NHTSA Complaint #11206644 — 2013 SUBARU IMPREZA

WHEN I LISTED MY VIN NUMBER MY CAR DID NOT SHOW UP AS BEING RECALLED FOR THE SUBARU VALVE SPRING RECALL. MY FIVE DOOR IMPREZA HAS A BUILD DATE OF 06-2013. THE RECALL GOES THRU JUNE 13 OF 2013. NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V772000 I DON'T KNOW THE DAY MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DETERMINE THE DAY. HOWEVER I DO KNOW MINE WAS EQUIPPED WITH THE WEAK SPRINGS. WHILE MY CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY I HAD A VALVE SPRING BREAK WHILE DRIVEN AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH ON THE HWY ALLOWING THE VALVE TO TRAVEL INTO THE CYLINDER. THIS DESTROYED ONE HEAD AND THE PISTON. ALSO SCRATCHING THE CYLINDER WALL. THIS REQUIRED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SHORT BLOCK ASSEMBLY AND ONE HEAD. NOW I STILL HAVE ONE ORIGINAL HEAD AND ONE REPLACEMENT HEAD THAT I DON'T KNOW THE BUILD DATE ON. I THINK THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO COVER CARS BUILT LATER THAN JUNE 13 2013.