Hello FT86 Club,
I read the rules that I could see (first post), please let me know if I accidentally violate any of them.
In late June, I purchased my absolutely gorgeous GT86. I was in love the second I started her up. I still am, despite a number of issues I'm seeming to have both with the car, and the dealership I purchased it from.
I'd like to say I bought this car from a large dealership so I was a little more lenient with the inspection. I didn't outright just hop in and go THIS ONE! I checked fluids, hoses, how she felt on the road. (Couldn't push it too hard sadly, which would have uncovered an issue.)
The first issue I had was a check engine light on my way to work. I was driving in 3rd at about 3000 RPMs. Wasn't pushing it, was pretty steady speed. I managed to catch the check engine light literally right as it came on. I pulled over, let it sit in neutral trying to see if I could feel or hear anything. I shut it off, waited a few minutes, started it back up. The light was still on. I drove it straight to the dealership and asked them what was up. The first week with the car and it's throwing a code. Tech goes out and runs the scan, no light, no code. He checks old codes and sees an engine misfire code. They tell me it's from the spark plugs. Saying they should have been changed at 60K. (I bought the car with 64K). They replace the plugs... Honestly feel like they only replaced the one, since they left the empty box in the engine bay.
Second issue... Pretty bad oil leak. Asked them to check it out (very slow drip, not something you'd notice unless you went under the car. They went under and found an aftermarket Greddy plug that was not threaded properly. They replaced it with an OEM plug and changed my oil. Here is where I segway into my current issue... They overfilled the oil by almost 2 quarts. (Dealerships don't take this accusation well at all... Haha) I put about 400 miles on the car without thinking to check the oil. (I'm not a moron with cars, I, however, don't check my fluids while I fill up like I probably should at this point.) I noticed loud ticking coming from the drivers' side (I think this is cylinders 2 and 4.) I took it back to the dealer, they said this sound was normal, yet they're going to put in a claim to Scion for a replacement high-pressure fuel pump. (Nothing wrong, but replacing a part... Mkay)
Finally, my transmission... I asked the dealership to check out the transmission because it was grinding from 5th to 6th, and from 6th to 5th to 4th if you're shifting while pushing the car. This is NOT from poor clutch work from the driver! Just to prove I wasn't coming off the clutch too early, I left it in while at 6K shifting from 5th to 6th, I could feel it mesh like complete crap while the clutch was fully in. Now when I went over the dash cam footage, the tech decided that shifts from 3 to 6 seconds were a normal shifting scenario. I could hear the engine drop all the way back to idle and then rev back up to match the wheels. They tested this twice not finding an issue.
So, now that I've got my rant out of the way and you're still actually reading this. Should I give up on the dealership (I'm no longer under the new car purchase warranty, 30 days) and hit up the family mechanic? Or should I fight to have the dealership make this right? Also... Love the car, but this particular one... What do you guys think?
TL;DR Version:
Problems: Faulty spark plugs, leaking oil plug, overfilling of oil, upper gear grinding, loud ticking.
Solutions: Changed 1 or more spark plugs, replaced oil drain plug, drained extra oil.
Still Occurring: Loud ticking, gear grinding
http://imgur.com/a/O2AHz