New cars produced still suffering from first year issues?
 

I've posted this already in a couple of already existing threads, so apologies if you see this twice. I believe a new thread will draw the most attention and will hopefully be useful to those in a similar situation.

I'm just wondering if the newer cars coming out of production still suffer from the many first year issues reported by early purchasers.

If anyone has purchased a car in the past few months or has any feedback, I and I'm sure many prospective buyers would be very appreciative.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45246

Nothing has changed since this thread 2 weeks ago. Although I would retract my prior statement in that you should have no worries if you plan on keeping your car stock and you're buying new, no matter what kind of abuse you're going to throw at it.

My son bought an FR-S in July. He now has 3200+ miles on it and has had zero issues. Not even a cricket. Car is daily driver and weekend ridge runner. It is stock except for TRD catback.

Had mine since February. It's a late January build. No issues other than crickets occasionally. They are becoming more and more rare. When I bought it, they were consistent when the car was warmed up.

I've had mine since late July, build date was in May, I think. No crickets, chirping, or anything like that. It's going great and it's my daily driver.

Bought mine in February, late January build. I had crickets about 300 miles in. However, no it's on and off depending on the weather. Other than the mild annoyance of the crickets, I've had no problems at all. Loving this car more and more every single day.

TRD exhaust is only axle back I believe.

I have a 10 series july build have 1100 miles and I just noticed the crickets.

Also I been having this thunk noise when shifting to 1st gear on a deadstop. Has anyone have or heard of a similar complaint?

Bought mine Sep 2012. NO ISSUES. *knock on wood Has 14k miles on it. It mostly sits at home while I'm on the road for business.

No, the TRD is definitely a catback.

Cat back. I installed it. This is the USDM version with the D shaped tips.

Got mine in June, came straight from the port. Had crickets almost since the beginning. But otherwise that's about it.

Got any pics? All signs I see points to axle back. Looked at a couple I stalled and I swear it looks like an axle back. I have a trd exhaust! Lol

Yep, even amazon sells it as "cat back" exhaust. Can even watch youtube videos of it too.
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/TRD-Cat-Back-Exhaust-System-Genuine/dp/B009KT2GQI"]Amazon.com: TRD Dual Cat-Back Exhaust System Scion FRS/FR-S Genuine Toyota NEW!: Automotive[/ame]