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RickyBobby · 07-24-2019, 11:21 AM

Do we really need another thread on the valve spring recall? I posted this in the discussion thread: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...&postcount=740
I asked this question in this post, Of the 165,534 affected vehicles have there been more than 14 valve spring failures since Oct 2016? We will never know.
As for the number of failures and successes after the recall, we will never know that exact number. We can only speculate since all affected BRZ and FRS owners are not forum members and Subaru/Toyota will never give out that data.
According to this article, dated 3-27-19, https://www.autonews.com/regulation-...spring-recalls
"Dominick Infante, a spokesman for Subaru of America, said, "All I can do is confirm that we have not seen any cars with engine issues caused by the recall fixes that we have conducted. We only had one person return post-recall fix. We still encourage owners to come in and complete engine repairs."
We do know that's not true.

07-24-2019, 11:21 AM	#22
RickyBobby Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: 2013 Firestorm FR-S AT Location: Smokey Mountains Posts: 425 Thanks: 56 Thanked 282 Times in 150 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Do we really need another thread on the valve spring recall? I posted this in the discussion thread: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...&postcount=740 I asked this question in this post, Of the 165,534 affected vehicles have there been more than 14 valve spring failures since Oct 2016? We will never know. As for the number of failures and successes after the recall, we will never know that exact number. We can only speculate since all affected BRZ and FRS owners are not forum members and Subaru/Toyota will never give out that data. According to this article, dated 3-27-19, https://www.autonews.com/regulation-...spring-recalls "Dominick Infante, a spokesman for Subaru of America, said, "All I can do is confirm that we have not seen any cars with engine issues caused by the recall fixes that we have conducted. We only had one person return post-recall fix. We still encourage owners to come in and complete engine repairs." We do know that's not true.