that contains the build date there.

Looks like this TSB was issued in June, so it most likely came out after your car was built.

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Called the dealership after lunch, a few hours after they were supposed to call me with an update. "Yes, we do have your car here... Oh, you wanted a status report?"

They called me back after a bit and said there was no CEL, but shouldn't the code still be in the ECU? They also said that I probably wasn't holding the start button down long enough, which didn't explain why it would actually turn over and THEN stall. It also didn't explain the ticking noise that started yesterday.

Basically, I think all they heard this morning is "Check engine light" and then stopped listening.

Lemon law that thing! That is ridiculous if the dealer doesn't find the code, pure laziness

-Nick C.

Yeah, I'm probably going to leave work early and go hold their hand through it.

The ticking may be the "crickets" that everybody has to varying degrees.