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2008 Subaru WRX Engine problems

Owners have filed 2 complaints about the 2008 Subaru WRX's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 3% of all its complaints, most recently on January 13, 2016. They describe 0 crashes, 1 fire and 0 injuries. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

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2
Recalls
0
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Engine complaints

Electrical systemEngine & coolingFire

Vehicle was parked, car off. Vehicle owner in gym working out when an employee alerted him he had smoke coming out from underhood. Owner went out and found flames coming out of hood scoop. Opened hood and found what appeared to be secondary air pump on fire. Extinguished with fire extinguisher. Towed car to shop and initial inspection appears that the plastic secondary air pump caught fire and was starting to burn and do damage to surrounding underhood components. Vehicle currently in shop (smart service...

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206-417-0880) having damage parts replaced. It appears that if this fire was not extinguished it would have burned the vehicle to the ground and anything surrounding it. More pictures are availble by calling shop listed above as well as all old parts will be saved for inspection if needed.

Filed Incident Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 10819981
Transmission & drivetrainBrakesEngine & cooling

My clutch started squeaking for a month and half. When the squeaking stopped, it occurred to me that the squeaking stopped only because the whole firewall had broken. The car is supposed to be fixed tomorrow, and I am out of warranty for my 2008 sti. I am writing to you because this is a major safety issue, which includes the clutch and the braking and the transmission. The subaru dealership will not fix it for me and has referred me to a collision shop but I am now being forced to pay for these repairs out-of-pocket. *Tr

Filed Incident Power train · Service brakes · EngineNHTSA 10556444

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