[Bonburner]

Originally Posted by Fenrir

Yeah but how many miles are on the cars that don't have the noise? Mine didn't start doing it until 700-800 miles in, and it's not reproduce-able on command. Secondly, it only seems to show up when the motor is running hot after hard driving (I've been running the car hard since I rolled it off the dealership lot and it only just recently starting making any noises). Most people have been babying the car, keeping it under 3.5-4k RPM, etc. It's way too early to say that not all of them do it, as all cars are being driven under different conditions. When we're all at 10k miles, we can see how many of them make it there without the noise. I'm having a hard time believing it's this big issue that people are making it out to be, especially when the dealers can't even agree on what the issue is after claiming that it's a "known issue". If you want to let a dealership rip apart your motor to fix something with no proof it's even broken, be my guest. I'll wait for their dumb luck to produce any results first.

All that said, if it IS an issue, then I want nothing more for it to be diagnosed correctly, and repaired properly. Has anyone who had their car inspected have a write-up on what was tested and how they came to their conclusions?

It's been confirmed by the lead engineers from both scion and subaru that this is abnormal.
Look for Whiteout-FRS's post - I don't remember where I saw it but its somewhere in the forums here

Edit: I found it, from 6/22
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...t=8285&page=13

Originally Posted by whiteout fr-s

alright guys,

As I am the first person to actually let Toyobaru technicians fully diagnose my car, Subaru and Toyota sent 2 technicians each from Japan too actually diagnose my engine and these issues we are experiencing.

So, to begin, the issues are NOT normal and need to be fixed. The technicians fixed some valves, readjusted cam angles etc.. but I will get the full repair specs Monday. They are also tracking my car tomorrow and Sunday to get full engine read outs for future FR-S owners. So as of Monday any of you experiencing this problem will have a fix, and a quick one at that.

I have not had my car for a month now because of this but I can tell you that as long as I know that future owners will not experience these problems it was well worth it. Good luck to everyone who has had this issue and if you are still experiencing this please take your cars to the dealership over the next month and your problems should be addressed a lot sooner than mine!