2009 Subaru Wrx

WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM THE USED CAR LOT I NOTICED THE CLUTCH PEDAL WHEN BEING PRESSED AND DEPRESSED MADE A SQUEAKING NOISE. I FIGURED IT WAS PROBABLY LACK OF LUBRICATION SO I WENT AHEAD AND LUBRICATED THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY AND THE NOISE STAYED THE SAME. COUPLE MONTHS GO BY AND THE NOISE GOT MUCH LOUDER AND SOMETIMES A LOUD POP WOULD OCCUR. RECENTLY I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT MANY OTHER WRX OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. SO I FOLLOWED THE PROCEDURES TO CHECK THE CAUSE OF THE NOISE AND IT SEEMS TO BE THAT THE WELDS ON THE FIREWALL HAVE BEEN BROKEN AND ARE CAUSING THE NOISE.I ALSO NOTICED MY BRAKE PEDAL SHIFTS EVERY TIME I PRESS THE CLUTCH PEDAL. AS TIME PROGRESSES IT FEELS AS IF ITS GETTING HARDER TO SHIFT. I'M AFRAID THAT THIS ISSUE IS CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR OF THE TRANSMISSION. EVERY TIME I PRESS THE CLUTCH PEDAL I FEAR THAT THE CLUTCH PEDAL ASSEMBLY IS GOING TO RIP OFF THE FIREWALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SUBARU IMPREZA WRX (N/A). THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE HAD A LOSS OF POWER AS THE SPEED REDUCED TO 30 MPH INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH AND THE FLY WHEEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000.

I RECENTLY STARTED HAVING A CREAKING NOISE EVERY TIME I WOULD DEPRESS THE CLUTCH ON MY 2009 WRX SEDAN. WHEN I PUSH THE CLUTCH IN I NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD ALSO MOVE APPROXIMATELY A OF AN INCH. WHAT REALLY GOT ME WORRIED WAS SEEING THE FIREWALL FLEXING AND MOVING. THE MASTER CYLINDER BRACE WAS ALSO MOVING AROUND AS THE CLUTCH WAS BEING PRESSED. I WAS ABLE TO SEE BOTH BY HAVING THE WINDOW COWL OFF AND HOOD OPENED. AFTER THAT HAPPENED I WENT ONLINE AND SAW THAT OTHER 2008+ WRX OWNERS ARE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM AND THE DIAGNOSIS WAS FAILING/BROKEN FIREWALL SPOT WELDS. *TR

I AM THE ONLY OWNER OF A 2009 SUBARU IMPREZA WRX SEDAN. I NOTICED MY CLUTCH SQUEAKING ABOUT 10,000 MILES AGO. I BROUGHT IT INTO A SUBARU DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECK OUT AT THE TIME OF OCCURRENCE AND THEY TOLD ME NOTHING WAS WRONG. ABOUT 3000 MILES AGO, THE CLUTCH STARTED TO "CLICK" INSIDE THE VEHICLE. FOR MY 50,000 MILE SERVICE, I ASKED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO CHECK OUT THE NOISE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CAME BACK TO ME AND TOLD ME THAT MY FIREWALL HAS TORN. THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE AND THAT IT WAS A RESULT OF POOR SPOT WELDS ON THE FIREWALL DONE BY THE FACTORY. AS A RESULT, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID MY CLUTCH WILL NEED REPLACING BECAUSE THE TEAR IN THE FIREWALL HAS MESSED UP THE CLUTCH ALIGNMENT. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ALSO TOLD ME THAT I AM LUCKY I CAUGHT THIS PROBLEM EARLY BECAUSE IN A SIMILAR CASE THEY SAW IT DESTROYED THE TRANSMISSION OF A DIFFERENT WRX. CURRENTLY, SUBARU IS TRYING TO BRUSH THIS UNDER THE RUG OFFERING TO FIX THE FIREWALL FOR FREE BUT WANTS TO CHARGE ME $1000 TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH. I HAVE CALLED SUBARU OF AMERICA TO REPORT THE ISSUED AND TO SEE IF THEY WILL COVER THE REPAIR. SUBARU OF AMERICA SAID THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS BEING AN ISSUE WITH THEIR VEHICLES AND WILL INVESTIGATE THIS SPECIFIC CASE. I AM AN AVID SUBARU ENTHUSIAST AND HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF OTHER IMPREZA OWNERS FACING THE SAME ISSUE AS MINE. *TR

CLUTCH PEDAL STARTING SQUEAKING AND GEARS WOULD NOT SYNCH WELL DURING SHIFTING WHICH INDICATED THE CLUTCH WOULD NOT FULLY DISENGAGE. BROUGHT TO DEALER AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH PEDAL MOUNTING BRACKET HAS BROKEN FREE OF THE FIREWALL, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL AND CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE INOPERABLE. SUBARU WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIR AND THERE IS NO RECALL ON FILE. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE. *TR

CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR ANOTHER SERVICE WHEN THIS ISSUE WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. THE TECH SHOWED ME HOW THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY WOULD MOVE WHEN THE CLUTCH PEDAL WAS PRESSED, CAUSED BY THE WELDS ON THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY BREAKING AND BECOMING DISCONNECTED FROM THE FIREWALL. HE INFORMED ME THAT THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT HAD STARTED OCCURRING ON SEVERAL SAME MAKE AND MODEL CARS. THE ISSUE HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE, THERE IS AN AUDIBLE CLICK AND SQUEAK/CREAK WHEN PRESSING AND RELEASING THE CLUTCH PEDAL. *TR

THE CLUTCH PEDAL ON MY 2009 WRX MAKES A LOUD CREAKING NOISE EVERY TIME IT'S DEPRESSED. WHEN I INVESTIGATED THE NOISE, I NOTICED THAT THE ENTIRE CLUTCH PEDAL BRACKET ASSEMBLY (ATTACHED TO THE FORWARD FIREWALL) SHIFTS APPROX 1/4 INCH EVERY TIME THE CLUTCH PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. I FOUND THAT THE SPOT WELDS SECURING THE CLUTCH PEDAL BRACKET TO THE FORWARD FIREWALL SEEM TO BE BROKEN. THIS ALLOWS THE ENTIRE CLUTCH PEDAL BRACKET ASSEMBLY TO MOVE, CAUSING THE CREAKING NOISE. I AM AFRAID THAT IF THE PROBLEM GETS WORSE THE CLUTCH WILL FAIL TO DISENGAGE COMPLETELY. IF THE BRACKET COMPLETELY SEPARATES FROM THE FIREWALL, THE CLUTCH MAY BECOME COMPLETELY INOPERATIVE - ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHILE DRIVING. IT IS ESPECIALLY DISCONCERTING TO WATCH THE BRAKE PEDAL MOVE BACK AND FORTH WHEN THE CLUTCH PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. *TR

MY CLUTCH PEDAL HAS BEEN CREAKING HORRIBLY THE PAST 12 MONTHS. I'VE READ NUMEROUS PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT A FAULTY WELD ON THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY MOUNTING TO THE FIREWALL, BUT DIDN'T THINK IT COULD HAPPEN TO MY CAR. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME $1500 JUST TO PULL OUT THE TRANSMISSION AND LOOK AT THE CLUTCH WHEN IT'S OBVIOUS THE WELDS ARE FAULTY AND HAVE GONE BAD! I TOLD HIM THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE EXACT SAME ISSUE AND THAT SUBARU OF AMERICA WAS AWARE OF THE "KNOWN ISSUE" BUT NO DICE. THEY INSISTED ON A $1500 DIAGNOSTIC CHECK WHICH DIDN'T EVEN INCLUDE THE PRICE FOR AN ACTUAL FIX! SOA WASN'T MUCH HELP, THE SENT A TECH DOWN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MECHANIC HAD HIM CONVINCED THEY SHOULD PULL OUT THE TRANSMISSION BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE. MY BREAK PEDAL AND CLUTCH PEDAL BOTH MOVE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN BEFORE, ALMOST 2-3 INCHES. I'M AFRAID ONE DAY I'LL BE DRIVING AND I'LL FIND THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY LYING ON THE FLOOR IN MY CAR AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BRAKE. THIS IS REALLY POOR DESIGN AND I'M SURPRISED A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN. THERE IS A SERIOUS RISK OF SAFETY HERE AND SUBARU SHOULD BE TAKING INITIATIVE TO FIX THE PROBLEM BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE AND FOLKS START TOTALING CARS AND BRINGING RISK TO PEOPLE AROUND THEM. *TR

I HAVE BEEN HAVING A STRANGE NOISE COMING FROM MY CLUTCH EVERY TIME I WOULD GO TO SWITCH GEARS. I THEN CALLED SUBARU OF AMERICA AND FILED A CASE IN THERE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THEY THEN TOLD ME TO TAKE IT INTO A DEALER TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. AFTER TAKING MY SUBARU TO A LOCAL DEALER AND HAVING MY CAR LOOKED AT THE MECHANIC IN HIS SERVICE WRITE UP SAID "CLUTCH PEDAL ASSEMBLY LOOSE AND MOVING". I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE REASON FOR THIS ISSUE WAS BECAUSE THE WELDS HOLDING THE ASSEMBLY TO THE FIREWALL HAD BROKEN OFF AND NOW NEED TO BE RE-WELDED BACK TOGETHER SO THAT THEY WILL WORK AGAIN. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THEY DO NOT FEEL THAT IT IS THAT BIG OF A SAFETY ISSUE AND RELEASED ME WITH THE CAR TO GO BACK HOME IN. HOWEVER EVERY TIME THE PEDAL IS PRESSED THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY MOVES SIDE TO SIDE MAKING THE WELDS EVEN LESS STRONG. AFTER LOOKING THIS ISSUE UP ONLINE I NOTICED THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY OTHER PERSON THAT HAS HAD THIS ISSUE AND MANY FEEL LIKE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SUBARU IS FAILED TO LOOK INTO. *TR