You are correct. I just got my car back for the same noise and the same parts were replaced. I had to fight with the service adviser because the techs first said that the noise was normal, which I insisted that it was not and that my car is barely 2 years old and it should not be making these types of noises. I drove with the tech and showed him the noise, then he smirked and said, "Yeah, we have to take the transmission apart to see what's going on". If you don't get firm with these people and shove the evidence in their face, they'll just make excuses not to fix your issue. Also, demand to speak to the ACTUAL Service Manager. A lot of them claim to be the Service Manager and they're not. He can actually get stuff done.

My car has full bolt-ons and tune. i guess that depends on the dealer. My dealer called me and told me that they had to remove my exhaust to get to the transmission and since it was aftermarket, they would not be responsible if it didn't line up. That's the only thing you would encounter. I knew they weren't going to have any issues since my exhaust lines up perfectly.

Good to see this thread... I'm having the same problem. Barely made it into the dealer. By the time I got there they couldn't get it into first gear without stalling the car. They had to push the car into the shop. They're telling me that I may have to pay them $1500 for tear down and inspection if they find that it's not a factory defect.

What a relief I'm not the only one with the same problem.

Yours sounds like a different problem. This thread is about the problem with clutch making squeaking noise. The clutch itself works normally. Was yours making a grinding noise instead of a squeaking noise? I'm guessing yours wasn't making the noise while the engine is off. The noise this thread talks about makes the noise even when the engine is off.

It does both. Started with just squeaking and works normally. Then the engagement point shifts lower and lower until you can barely get into gear.

Uh oh. Bad news.

Yeah, THAT squeak is from a seized throwout bearing. It's a quick trip to full meltdown from there.

That's a legit claim; lowering your car puts a bit more strains on your axles, and accelerates wear. The driver side is notorious for going out.

That's reasonable enough. I'm considering taking my car in for the squeaky clutch. Would removing the spring behind the clutch cause an issue with the warranty?

My car is otherwise heavily modded, but it's still the stock clutch

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The spring behind the clutch pedal? If you've modified anything directly linked to the clutch mechanism, then yes, it can potentially affect your warranty.

If the pedal is squeaky, I'd recommend checking your slave fork, and grease it with high temp grease if the grease is gone.

Mine wasn't just squeaky, it was also "crunchy" as well. The tech described it as a dry throw out bearing which makes sense.

Really!? Hmmmm...

Mine started to squeak back in May I believe. I've done two track days and a lot of hard canyon cruises.

Subaru Pacific just didn't want to open up the transmission and check it. They just told me to come back when it gets worse saying that I still have a lot of warranty miles left.... :cry:

Let me know when you do (assuming you get to it before me) this is something on my to do list for winter.

If the bearing is bad, at idle, in neutral, if you're not on the clutch, you'll hear the bearing.

Even with a bad bearing, the car should run for quite a while, but it's better to get it replaced sooner, rather than later. The bearing is cheap, but the labor is $$$.