Comments on: Subaru issues temporary stop sale on all vehicles equipped with 2.5L turbo engine

By: tripleonefive

tripleonefive — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:07:30 +0000

THis car was under GM when that engine was built GM is a disease

By: hateful83

hateful83 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:02:07 +0000

It’s a matter of turbos being hard on engines. If the smallest thing’s off, it’ll go to ****.

By: rsg

rsg — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:51:58 +0000

Subaru is being proactive to correct an issue with a limited amount of cars (no more than a few thousand, max, were built in Jan/ Feb), where any other (larger)manufacturer would wait until it became a legal entanglement and then recall thousands of vehicles.

By: Fletch

Fletch — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:48:05 +0000

Some of you people making posts have got to be just looking for a rise out of others with your comments, wake up. Remember when the E46 M3 was spinning main bearings and required a recall, or when the Camaro / Firebird V8 had the oil consumption issues (400horseSS!), or when Toyota had the engine sludge issue on the 3.0l V6. Not a single automaker is immune to recalls and others issues. It’s as much about how you treat the customer when they happen, in addition to the corrective action.

By: bigp

bigp — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:53:55 +0000

well i was told that japs cars were better, now we can see they are not.

By: sharpie

sharpie — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:18:52 +0000

There is no difference between GM’s Subaru and Toyota’s Subaru. Their cars have always been built in Japan and GM did diddly squat with Subaru, besides stealing the WRX and rebadging it a Saab 902X, pissing off both loyal Saab and Subie fans! Apart from the more conservative exterior (and Subaru was never about design anyway, it’s the AWD) the boxer engine has soldiered on since at least the 90s. Toyota has not messed with that formula yet. So stop the baseless and stupid claim that Subaru should die under Toyota and not under GM.

If anything, we should be happy that an automaker is taking some responsibility about its products. Unlike a recall, Subaru is doing it BEFORE they even sell the cars! Let go of your blind patriotism and recognize that a company is taking some appropriate action to ensure quality.

By: A4

A4 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:42:12 +0000

maybe theyre trying to balance out sales with the tribeca.

By: autonut

autonut — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:28:07 +0000

This does not help me a bit. My Subaru was complete piece of crap. 2.5L was like diesel as far as NVH without any benefit of the diesel: mileage and torque. Brakes were horrible, and not only mine. Why they did not stop then? bastards!

By: gilby7

gilby7 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:22:32 +0000

Sorry, I meant 2.5 engine..

By: gilby7

gilby7 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:19:28 +0000

Give me the upcoming Subaru diesel! $2000 more for 50 mpg?! You can’t beat that, and it’ll probably knock less than the 2.5 turbo. My wife has a 10-year old Outback (bought new) with the 2.6 engine and it’s always sounded like there was a bag of marbles in there rattling around; horrible sounding engine. But it has 243,000 miles on it and still gets 25 mpg and doesn’t burn a drop of oil. She’s getting the diesel as soon as it comes to the U.S.

By: brocky

brocky — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:22:13 +0000

they should’ve stuck with the 2.0L. WE should’ve got the 2.0L. revving up to 6.5rpm ain’t fun….

By: 400horseSS

400horseSS — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:20:48 +0000

^Yep.

By: Need more oil for GM

Need more oil for GM — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:35:01 +0000

Only time when Subabru mattered was when they were under GM umbrella. Now they’ll just die like the rest of these imports ****boxes.

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:32:03 +0000

I hope for their sake it is just a component and not the block itself. Either way it sounds expensive.

By: Htay9500

Htay9500 — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:24:15 +0000

Commodore: toyota wants to make everything that it owns to be boring.

By: mayer_ray_nagin

mayer_ray_nagin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:20:06 +0000

Sorry CaCa, I thought I read that you said Ford made the engine, which would be a typical 1115 comment. Mia culpa.

By: howsmydriving

howsmydriving — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:17:07 +0000

This is further evidence to support my hypothesis that turbo’s are crap.

By: Commodore

Commodore — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:14:50 +0000

Well that is what tends to happen once a carmaker like Subaru is bought by Toy. Now that Subaru is part of Toy, all kind of improvements in quality like these start to happen

By: shaver

shaver — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:57:48 +0000

Props for handling it correctly. Or the bean counters figured this was cheaper then lawsuits.

By: bwilliams

bwilliams — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:26:54 +0000

I found a solution, I’ll have to start buying Chinese. I don’t think they’ve had a “stop sale” yet… Maybe I can get a good deal on a gently used Chery, I’m just a little leery about their NHTSA crash rating.

By: bwilliams

bwilliams — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:22:22 +0000

This is simply amazing that a Japanese car company is issuing a “stop sale”. I thought they had superior quality… I’m so confused!

By: LaCaLover

LaCaLover — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:21:02 +0000

By: mayer_ray_nagin

mayer_ray_nagin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:20:25 +0000

CaCaLover = 1115

By: LaCaLover

LaCaLover — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:17:13 +0000

But Ford didn’t make the engine?

By: mayer_ray_nagin

mayer_ray_nagin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:15:32 +0000

Sounds to me like the “faulty component” is basically the engine.

By: 400horseSS

400horseSS — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:09:14 +0000

Nice JJT,but……….http://info.detnews.com/redesign/forums/autostalk/lettersindex.cfm?forum=autostalk&topic=s10%2C%20parma%2C%20oh%20—–%20toyota%20buy%20back

By: bwilliams

bwilliams — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:09:03 +0000

Just like the Tundra recalls!! haha

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:03:56 +0000

a stop sale?
That toyota purchase is already showing dividends!