Subaru Faces Class-Action Suit for Oil Consumption - Motor Trend WOT

The suit claims Subaru released four technical bulletins during September and December of 2013, which outlined that the affected models were “experiencing abnormally high levels of engine oil consumption that warranted an intricate repair process to properly remedy," and identified "unanticipated wear of the oil control piston rings as the root cause of the oil consumption defect."

Hmm...wonder if this is related to the infamous ringland issue

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

How much oil consumption are we talking about?

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83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

Wow, so they allegedly denied warranty coverage for an $8000 repai and then issued TSBs about it? That's not good.

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

I seem to recall it being 1-2 Qt every 3K miles

The lesbian are going to be all over this one.

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Its surprising they didn't fix it Subaru makes really good cars.

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1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

That surprised me, too. I guess they thought it wouldn't come to light?

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

That's it? Most cars I've had needed a quart every few tanks of fuel. My Sammy needed a quart every 200 miles. My 300D is the best on oil of any vehicle I've had. By the time it gets down to the add mark, it's due for a change. Hell, my Kawi goes through a quart in about 3000 miles, and it only holds 2.5.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

We recently did a 1,100 mile trip to AZ and back, and the Subaru consumed maybe 1 quart of oil. Sure it's not that bad, but for a brand new car, and considering I had to send the car in for service due to oil leaks (timing chain cover), I'm interested how this plays out.

My concern isn't the immediate condition of the vehicle, but the long term effects if not addressed soon, especially because we plan to keep the Subaru.

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wow this is sad.my 2000 jetta tdi with 525,000 miles uses just about a quart in 5000 miles,i add a qt and next time it's down a qt i change it.

Honestly I'm not sure where that reputation comes from. They're very agricultural cars (terrible interiors for a while), lots of head gasket issues in the past, some weak transmissions, ring land issues, now this (different than ring land I guess?). Ring land issues are actually what dissuaded me from buying a wrx and I went with the GTI.

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

I drove my truck with 6.2 L HMMWV engine for 5250 miles (California and back) and it only used 1/2 a quart. It used more water crossing the Mojave pulling a car-loaded-on-trailer. In fairness it also used two quarts of anti-freeze. Went about 65 the whole trip.

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1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

Wow, for a modern engine, that seems high. I drove my truck with 6.2 L HMMWV engine for 5250 miles (California and back) and it only used 1/2 a quart. It used more water crossing the Mojave pulling a car-loaded-on-trailer. In fairness it also used two quarts of anti-freeze. Went about 65 the whole trip.

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1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

Subaru has offered to replace the piston rings on a case by case basis monitored by the VIN of the vehicle where there has been proven excessive oil consumption.