My brz is sick in socal and needs a good dealer who can help!

[jacjac3]

My brz is definitely not acting right. I brought my brz to a South coast Subaru, Timmons in LBC.

These the issues I am having and what the dealers response are.

Condensations in DRL and taillight - Was told it was normal if it goes away in a day it's no problem...wth!

Idle drop consistently - They straight up said to me...what idle drop? stop reading the forums! I was like wth! go look at the car and they said "sometime the car does that, if there is no CEL and doesn't stall it's within spec"...wth! (I already did the recall from subaru for the ECM, didn't help)

Noise from the back spot welds - They said they couldn't reproduce. I just went to autozone and got WD-40 to fix it temporarily as suggested by people in this forum.

Right from speaker has loud rattle noise when bass gets deep - They didn't hear anything. They told me it's rocks on the freeway...

Fuel pump chirp - They told me it's normal for a HPFP.

I know my car isn't running well and I really need a dealer who is willing to at least look at my car and take it seriously.

Any suggestions? I live in OC/LA boarder.

[jdzumwalt]

Originally Posted by jacjac3

My brz is definitely not acting right. I brought my brz to a South coast Subaru, Timmons in LBC.

These the issues I am having and what the dealers response are.

Condensations in DRL and taillight - Was told it was normal if it goes away in a day it's no problem...wth!

Idle drop consistently - They straight up said to me...what idle drop? stop reading the forums! I was like wth! go look at the car and they said "sometime the car does that, if there is no CEL and doesn't stall it's within spec"...wth! (I already did the recall from subaru for the ECM, didn't help)

Noise from the back spot welds - They said they couldn't reproduce. I just went to autozone and got WD-40 to fix it temporarily as suggested by people in this forum.

Right from speaker has loud rattle noise when bass gets deep - They didn't hear anything. They told me it's rocks on the freeway...

Fuel pump chirp - They told me it's normal for a HPFP.

I know my car isn't running well and I really need a dealer who is willing to at least look at my car and take it seriously.

Any suggestions? I live in OC/LA boarder.

Out of all your problems listed here I want to point out the real issue's that you should be concerned with.

The Tail light. The condensation is a bad seal and should get replaced.

The speaker is just a factory system crappy sound sorry to break it to you but what you hearing is the 6" speaker exceeding its capabilities. (I have 17 years in the audio business) Getting a small amp and a cross over will solve this problem. maybe get your self some separates if you have the cash.

I too have the chirps but what funny is it goes away based on the type of fuel I use. So try to keep track of what fuel Brand is the issue. Shell seems to be pretty good. Ethanol content doesn't seem to affect the chirping either in fact on my e85 tune I have had zero chirps.


The idle dip isn't a real problem too unless the car shakes, or get a cel. Seems ok to me too.

Hope this help with your thought process.

Gregg

[oso_25]

Originally Posted by jdzumwalt

Out of all your problems listed here I want to point out the real issue's that you should be concerned with.

The Tail light. The condensation is a bad seal and should get replaced.

The speaker is just a factory system crappy sound sorry to break it to you but what you hearing is the 6" speaker exceeding its capabilities. (I have 17 years in the audio business) Getting a small amp and a cross over will solve this problem. maybe get your self some separates if you have the cash.

I too have the chirps but what funny is it goes away based on the type of fuel I use. So try to keep track of what fuel Brand is the issue. Shell seems to be pretty good. Ethanol content doesn't seem to affect the chirping either in fact on my e85 tune I have had zero chirps.


The idle dip isn't a real problem too unless the car shakes, or get a cel. Seems ok to me too.

Hope this help with your thought process.

Gregg

^ agree plus the idle drop starts to go away after adding a couple 1,000 miles to your car.

[BigFatFlip]

^Agreed with what the others have said. Alot of the issues you have are minor, but some of those should have been taken care of by the dealer. For what its worth, I got a recall letter for a re-flash, which the dealer did for me, and seems to have helped (read: not fixed) my idle issue. Still notice a drop while sitting, but not to the degree where it feels like its about to stall. Dealer is waiting for parts to address the chirp (unfortunately, parts are very limited)

[jacjac3]

Originally Posted by oso_25

^ agree plus the idle drop starts to go away after adding a couple 1,000 miles to your car.

I have 3200miles on my car. and I just got the recall flash. sadness.

[oso_25]

Originally Posted by jacjac3

I have 3200miles on my car. and I just got the recall flash. sadness.

Ouch that does suck yea its like we hear stories about it here and there at a few meets about the cel issue. I just hit the 10,000 miles mark and thank god I don't have problems with my car.