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How new must the car be? I think I've heard of people finally dumping their car after three years when they continue to have reoccurring issues?

Her Legacy is an '06 bought at the end of '05. I doubt it would qualify ... just wondering.

Odd that they are again completely tearing the engine down after finding metal shavings. Odd, when I checked the oil when the problem sound all of a sudden occurred, before having the Subaru flatbedded to Timmon's Subaru, I didn't notice anything in the oil. Perhaps they were larger pieces in the oil pan? Last year they replaced most of the innards ... you would think it would be cheaper to replace the engine and perhaps have further analysis and rebuild done at a central location ... like Subaru was doing for a while with transmission problems. Back then they would send off your tranny. If they determined you caused the fault, you suddenly didn't have a transmission and had to buy a replacement. If you wanted yours back, you had to pay the shipping!

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Mako Koiwai wrote:How new must the car be? I think I've heard of people finally dumping their car after three years when they continue to have reoccurring issues?

Her Legacy is an '06 bought at the end of '05. I doubt it would qualify ... just wondering.

Odd that they are again completely tearing the engine down after finding metal shavings. Odd, when I checked the oil when the problem sound all of a sudden occurred, before having the Subaru flatbedded to Timmon's Subaru, I didn't notice anything in the oil. Perhaps they were larger pieces in the oil pan? Last year they replaced most of the innards ... you would think it would be cheaper to replace the engine and perhaps have further analysis and rebuild done at a central location ... like Subaru was doing for a while with transmission problems. Back then they would send off your tranny. If they determined you caused the fault, you suddenly didn't have a transmission and had to buy a replacement. If you wanted yours back, you had to pay the shipping!

If the car is still under the original factory warranty, you may have a claim. Here are the details:

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Stacey occasionally defends dealers and car companies from such claims. Which means she probably has a good idea of the attorneys on the evil side that are any good.

Steve Ekstrand wrote:Stacey occasionally defends dealers and car companies from such claims. Which means she probably has a good idea of the attorneys on the evil side that are any good.

So she can tell Mako (if it comes to it) whether or not that dealer has a good attorney?