my situation is living in rental property/limited tools/no garage.basically,a weekend would be a MAX timetable,as landlords-as most people-get their panties in a knot when their parking lot turns into a graveyard of abandoned projects. guess the main part of my question was-can it be changed WITHOUT having to pull the engine?. It is a great opportunity to take care of a bunch of stuff coming due on a 7 year old auto.
While you are in there, offer to pay for a new timing belt, external drive belts, maybe a water pump, and have them check the oil pump seals. Unlikely you'd get any other car company today to meet you half way. I assume that you have otherwise liked it enough that this is in your long term plan? Even if they won't give more, it is still a decent offer. Remind them that this is a known issue, and that you are likely to be trading this car in on another Subi in the near future. You could go back to SOA and ask for more - NICELY - given the extenuating circumstances. When Toyota pulled something like this on me, they offered $0, which is why I don't drive a Toyota today! $900 isn't bad when you consider the alternative. The repair will run something around $1800, and they have offered half. On the other hand, they know it is a weakness, and their chances of getting a repeat buyer is very much dependent on what they do now! It isn't a safety issue, and you are a year or more beyond the time limit. Technically, they owe you (or me) nothing. But, it did take some discussion to get there. In the end, they treated me very well, and I was quite happy. I had a Gold plan also, but was outside of the time by 4 months when they went again. But mine first failed at 15k, and then again at 62k last year, so I had both a history of failure, and of regular preventive service. The VIN of my '02 was outside of the covered range, and I too was told that there was no warranty extension. What is the mfgrs responsibility beyond the term of the warranty (5 yrs / 60k miles)?
Sumaru head gasket issue free#
You did what the mfg demanded for trouble free gasket life, but it didn't work.
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