On Saturday, there was a Whiteout FR-S that came in on a tow truck. My first though was about the idle issue and maybe it was stalling, etc. I spoke with the tow truck driver briefly and he said there was transmission issues. It wasn't shifting into gear, especially into reverse like it should. I first though that maybe the driver jammed it into reverse without using the collar and broke something. I was wrong....way wrong.
I had to go to the parts department this morning and I was talking with the guys back there and they informed me of what happened. The original dealer's service department did a half-assed PDI and never checked the trans fluid. Apparently, it left the factory empty! It was bone dry when our tech checked it out! It only has 600 miles on it too, but I guess that's pretty good to last that long with no oil. My dealership was not the original dealer FYI. I'm going to see if I can find out who it was and maybe do some bus driving over a competitor.
I'll admit though, it makes me a little nervous because I rushed one of our techs through my PDI because it came in near the end of the day.
Update (since I didn't finish my post all at once, I grabbed a pic in the mean time of the offending dealership):
There were quite a few mistakes here. First the factory that built the transmission, then the Subie plant, and finally the dealer. Parts department told me the transmission is just shy of $6,300!
BTW, I would make them take that sticker off for sure.
Ruskymx