I went from a 2011 Forester which started to have major problems to a 2019 XV with 25,000 miles. Had the car about a week then it wouldn't start. The Subaru dealer sent a flatbed with a loaner and brought the XV back.
They had the car for a week and incidentally burned a half a tank of gas, probably a worker took home to verify repair. They sent it back to me and took the loaner away. Got in the car and it wouldn't start. The dealer sent the flatbed and repeated the above.
OK, so it's been towed twice, spending more time at the dealer than in my driveway. Quite alarmingly, My Subaru app shows the ECM recall has yet to be completed. They told me the module was replaced but did not go into further details. According to this Subaru Recalls they should have reprogrammed the coil and replaced it if damaged.
I am going up to the dealer today and if they cannot give me a 100% guarantee the problem is fixed, they said they would buy the car back, no questions asked. At this point, I am just about fed up with my dealer and consequentially Subaru. This recall affected 460,000 vehicles and I cannot believe all of those are on the road and not able to start. So again I will assume the recommended fix does work and that Subaru is not replacing the modules with defective units. I will also assume that plugging in the car to diagnostics did not find any other problems such as the starter and/or the entire ignition system.
I am curious to know if any of you have had the ECM recall fixed and if it subsequently went bad again. If so, then Subaru is in fact either using a defective component or their ignition engineering is horribly flawed. Google "Subaru ECM recall" and you will see tons of owners with this problem.
I had my heart set on this car but this current fiasco is pushing me back to Toyota or Honda, two companies with a time-tested proven track record. I will update later on today.
Thanks for your time.
They had the car for a week and incidentally burned a half a tank of gas, probably a worker took home to verify repair. They sent it back to me and took the loaner away. Got in the car and it wouldn't start. The dealer sent the flatbed and repeated the above.
OK, so it's been towed twice, spending more time at the dealer than in my driveway. Quite alarmingly, My Subaru app shows the ECM recall has yet to be completed. They told me the module was replaced but did not go into further details. According to this Subaru Recalls they should have reprogrammed the coil and replaced it if damaged.
I am going up to the dealer today and if they cannot give me a 100% guarantee the problem is fixed, they said they would buy the car back, no questions asked. At this point, I am just about fed up with my dealer and consequentially Subaru. This recall affected 460,000 vehicles and I cannot believe all of those are on the road and not able to start. So again I will assume the recommended fix does work and that Subaru is not replacing the modules with defective units. I will also assume that plugging in the car to diagnostics did not find any other problems such as the starter and/or the entire ignition system.
I am curious to know if any of you have had the ECM recall fixed and if it subsequently went bad again. If so, then Subaru is in fact either using a defective component or their ignition engineering is horribly flawed. Google "Subaru ECM recall" and you will see tons of owners with this problem.
I had my heart set on this car but this current fiasco is pushing me back to Toyota or Honda, two companies with a time-tested proven track record. I will update later on today.
Thanks for your time.