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Originally Posted by whiteout fr-s
Yeah there solution right now is either play the waiting game or fight them to get my money back.
In my experience the sounds coming from the engine sound like a bent rod as this happened on my s-10 about 8 years ago.
As for tracking the car they told me they drove the car "lightly" up and down the RPM range allowing the car to sit and idle afterwards to check for the stalling issue. They said they did not notice the issue anymore and I can honestly say that when I first drove the car off the lot it did not seem to be having the idle issue any longer. I didn't push the car though and it happened again, and quite frankly even if I had pushed the car something this serious shouldn't happen at all. It started with the "chirping" sound a lot of you are referring to but just gradually got worse and finally died. I did have the check engine light on so there are some codes to be analyzed but no one in the US has the right equipment yet to do anything with this.
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You do not have to fight them for your money back.
They asked you if you wanted to fill the paper work out.
By law after 30 days the car is considered to be a lemon.
Your choices:
1)Fill out the paper work claiming it is a lemon and get your money back.
2)If you really love the car.. tell them to give you another one in it's place.
3)Tell them to make all the payments until you get the car back.
A) They found the problem but screwed up the installation and blew up your engine
B) They found part of the problem and something else is also wrong with the car
C) They did an educated guess, replaced the part, but are completely wrong as to what the problem really is.
There is nothing special about the FRS/BRZ they do not need special equipment. It uses an OBDII port. They can read the codes to do diagnostics.
I would pick option 1, and if you really love the car... wait for the 2014 model as it will have an improved intake manifold to remove the torque dip plus other enhancements.