1st post here. Just bought a BRZ Limited MT on Saturday night 9/21. VIN number ends in 6032XX. Searched for recalls, TSBs, class action lawsuits on this car to avoid any unpleasant 'surprises' about the BRZ.....and found this thread while actually looking to find out what size tires/wheels will fit without rubbing. Obviously, I should have also checked forums.
Haven't gotten the car yet; it's being traded by my local dealer here in Phoenix to one in Glendale b/c they need a Premium and my wife wanted the Limited. We are paying the shipping to swap the cars.
It should be here early this week. Sounds like my VIN is VERY close to the ones having all the issues here.
We almost backed out of the deal Saturday night after finding out how much the extended warranty would cost.....we literally started to drive out after finishing all the numbers, getting to finance, and then finding out how much the extended warranty would run. We reasoned that it was a new model and my wife drives 20K per year so we'd be out of warranty in 2 years max. The dealer finally made some concessions and we ended up with the 5 year, 100K mile warranty.
Our choice was between the STI and the BRZ......I was afraid the BRZ being a first year model would be problematic, but the wife fell in love with the look of the car.
At this point, I'm thinking we made a serious mistake. B/c the car isn't here and they have to have possession of the car in order to fill out the finance paperwork (title, I believe) with the actual mileage.....we have to go back down to the dealer once the car comes in and do
ALL of the paperwork
again.
B/c we have to do all of the paperwork again, I'm not convinced we actually have a real contract at this point.
Does anyone know?
I'm not sure I want to back out at this point.....though I would understand I'm on the hook for the shipping of the cars. But at the same time, we have gotten rid of a couple of our more recent cars b/c they were unreliable and I hate to be spending $30K on another unreliable car. At least the STI is a proven design and frankly, it's a little more practical for us in that it's 4 doors and AWD (should we end up moving to the mountains of Colorado soon).
Any opinions? For those with the CEL problem...if you had it to do over, would you keep your BRZ?
I think we're likely stuck with it.....and with our horrible luck, I fully expect to be putting in my VIN on this list within a few weeks at the most. But, I also have a sneaking suspicion we'll love this car, in spite of a few hiccups with initial ownership.
Just curious what others think now that they've had to deal with the CEL issue.
Thanks,
Sean