Hello all,
I'm a new first time Subaru owner. I bought 2017 WRX Premium 6MT about 6 weeks ago in Colorado. I was moving to FL, so I drove the car to FL and I have just over 5800 miles on it so far. I started hearing a stange noise while driving home from work on Saturday the 17th. I was pretty sure it sounded like it was coming from the turbo. It would happen when I would accelerate in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th at about 4000rpm the noise would start. It wouldn't matter how fast I accelerated, I could ease into the rpm range and the noise would start. It almost sounded like a noise a fan makes when something hits the fan while spinning. So I thought maybe the turbine wheel somehow became unbalanced and was hitting the housing. So I took it to the dealership on Monday and then yesterday they told me that it was the turbo. Subaru is going to cover the costs to replace the turbo. My car is completely stick and I did follow the dealers instructions for break in process to not exceed 4000rpm for the first 1k miles and to keep changing my speed by not cruising at the same speed for a period of time. I drove to about 800 miles before I started doing my road trip on the interstate. Something I was wondering if it was either normal or could have contributed to the failure of the turbo. My boost was constantly going to 21 psi. I could literally just ease into the throttle in 2nd gear (any gear) and when I get to about 4000 to 4500 rpm boost was spiking at 20.9psi just about every time. I talked to Subaru about this and they didn't really give me an answer or a reason or say if that was normal. So I was wondering if anyone has had this same issue or if this is common for every WRX. I know the manual says max boost is supposed to be 16.9 psi, and I understand the boost can and will spike. My issue is it constantly is going into 21 psi every time, even if I just do a 30% acceleration into say 4500 rpm it hits 21 psi.
I just wanted to share my story to let people know and also to find out if anyone else has had this issue or have direct knowledge of someone who has had this issue. The Subaru dealership in Tampa told me they have not seen this issue before so soon on the 17 WRX. They didn't specify about any 15 or 16's. The dealership in Tampa did give me a free loaner vehicle which they didn't have to do since I didn't buy the car from them, so I do appreciate that as it's my daily driver.
I'm a new first time Subaru owner. I bought 2017 WRX Premium 6MT about 6 weeks ago in Colorado. I was moving to FL, so I drove the car to FL and I have just over 5800 miles on it so far. I started hearing a stange noise while driving home from work on Saturday the 17th. I was pretty sure it sounded like it was coming from the turbo. It would happen when I would accelerate in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th at about 4000rpm the noise would start. It wouldn't matter how fast I accelerated, I could ease into the rpm range and the noise would start. It almost sounded like a noise a fan makes when something hits the fan while spinning. So I thought maybe the turbine wheel somehow became unbalanced and was hitting the housing. So I took it to the dealership on Monday and then yesterday they told me that it was the turbo. Subaru is going to cover the costs to replace the turbo. My car is completely stick and I did follow the dealers instructions for break in process to not exceed 4000rpm for the first 1k miles and to keep changing my speed by not cruising at the same speed for a period of time. I drove to about 800 miles before I started doing my road trip on the interstate. Something I was wondering if it was either normal or could have contributed to the failure of the turbo. My boost was constantly going to 21 psi. I could literally just ease into the throttle in 2nd gear (any gear) and when I get to about 4000 to 4500 rpm boost was spiking at 20.9psi just about every time. I talked to Subaru about this and they didn't really give me an answer or a reason or say if that was normal. So I was wondering if anyone has had this same issue or if this is common for every WRX. I know the manual says max boost is supposed to be 16.9 psi, and I understand the boost can and will spike. My issue is it constantly is going into 21 psi every time, even if I just do a 30% acceleration into say 4500 rpm it hits 21 psi.
I just wanted to share my story to let people know and also to find out if anyone else has had this issue or have direct knowledge of someone who has had this issue. The Subaru dealership in Tampa told me they have not seen this issue before so soon on the 17 WRX. They didn't specify about any 15 or 16's. The dealership in Tampa did give me a free loaner vehicle which they didn't have to do since I didn't buy the car from them, so I do appreciate that as it's my daily driver.