[spike021]

Sitting at the dealer now while they swap in the replacement steering wheel.

The manager checked my rust spot and blamed it on a windshield swap, and he felt strongly I had it swapped due to the windshield manufacturer text (on bottom of driver side) not saying "Subaru". According to him a rust issue or chip like that is usually from someone doing the windshield swap. First he asked if I bought the car new, and then where I bought it, so I said "I bought it here and it's the same glass the car had when I picked it up". So he then asked the tech advisor if BRZs' windshields say Subaru, but the advisor didn't know. So I think he was going to look into it.

Decided to look at a bunch of cars on the lot: all BRZs' windshields say the same thing as mine and don't have Subaru printed; all non-BRZs that I checked (Crosstrek, Impreza, etc.) do say Subaru. I asked someone I know with an 860 what his said, and it's the same as the BRZs. So I'm guessing the FT86 platform is supplied with a different manufacturer's glass.

Now I have pics/proof so if there's an issue with him verifying later when I pick up the car then I'll be able to show what I found.

Hoping there won't be a problem though. The service center here has otherwise been good to me as you guys know. Maybe he just doesn't want to pay for the repair work (but then again isn't that covered under SoA warranty, so the dealer itself wouldn't be paying?).