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Originally Posted by sharky nrk
Some did yes, the 2.5 had head gasket issues but the 2.2 not so much. And some have oiling problems but not all. Kinda like Honda's eating automatic transmissions. Certainly a stain on the record but doesn't make all their cars unreliable.
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Some?? Most of their fleet had head gasket issues......the Impreza has 14 YEARS of documented issues....1999-2011 and 2012-2103. The Forester has issues from 1999-2014! 15 years of blown engines!
These vehicles all have cylinder head gasket related issues:
Impreza 1999 to 2011
Forester 1999 to 2010
Legacy 2000 to 2009
Outback 2000 to 2009
Baja 2003 to 2006
They had 10 years to fix it and didn't.
They also had to have a class action lawsuit filed against them in regards to the oil issues, they were denying owners warranty coverage for an issue that should have been covered. Like I said, I cannot in good faith recommend someone buy one. I know they're popular cars but they also screw people over big time.
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The lawsuit alleged that defective piston rings caused them to burn extra oil, and that Subaru knew of the problem but didn’t disclose it to owners. The lawsuit, as quoted by Top Class Actions, alleges that Subaru “improperly denied many warranty repairs, and then, more recently, secretly changed the scope of its warranty coverage without telling affected drivers.”
So, to make good with its owners, Subaru agreed to the following, per Top Class Actions:
Increase the warranty length from 5 years or 60,000 miles length to an 8 years or 100,000 miles
Pay 100 percent of vehicle owners’ costs for repairs, parts and labor, rental cars, towing and the cost of up to six quarts of oil per vehicle
Provide a free oil consumption test and technical service bulletin repairs for owners or leasers of the defective vehicles.
According to Torque News, the affected FB engines are the 2.5-liter engines in the 2011-2014 Forester, 2013 Legacy and 2013 Outback and the 2.0-liter engines in the 2012-2013 Impreza and 2013 XV Crosstrek.
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