Originally Posted by stratodyne (Post 1846873)

I just wanted to also add my personal experience here to confirm what seems to be a common issue with the manual transmissions.

I just picked up my car yesterday afternoon from a local Subaru dealership for the same issue, including clutch squeaking, stiff clutch, and weird catch points. It started initially as just the squeaking clutch, but the clutch action started to get stiffer, and the catch point started to shift on me.

The tech initially said he couldn't repro the issue, so I called BS and told them exactly what they had to do in order to repro the problem. After inspection, it was found that the throwout bearing was seizing, which had caused damage to the clutch disk, clutch housing, flywheel, and clutch fork and springs. A full clutch kit was ordered and all of the previously-mentioned items were replaced under warranty.

After the repair, the car is driving BUTTERY smooth, with no noise either. Seriously, the car didn't even feel this good from the factory. I'm thinking there is something wrong with the spec for these item coming from the factory, because the car feels fantastic now and the noise is gone!

Originally Posted by Tt3Sheppard (Post 1846927)

What did you do to replicate the problem at the dealer? It seems I'm only able to reproduce the noise when temps are 85+

Originally Posted by Synack (Post 1846974)

Now that pretty much everyone knows that the throwout bearing in this car is complete garbage.... what can we do about it? I've been using the ACT throwout bearing, but I'm convinced that it's either stock or the exact same as stock. Something has to be done because I'm nearing my 4th removal of my transmission and my 2nd replacement of the throwout bearing.

Originally Posted by Frs32907 (Post 1846953)

I had 22k on the car but im also not stock so they didnt have to do anything. The service team was very helpful. I have a toyota dealer closer to me but ill never go back to them again.

Originally Posted by gonzo (Post 1847511)

Agreed. I'm taking mine back since the noise slowly came back after I adjusted my clutch pedal higher (previously had it adjusted really low).

Here's a video of mine taken today:

http://youtu.be/97KFyuYEq8M

Can anyone with a replaced bearing confirm this is the same noise? Could this have been caused by adjusting the clutch pedal grab point too low?

Originally Posted by grst1 (Post 1846014)

Got exact same problem with mine. 35.5K miles - #9xx ever produced, bone stock, DD, never launched/abused. Will be dropping the car at the dealer on Wednseday and keep you updated.