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Originally Posted by DeadBRZ
Bought a 2103 BRZ May of this year (from GTA area dealer). November had the I suppose now "infamous" knock and engine stall. Found out the recall was performed in March. Called the dealer the repair was performed at and was told they are in no way accountable and I'd have to pay for the repair. Due the problems people have noted online I could not trust the dealership to fess up to their mistake. If they screwed it up the first time, why trust and pay them to screw it up again.
So took the car to my own mechanic for tear down and inspection/repair (was willing to pay for repair at this point) - his reply after digging into it was it looks like the guy who repaired it took a silicone sh!t on it. Also found remnants of sealant in the pick up tube. He said and I quote "I would fight these effrs". When he sent me pics of the pickup tube, I had a double take. It looked just like the ones seen on these threads.
Really, so you take your car into a shop for repair by who they call "factory trained mechanics" to have a recall performed and they destroy the power plant and don't take ownership.
Not good. Have sent messages to Subaru Canada and the dealership the car was purchased from to see how they respond.
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Give CAMVAP (not to be confused with Subaru's CANVAPE) program a call. Your car is outside of the 4 year window where they will directly intervene but they can still give you some good info in what you should and can do.
https://www.camvap.ca/before-you-apply/~english
Don't give up. From what we have seen reported here the majority of the Canadian dealers took ownership of the botched repairs and made things right.