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2013 Subaru WRX Engine problems

Owners have filed 1 complaint about the 2013 Subaru WRX's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 14% of all its complaints, most recently on July 28, 2015. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

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Engine complaints

Transmission & drivetrainEngine & cooling

I purchased a my 2013 wrx with only 7miles on it and after the 'break-in" period of 1000 miles the engine through a connecting rod. The engine was replaced under warranty. Granted the effort to have soa take care this major failure was painful. At mile 29k this past may. I heard a faint knocking/ticking while on the highway. After 20 mins the noise got louder, by the time I was home it sounded like marbles were in my engine. The dealer had to do "tear-down" and told me the engine failed and had to be replaced,they...

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then told me that the clutch was "abused' and had to be replaced. They wanted me to pay for this repair, which I thought was ridiculous( I am positive that something from the engine caused the damage) then they told me the awd transfer case had to be replaced!!.All in all, a new engine, turbo,clutch and transfer case had to be replaced. This car has no modification and is driven minimally. Not happy with how this event unfolded with soa. 2 Failed engines in 2 year.

Filed Incident Power train · Unknown or other · EngineNHTSA 10744338

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