Rod Knock - 2014 WRX

So I pulled into my driveway last night after having the cruise set on the highway and hear what I'm fairly confident is a spun bearing and subsequent slap.

I'm astonished to hear of others that have had similar problems in their lower mile WRX/STI's. Mine just rolled over 60K miles. Sees 95% highway miles. I think I literally have 60,300 miles so not sure on the 5 year / 60K.

Now comes the fun part... Has anyone ever dealt with Walser's limited lifetime powertrain warranty? I'm wondering how difficult this might be and any tips/suggestions to ease the process.

The other issue is I'm about 40 miles from walser in Burnsville. Not sure driving 40 miles is the best idea. Therefore I was going to see if I can bring it to a closer Subaru dealer and hopefully still use the lifetime PT warranty.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

I suspect it being a Walser warranty, that you would have to return to a Walser dealership if not the original selling dealership. Hope you had all of the maintenance performed by Walser to maintain that warranty.

 

I did have all the maintenance performed at the dealer. My only concern is I didn't stick to 3750 on the dot. Close but not exact.

 

Also just checked oil level and I'm right on where it always is.

 

Just out of curiosity, can your AP tune, void your Walser warranty?

 

Personally, I wouldn't even start the engine again until the dealer looked at it. Be respectful to the people you deal with and document every communication with the dealer (date, time, names, etc). Keeping a diary would be a good idea since this could be a bit of an ordeal if there is a chance the claim will be denied - technically you are outside of the powertrain warranty, so Subaru could tell you to take a hike.