Highest mileage BRZ/GT86/FRS with valve spring recall

[BigTuna]

Originally Posted by Riftur

I just had my recall done about a month ago. I have only put less than 1k on the car but I do feel a difference since it was done. when I hit the gas driving normally, it feels like it is lagging. If I gun it, the engine revs and it feels normal. It is not the torque dip issue. It feels different. I am going to contact the dealership today about it but if anyone has an idea of what it could be, let me know because I am sure the dealership won't tell me the truth. I was planning on modding the car but need to work this out before I make any changes. Thanks

When you disconnect the battery or reset the ECU, the throttle mapping gets reset making it feel like you have to give a lot more throttle to start revving. It's well documented. It typically lasts for a few trips until the ECU re-calibrates on it's own.

[Riftur]

Originally Posted by BigTuna

When you disconnect the battery or reset the ECU, the throttle mapping gets reset making it feel like you have to give a lot more throttle to start revving. It's well documented. It typically lasts for a few trips until the ECU re-calibrates on it's own.

That makes sense but should it still be doing that after 3+ weeks? I just ran an errand and a more serious issue thats never happened before happened. I was driving into a shopping plaza and my car went into manual shift mode (its an automatic) and was stuck in first gear. I had to activate the manual shift and deactivate it before the tranny shifted properly again. it was kinda dangerous because when my car went into 1 gear I was going to fast so the car revved up and jerked back like when your downshifting but much more severe. If someone was behind me, they would have hit me. I do not know if it has anything to do with the recall, but it has me worried now.

[Riftur]

I am calling the dealership now.

[Hamza]

Originally Posted by Nfsundrgrnd

I'm curious about the amount of people who got the recall done and did not get a catastrophic failure resulting in a blown engine. I'm also curious about who has the highest mileage done after the recall. I got my brz in february and brought it to my local Subaru dealer to get a few things fixed and they mentioned the free valve spring recall so I figured why not and had it done.

This was before I read up on all the catastrophic failures that had happened. Since then, I've put nearly 6000kms on my car with normal driving and hard driving from time to time with not much issues.

I just want to know if I have a ticking time bomb or if a bunch of people have driven with the recall with no issues.

Thanks!

[Not in the US] but had mine done a year ago have put on about 13k km since then no issues at all