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Originally Posted by regal
Waited since launch, finally found a new silver stick 100 miles away TODAY with 15 miles on it. Got it at the $25k price with a good interest rate.
Halfway home: CEL, just casually puttering around in traffic. vin 17074xx.
Runs fine to me, doubt I take it in to the dealer until they have the "fix" down to a science.
Been an engineer in the auto industry for 25 years. Until the root cause is definate and the local dealerships/mechanics have the procedure down pat it is too much risk leaving it at the dealership for a science experiement. I'd rather blow up the engine under warranty than have a Scion mechanic take apart this subaru engine without a clear process. End up with a problem that doesn't show up until after warranty.
Hopefully there will be a simple recall for an ECU flash. The thought of a Scion mechanic working on a boxer cam scares the living sh*t out of me. Now I truly understand why folks prefer the BRZ, simply the mechanics at the dealership have wrenched on boxer engines for years.
Maybe if we are lucky Scion will turn the warranty work over to Subaru dealerships.
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I'm waiting also for the same reasons you mention. I've had my FR-S since the beginning of June and the CEL (P0019) went on last week at just over 2,000 miles. I talked to some people in the service department of my two closest Toyota dealers. The first dealer has had an FR-S come in with the CEL. They reset the code and sent the guy on his way and told him to return if it came back. The other has not had any customers come in with the problem. I'm not going to let them experiment on my car. Subaru has already come out with a TSB for this issue (see attached), but like you said I'm waiting for something definitive from Toyota and for replacement parts to be readily available.
The car seems to run fine. It did have mild RPM fluctuations occasionally at idle with the AC on, but nothing to the point where the car would shake violently as others have had. My CEL actually went off by itself a couple days ago and is still off, although I'm certain it will come back.
I've driven and owned lots of other sports cars, all with two or three times the power of the FR-S, but I have just as much fun (probably more) with the FR-S as the others. I can't imagine how upset I'd be if it happened the day I got the car. Hang in there.