2010 Subaru Impreza Engine Problems

The contact owned a 2010 Subaru Impreza. The contact stated while her son was driving approximately 60 MPH, he stated that he heard a loud bang from the engine compartment and saw smoke coming from under the hood. The son stated that an unknown warning light had illuminated. The son safely stopped the vehicle, exited, and noted that more smoke was coming from under the hood. The son stated that a small fire had ignited under the front end of the hood and eventually engulfed the vehicle. The police were on the scene and called the fire department. The son was not sure if the fire department extinguished the flame with water or chemicals. The fire department issued a report. The vehicle was towed to an impound lot and declared a total loss by the contact's insurance provider. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 180,000.

DUE TO THE SECONDARY AIR PUMP CONSTANTLY RUNNING IT HAS OVER PRESSURIZED MT CYLINDER HEAD AND HAS CAUSED COOLANT PROBLEMS. POSSIBLY HAS BLOWN THE HEAD GASKET BY CREATING EXCESSIVE BACK PRESSURE IN THE CYLINDER.

ENGINE FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY AT 73K MILES. SUBARU ATTRIBUTED FAILURE TO "POOR LUBRICATION", BUT DENIES RESPONSIBILITY. THESE CARS BURN OIL EXCESSIVELY AND HAVE NO LOW OIL CAUTION LIGHT. MAJOR INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURES ARE COMMON WITH EJ AND FB ENGINES DUE TO FAILURE OF ROD BEARINGS, TURBOS, HEAD GASKETS AND DUE TO ABNORMAL COMBUSTION.

CRACKED PISTON, CYLINDER 2 MISFIRE. *TR

ENGINE COMPLETELY SEIZED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT ANY WARNING FROM THE CAR'S COMPUTER ENGINE SEIZURE WAS DUE TO ALL OF THE OIL LEAKING OUT OF THE ENGINE FROM THE OIL FILTER AREA. THIS WAS A SLOW LEAK OVER A 5 MONTH PERIOD. THE BIGGEST CONCERN HERE IS THAT THE CAR'S COMPUTER SYSTEM DID NOTHING TO WARN ME OF THIS IMPENDING CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. NO OIL LIGHTS EVER CAME ON, NO CEL EVER CAME ON, THE OIL TEMPERATURE GAUGE NEVER MOVED FROM THE MIDDLE. FROM THE TIME THE SLIGHT KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE STARTED TO THE TIME OF THE ENGINE SEIZING WAS PROBABLY LESS THEN 5 MINUTES. EVEN DURING THE ENGINE KNOCKING NO WARNING LIGHTS OR CEL CAME ON AT ALL. IF I WAS NOT SUCH AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER I THINK THIS COULD HAVE ENDED AS A VERY BAD ACCIDENT. I COULD SEE SOMEBODY ELSE BEING IN A VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS SITUATION TO HAVE YOUR ENGINE COMPLETELY SEIZE UP AND STOP WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED (68 MPH) RESULTING IN AN IMMEDIATE POWER LOSS, LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND LOSS OF FULL BREAKING POWER WHILE TRYING TO NAVIGATE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY. UPON ALERTING SUBARU OF AMERICA AND THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS THEY DID NOT SHOW ANY SENSE OF CONCERN ABOUT THIS ISSUE. IF A CAR HAS NO OIL IN IT AND THE ENGINE SEIZES WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ANY WARNING FROM THE CARS COMPUTER THIS SEEMS LIKE A SEVERE LIABILITY AND FAULTY DESIGN IN THE CARS COMPUTER SAFETY FEATURES. SUBARU OF AMERICA JUST DID NOT SEEMED CONCERN ABOUT THIS ISSUE AT ALL SO I FEEL OBLIGATED TO MAKE THIS ISSUE BE KNOWN TO PREVENT ANY POSSIBLE FUTURE INSTANCES OF THIS HAPPENING AND HOPEFULLY ALERTING SUBARU OF AMERICA TO THIS PROBLEM SO THEY CAN REVIEW THIS AND FIX THIS ISSUE FOR OTHER SUBARU IMPREZA WRX DRIVERS AND THE SAFETY OF THEIR OCCUPANTS AND OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD. I AM VERY, VERY THANKFUL THIS DID NOT HAPPEN WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR WITH ME. *TR

FIRST FAILURE WAS MY CLUTCH DUE TO THE PRESSURE PLATE BEING INSTALLED INCORRECTLY FROM THE FACTORY AND WAS WARRANTED. SECOND FAILURE WAS AN AIR FUEL SENSOR WHICH ALSO WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THIRD FAILURE WAS MY 4TH CYLINDER CRACKED PISTON. THE DEALERSHIP WHICH HAS BEEN THE SAME THAT I HAVE GONE TO FOR ALL MY SERVICE AND WARRANTY REFUSED TO WARRANTY THE PISTONS BECAUSE OF AN AFTERMARKET EXHAUST WHICH WAS INSTALLED FOR THE FIRST TWO WARRANTY FAILURES MENTIONED ABOVE. I WAS FORCED TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO HAVE THE REPAIRS DONE!

BEFORE THE FAILURE WHITE SMOKE CAME OUT THE TAILPIPE AND THE ENGINE WAS HESITATING. PISTON #4 HAD A FAILED RINGLAND CAUSING THE ENGINE TO FAIL. TO CORRECT THE FAILURE THE ENGINE HAD TO BE TAKEN APART AT THE DEALER AND HAVE NEW PARTS INSTALLED. THE CAR WAS OUT OF MY POSSESSION FOR TWO WEEKS. THE CAR HAD ONLY ~8000 MILES ON IT AND IT APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON 2008-2010+ SUBARU IMPREZA STI'S. *TR

ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO COMPLETE LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE IN 2006 SUBARU IMPREZA WRX LIMITED SPORTWAGON. *TR