NHTSA Complaint #11144668 — 2013 SUBARU WRX

CLUTCH RELEASE BEARING (AKA THROW OUT BEARING) IN THE VEHICLE PREMATURELY WEARS OFF, RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING. MY WRX MADE SQUEAKY NOISE IN THE COLD MORNING, BUT DISAPPEARS IN AFTERNOON. IT JUST COMES AND GOES, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST NOISE AT FIRST. FEW DAYS LATER, I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, AND AS SOON AS I STEPPED ON MY CLUTCH, I FELT SOME GRINDING NOISE, AND WHITE SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT FROM MY FRONT HOOD. MY CLUTCH WAS NOT ENGAGING ANYMORE AND I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO CRUISE AND PULL THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. MY TECHNICIAN SAID THE THROW OUT BEARING MAY SLIPPED OUT, CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. SUBARU RELEASED NEW DESIGN FOR THEIR BEARING AND THERE IS A TSB FOR 2015-2017 SUBARU WRX, BUT NOT FOR 2011-2014, WHICH SHOULD BE FIXED TOO! HTTP://WWW.SUBISPEED.COM/INSTRUCTIONS/TSB-CLUTCH-RELEASE-BEARING.PDF THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT "THROW OUT BEARING" ON ONLINE FORUMS FOR SAME MODEL YEARS. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES WITH THE SAME ISSUE IN US ROADS...