This is true. A lot of warranty rates seem based on some magical engineer/technician doing the work. There is no way I am getting a headliner done in 0.8 hours in a Subaru Outback. Warranty to a tech = get bent over.

To be honest, as a dealership tech, sometimes we really can’t duplicate the concern. Believe me, I’d rather be able to find the issue, fix it, and get paid under manufacturer warranty rather than chase my tail for an hour and have to send it away without being paid. Nothing worse than a really specific concern that…

Automotive technician here. Why do you guys seem to like designing things that make us go through hell and back just to fix? Only kidding, it’s the accountants who do that.

Whichever one Ray Wert is behind.

Pretty sure it was jiggawatts, not gigawatts. That’s probably why it doesn’t work as intended.

I didn’t before, now I wish I hadn't.

But, but, but, she’s a female!

Rumors within corporate and the tech training infrastructure indicate that a plug-in hybrid is coming for Subaru.

Because the Tribeca’s third row was completely useless and no one bought it. Also, it’s kind of a pain in the ass to fix if you’re a Subaru tech, but that’s unrelated to why they got rid of it.

If they’re going to try to get a Formula One driver, I’d much rather it be Kimi.

Yeah it technically is a thermal event, but thermal event passes for fire in the automotive industry. Just part of the jargon.

Saying fire is a big no-no in the automotive community. Even when writing quality monitoring reports as a technician, we can only use the descriptor thermal event when describing an issue that could possibly result in a fire.

Yup, not just a smog causing compound, but the one most responsible for it!

Refit huh? Sounds like they’re not just going to hit this problem with a reflash...maybe all those TDI customers won’t lose their MPG numbers if they end up refitting with a urea system or something.

Like they always say, KILL IT WITH FIRE.

You’re not seeing the reference to your name?

To think that we could’ve filled the skies with 700 beautiful F-22s...now we’re stuck with the F-35. Can we just relegate the F-35 to a strike/naval role and keep the F-22, pretty please with a cherry on top?

Ugh, this sucks. Now Subaru will never bring their Euro diesel engine here. All of the techs I know from multiple dealerships have been jonesing for one. Maybe a swap...

Good to know! I wonder if the EPA could subpoena the manufacturer for warranty and claims info though. I don’t know how VW does it, but I usually look up warranty info for Subaru before I perform a recall.

States with emissions laws are likely to just fail you on the emissions test if you don’t get the recall. OBDII has plenty of access to ECM information.