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Originally Posted by Blighty
I assume not a lot of failures as well, but I know they fixed it 5 years before they recalled it. I don't know if anyone has a number of the total engine failures or failures officially diagnosed to contribute to it, but it would be interesting to see.
If that means they shouldn't recall this issue, or we should be happy that issue waited for 5 more years to be recalled (or any customer of a car with an widespread issue that contributes to engine failure, as has been reported already with the RTV chunks), then I don't agree.
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https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/c...72&docType=RCL
I repeat - The only reason that the valve spring became a NHTSA issue at all was because Subaru asked for it to be.
Less than 1% of the cars made so far have had engine issues whether related to the RTV in the pan or not that is not "widespread".
The manufacturers have all the facts and will base what they do on them not the emotions of a very tiny handful of car owners.
Nobody has said that there should not be any action and there most likely has been that we do not see.