@TimNice
Why should we congratulate you if you are sticking your thumb up your nose at us?
If you weren’t so smug, a lot more of us would be happy for you
But, as it is . . .
db4690: Dude, you’re just asking to be flagged…
Yeah, I fully expect that
But I don’t appreciate it when somebody is offered advice, and he sticks his thumb up his nose at those who are trying to help
So does this mean that if the new engine uses little or no noticeable amount of oil between changes that it should be considered defective based on Subaru’s prior assertion that oil consumption is normal? 
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It is possible to use a dealership’s own, “logic”, to trap them into doing something, although I hope that our smug friend does not decide to do it in this case.
I turned a service manager’s own words to my advantage many years ago, with my Chevy Citation. When the car was in for its scheduled maintenance, I complained about the door lock button (actually, it was a slide mechanism) on the passenger door, which rattled almost continually while I drove. I asked that they tighten it up.
The service manager (who truly looked & acted like somebody who had recently been released from a maximum security prison) told me, “Oh, it’s supposed to be like that. If it was tightened, it wouldn’t work properly”.
In reply, I asked him if he was sure that the door locks were supposed to be so loose that they rattled, and he again told me that this is the way that they were designed. So, I then told him that I understood, but that I was concerned because the same mechanism on the driver’s door did not rattle. My parting words were, “I want everything on this car to be working as designed, so please be sure that when I pick the car up, you have loosened the door lock mechanism on the driver’s door”.
Yes, I was taking a bit of a chance, but I figured that, when I called their bluff like that, they would be more likely to fix the bad one, rather than screwing up the good one. And, it worked!
P.S.–That service manager was gone in a few more months, and the dealership was gone a few years later.
“That service manager was gone in a few more months”
I take it he violated parole and went back to the big house?
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I really don’t know what happened to him, but your theory is a pretty good one, now that I think about it.
@db4690 1st of all, I don’t need to be congratulated or validated by anyone on this forum & I wasn’t “looking for advice.” I was on this forum to see if anyone has had any similar experiences, which they indeed did & also to share my experience so that if someone else is having the same issue in the future that it may offer them some insight.
The thumb up the nose & smugness was towards the many who approached me with smugness from the start of this discussion & insisted that I was “the one with the problem NOT Subaru”, “had unrealistic expectations”, “don’t know how to maintain my vehicle”, “didn’t read the owners manual” & were “sorry so for the tragedy that had befallen me.” I didn’t appreciate any of those INCORRECT assumptions made about me, my vehicle or my situation either… & if I had taken their words for it, I would never have pushed for the testing & gotten my engine replaced, so it is what it is. There are a lot of “know it all’s” in this thread that made many assumptions & the facts have proven those assumptions to be wrong… So yeah, when all these folks made huge negative assumptions & were so sure that I was the one with a problem & had to let me know in so many ways, I’m going to go ahead & call them out on it… Sorry if that offends you but I am extremely glad to have proven them wrong…
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Well, at least you have to admit that the advice you were given was worth the cost of admission, which was…zero…
;-))
I couldn’t have said it better myself. Good on you for trying to help others out and sticking with it.
Are you going to sell your subaru? I would still sell it even with a new engine.
Why would you sell OP’s car at this point?
With all due respect to differing opinions, it seems that the problem has been resolved
Don’t you think it might be wise to just drive the car for a few years?
If OP sells the car, he’ll take a loss, I would think . . .
Whoever you are, it sure took you a long time
@TimNice
I’ve been in touch with Subaru about the 900 mil/qt. Based on the following three measurements, dealer reported “everything is fine” and Subaru basically told me to get lost -
- 940-ish, 1 qt low
- 940-ish, 1/2 qt low (measurement taken after the vehicle was allowed to sit for four hours)
- 500-ish, 1 qt low
I have a 2014 Forrester 2.5 non turbo with a manual tranny and I get about 1500 miles per quart of 0W-20. I am trying to get Subaru to agree that this is excessive but so far have had no luck. Subaru hides behind a claim that 1200 miles per quart is okay. Problem first came to light at 4300 on the odometer and continues today with 13,000 on the clock. Consumer Reports should factor in this oil consumption problem before they rate the Subaru so high.
Glad for your free resolution to your problem @tim_nice, Fingers crossed the new engine is good!
Please start a new thread
This one’s pretty old, and we’re pretty tired of it
Once you open that new thread, we’ll be glad to help you to the best of our abilities
Perhaps we can end this discussion . . .
Hey All,
I know this thread is old, and I have not read the the totality of the thread, but just want to share my experience. I bought my 2012 impreza sport limited used in 2014.Along with it I got the extended warranty. It always burned oil. Like clockwork 2,500 miles after I changed my oil, I would need to dump another 2 quarts in. I finally brought it up last month to my dealer. They ended up replacing the shortblock! It was under warranty, so it was free. My guess here is that when Subaru ran the numbers, They found it cheaper to replace the engines as they came in than issue a recall.
It’s a bad idea to let your oil get two quarts low. I suggest you check it much more often from now on.
Yeah, I always carried oil around in my trunk and would toss it in when the light came on. Not the greatest… But from what I had seen on the forums, seemed like par for the course. Subaru, just confirmed it should not be doing this. They replaced my engine block, So it should be no worries from here on out