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Originally Posted by Silver Cervy
You could just trade it in and get a WRX. I wouldn't worry too much about reliability though because what happened to you is extremely rare and unfortunate, and there are thousands of users on here who have driven their BRZ's/FR-S's longer than you have and have had no engine issues.
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Actually, this seems to be a fairly common in the GT-86. Spun rod bearings all over the place. Look it up, you'll find reports everywhere. This just happened to me too, this weekend. Heading to the dealership now, after my engine stopped in the middle of the highway. I looked up problems and sure enough, once I came across a rod bearing failure video, it was the exact same problem. Every video or post I came across that had the exact same issue, it was the same spun rod bearing that caused it.
My car is completely stock with only 49K miles on it. Thankfully it's a lease, so it should all be covered, but this is ridiculous. There should have been a recall with so many experiencing this problem.
In case you want to know what it sounds like, here are some videos:
This is the problem before it is about to go:
Another one before it's about to go:
Driving on it before it completely goes:
This is the problem as it completely fails:
Trying to start it after it has already failed: