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2013 Subaru BRZ Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1563636
Internal NHTSA #	11207097
Manufacurer	Subaru of America, Inc.
Brand	SUBARU
Model	BRZ
Model Year	2013
File date	11/05/19
Component	ENGINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	2013 subaru brz 2. 0 limited. I am the original owner. Factory recall relating to fa20 valve spring replacement completed by sherman oaks (california) subaru in april 2019. (dropped car off for repair monday, 4/15/2019, received car from dealership on wednesday 4/24/2019) after receiving car, following valve spring replacement, noted significant decrease in avg mpg as reported by car (average was 25-26 mpg before recall repairs. This had been stable for years. Immediately after repair average mpg as reported by car was around 14mpg.) dealer advised leaving car with them for diagnosis & repair. Returned car to sherman oaks subaru monday 5/5/2019; received car from dealership saturday 5/11/2019. Dealership's diagnosis failed to identify a cause, several systems checked with no remarkable findings, "reset of trip meters" reported to produce avg mpg "27-30" on dealership's test drive. When i picked up the car, car reports actual average mpg of 23. 3 (!); not "27-30" as described to me and still markedly lower than pre-valve spring repair average mpg. After driving 21. 9 miles, average mpg decreased further to 22. 2. Something is clearly wrong with the engine following recall repair. Because there are many online reports of serious failures (e. G. Fire, engine stalling and then unstartable) as mileage post-repair accumulates, i am concerned about driving my brz. (pdfs of related dealership workorders are available if they would be helpful to you.)
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	29643
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	LOS ANGELES, CA
VIN pattern	JF1ZCAC16D2XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	35
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2013 Subaru BRZ Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2013 Subaru BRZ Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

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