[stiboost21]

anyone tell me where i might be able to find out if my vin is under the subaru hesitation issue.

[WRX4ME LE 482]

All 07 STis have the hesitation issue. It's the programming in the tune that comes from the factory. If you dont believe it, drive a previous MY, or a stage 1+.

There are quite a few looooooong threads on this subject...

[atanarus]

Originally Posted by starxidiam

ok so can anyone enlighten me about these ringlands. my dad talked to the service guy today and they said something about SOA and something about warranty. but then they said it would probably be ready by the weekend or monday. so im getting more worried. i dont think they will do it under warranty work. any tips about talking to the service people. any points to bring up? like other 07's with the same case?

They have no reason to deny your warranty IF you were truly stock and only had stage 1

[starxidiam]

yea, but if i told them i had stage one, BAM!, the deny it right then and there, right?

[Hitman83]

don't tell them about any mods

[Rootus]

Originally Posted by starxidiam

yea, but if i told them i had stage one, BAM!, the deny it right then and there, right?

Yes, an ECU reflash voids the warranty. As it should.

[starxidiam]

idk what to do.

[atanarus]

Some dealers don't care about AP stage 1. In fact, I think some dealers sell APs.

[STI_NJ]

Sorry to hear about this. I also have an '07. So far no problems. I'm coming up on a year and have about 24k on it. I also have the full warranty so I'm not looking to do anything as far as mods right now.

Jeff

[TuffStuff]

This scares me...Ive been stg2 for like a year I got protuned like a month or 2 after.My car definately feels like a minivan some days.. I guess I should get a comp test...

[b0nd18t]

results are back from a leakdown test. says my piston is fried due to my mods which havent been on long.

[tyler_sti]

^ Whats mods?

[b0nd18t]

nothing special, everyone should use tactrix cable and enginuity before modding to test cylinder roughness and knock

[PuccasBad_STI]

Originally Posted by atanarus

Some dealers don't care about AP stage 1. In fact, I think some dealers sell APs.

this is true and I like I found out today, after visiting the 3 dealers around my area. One of them was very mod friendly and did not try to hide the hesitation issue about the 07s like the other 2. The service manager told me that if the vehicle is modded, he would look at the part individually and after conducting an investigation, the part would have to be a direct contribution to the failure of what was being asked to be fixed under warranty.

So to answer the question about the AP, and I asked them all the same way...

Would the AP void the warranty... I was told simply to unmarry it before bringin the vehicle in for a service. And even then the AP like anyone else here knows is only gonna help your vehicle run better so its not viewed as an item that will void your warranty for sure.

Bottom line.... find a dealer that feels the same way and obviously do not get into a pissing contest if you go to one and they automatically deny a warranty claim... just try to find another dealership.

Remember this is just in regards to the AP and not anything else that is known to have contributed to blown 07 motors... I.E. Uncatted Downpipes especially without any EM.

I hope this helps to answer your question and I am glad I found a dealership that is mod friendly near me, I am bringing in my STI to them as the last dealership I took it to, told me that there was no such "reflash" and even downplayed the hesitation problem with the 07s as "we cannot reproduce the problem".... I was pissed... my response was, I guess its all in my head then... stupid...

If you truely want to feel 100% safe... do not mod your motor and if it blows, really who cares... it will be fixed under warranty... no reason to worry to death every day about driving a car that is supposed to be pushed like a true performance car and not babied like a freaking old bucket.

[tyler_sti]

Originally Posted by b0nd18t

catback exhaust and cobbs stage 1 ran from 1k to 6k, then added cobb catted dp and stage 2 ots at 6k and ran till about 9k, then added walbro fp, DW650cc, prodrive solenoid, ssac fmic and attempted to get a professional opensource tune, very first run showed there was a problem.

So where you running any of these mods before the tune? Such as the FMIC or injectors?