Blown Turbo
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Surprisingly, I was just getting on the freeway and accelerating moderately to get around some slow poke in the right lane. I was probably only doing 65mph with the engine at 3500rpm when all of a sudden the tranny unexpectantly downshifts (good ol' AT) to 2nd or 3rd and the turbo starts to moan like a cat in heat. 
I immediately drove it to the dealer and they called the next day to let me the turbo is toast and will need to be replaced. They have no idea why it failed. Good thing it's a warranty item...
The strange thing is that I don't drive the car hard. Every once in awhile I jump on a bit to get around people on the freeway or to play a bit on the back country roads. It must be manufacturing defect. I just hope it doesn't happen to others.
I immediately drove it to the dealer and they called the next day to let me the turbo is toast and will need to be replaced. They have no idea why it failed. Good thing it's a warranty item...The strange thing is that I don't drive the car hard. Every once in awhile I jump on a bit to get around people on the freeway or to play a bit on the back country roads. It must be manufacturing defect. I just hope it doesn't happen to others.
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a spontaneous downshift from 3rd to 2nd??? how in the hell could that've happend? dayam! i'm startin' to worry for those w/ AT wrx's. i hope this isn't a problem inherent to all the AT cars, cause we'd have a bunch of wrxs on the side of the road if that were true
btw - glad its under warrenty repair - i coudlnt imagine having to pay to fix a blown turbo...so many parts to replace, so much labor...so much money
btw - glad its under warrenty repair - i coudlnt imagine having to pay to fix a blown turbo...so many parts to replace, so much labor...so much money
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Newsflash: Without warning, WRX's across the country began crashing due to a glitch in the automatic transmission, causeing the car to downshift into too low a gear and blow the turbo!
don't you now have that warm fuzzy feeling if you're one of the lucky ones that drives a 5MT?
don't you now have that warm fuzzy feeling if you're one of the lucky ones that drives a 5MT?
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LOLPenguinking said:Newsflash: Without warning, WRX's across the country began crashing due to a glitch in the automatic transmission, causeing the car to downshift into too low a gear and blow the turbo!
don't you now have that warm fuzzy feeling if you're one of the lucky ones that drives a 5MT?
I have enough MT envy...I didn't need that!
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mmmuuaa hahahahha!
it has begun!!!
it has begun!!!
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lol
yeah, i'm glad blown turbos are under warrenty repair. otherwise you'd be looking at a pretty "god"-awful situation
yeah, i'm glad blown turbos are under warrenty repair. otherwise you'd be looking at a pretty "god"-awful situation
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Guys, relax. This was obviously a faulty turbo. I don't think it has anything to do with the automatic transmission. The sudden change in engine speed from the downshift was too much stress for the turbo, which had material or manufacturing faults, and it failed. No big deal and it could've happened to ANY OF US, including the 5MTers!
-Jim
-Jim
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um...perhaps you missed the intense sarcasm in my postPlatinumWRX said:
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So what do you guys have to say if i'm going to be buying a WRX for the first time ever, and I would love to buy the Manual transmission, but i found an automatic for a price i can't pass up?
Thanks
Thanks
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