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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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Well Subaru has responded with a definite "the sealant found in your oil pickup is not of sufficient quantity to cause oil starvation" and the "extreme amount of sealant used to reseal the engine is of no concern". So we are now having to go out of pocket for repair expenses.
My suggestion to anyone on the fence about this recall. "DON'T DO IT" unless you have a spare $7-10G sitting around you want to get rid of at some point in the future.
I guess they consider some sealant left over from a repair is "of no concern". That's a frightening comment coming from someone in the automotive repair business. What if my heart surgeon said we left a small amount of gauze inside you...but its of no concern.