Does the WRX Have a High Performance Engine Without High Performance Protection?
A class-action lawsuit alleges that Subaru’s high-performance engines, found in WRX and WRX STI vehicles, can’t create enough lubrication to properly protect the engines from failing. _…the engines allegedly have severe problems with oil lubrication to the bearings and crankshafts which doesn't create enough lubrication to properly protect the engines from problems.
This isn’t the first time we’ve heard about Subaru and oil controversy.
The plaintiff claims his 2010 Impreza WRX suffered complete engine failure in 2016 when the car had 73,000 miles on the odometer, something that shouldn't occur to an engine that should last for at least 120,000 miles.
Subaru was hit with a similar class-action claiming the 2013-14 WRX and WRX STI are manufactured with defective “EJ” short block engines with insufficient oil supply to the bearings.
I’m sensing a trend.
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3rd Generation Impreza WRX
- Years
- 2009–2011
- Reliability
- 10th out of 38
- PainRank™
- 1.7
- Complaints
- 10
4th Generation Impreza WRX
- Years
- 2012–2014
- Reliability
- 13th out of 38
- PainRank™
- 2.3
- Complaints
- 6
3rd Generation Impreza WRX STI
- Years
- 2011–2012
- Reliability
- 5th out of 38
- PainRank™
- 0.64
- Complaints
- 2