Subaru STI 2016

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  1. scubasteve455

    scubasteve455 Well-Known Member

    My son is on his (4th) motor
     
  2. scubasteve455

    scubasteve455 Well-Known Member

  3. scubasteve455

    scubasteve455 Well-Known Member

    Here is his 2016 Subaru STI with many mods.
     

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  4. scubasteve455

    scubasteve455 Well-Known Member

    Hire an Attorney and go through the motions.
     
  5. scubasteve455

    scubasteve455 Well-Known Member

    Turns out thousands have blown
     
  6. scubasteve455

    scubasteve455 Well-Known Member

    Huge cover up. Federal Judge fixed Subaru.
     
  7. scubasteve455

    scubasteve455 Well-Known Member

    It’s a shame they had a Great reputation for fine cars and safety was always displayed
     
  8. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    While I agree that the engines have an issue, those cars get modified for more power then get the crap kicked out of them.
     
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  9. TexasT

    TexasT Texas, where are you from

    Sounds like it. Reminds me of when they canceled the warranty on my TurboRegal. Hard to get them to fix it after six or eight transmissions.
     
  10. scubasteve455

    scubasteve455 Well-Known Member

    You have to read the whole article. If you sold the car they have to pay out of pocket expenses. Even if you don’t own it anymore.
     
  11. scubasteve455

    scubasteve455 Well-Known Member

    Subaru was caught negligent. They knew of the problem and kept selling the cars .
     
  12. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    You have to concede that those cars don't lead an easy life which may contribute to it
     
  13. scubasteve455

    scubasteve455 Well-Known Member

    I drove the STI I could not even get close to Redlining that engine.
     
  14. copperheadgs1

    copperheadgs1 copperheadgs1

    The baseball cap on sideways crowd just kicks the crap out of these cars.
     
  15. BQUICK

    BQUICK Gold Level Contributor

    Get em hot and the head gaskets like to go south. My sister says around her area in CT they call them Lesbarus. Car of choice for lesbians, apparently.....(except WRX and STIs, I would say)
     
  16. scubasteve455

    scubasteve455 Well-Known Member

    The mechanics at work were replacing one of those motors. Not the WRX or STI models it was a wagon. I can’t believe how small they are. Looks like that motor can sit in your hands.
     
  17. ilikebmx999

    ilikebmx999 Well-Known Member

    I spun some bearings on a bone stock wrx. Cost me a grand to get something else in there. Engine failures are quite known in the Subaru world. If it has a turbo it’ll have bearing or ring land issues. If it doesn’t have a turbo it’ll have head gasket issues.


    Still one of the best all around cars I’ve owned.
     
  18. My3Buicks

    My3Buicks Buick Guru


    Head gasket issue was more on the earlier ones than the later. We have had multiple Subaru's and never had an issue. Of course none of my family's have been modified and run the piss out of either. I always went with the H6 on the ones I had. I think we have had 11 of them now in the last in the last 18 years. My daughters is the latest one, Red package special edition Crosstrek. Mom and Dad are getting ready to get rid of their 2004 Outback with 146K (went from the first tier car to the 2nd tier car about 6 years ago) and are looking at the Crosstreks. Always been reliable for us, and 2nd to none in the snow.
     
  19. ilikebmx999

    ilikebmx999 Well-Known Member

    The NA 2.5 has had head gasket issues up until it’s last year. They have a special coolant additive for them. The new engine design seems to be far more reliable.
     
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  20. red67wildcat

    red67wildcat Well-Known Member

    Time will tell
    I have had several 2.5 everyone eventually blew head gaskets ,the last one was a new 08 and they swore then that they had the headgasket problem fixed. 60 k miles later you know it. I was done after that with them.
    A local head shop does nothing but subaru heads keeps them busy full time.
     
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