[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by xjohnx

Right, but if the parameters of the STOCK ECU mapping allow (or CAUSE) that mechanical failure to happen, that CAN be eliminated.

This. The problem is caused by the ECU's behavior, nothing else. The ECU can easily be changed to get around this problem as already seen through data logs.

I know the OP will have an uphill battle just because this is the second time it's been in for this issue, but hell, there seems to be plenty of supporting evidence that fixing the ECU's program will prevent this from happening in the first place. Both from Toyota and others who have done datalogs and then modified their tunes to fix it.

Everything is a wear item, but I don't like my wear items to have accelerated wear due to shitty OEM ECU programming. I stuck with the OEM ECU/tune to avoid issues like this, until Subaru releases the corrected ROM to US customers it seems that I should get a tune that addresses this putting myself at risk from a warranty perspective while fixing this issue that "doesn't exist"....