NHTSA Complaint #11271611 — 2015 SUBARU FORESTER

WHILE DRIVING NORMAL SPEEDS, THE CAR'S CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I SCANNED THE CODE, THE CAR IS GETTING A P0016 CODE, AND THE CAR HAS A ROUGH IDLE. THE WILSONVILLE SUBARU DEALER HAS SAID THAT A NEW ECM AND CAM SPROCKET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER FOR THIS ISSUE TO BE FIXED. THE ISSUE SEEMS TO BE A FACTORY DEFECT WITH THE CAM SPROCKET, "COMING APART" AND CAUSING THE ENGINE TO LOSE TIMING. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE PEOPLE ARE HAVING ONLINE WITH THIS ENGINE AS WELL. ANAD, APPARENTLY THE ISSUE WILL COME BACK IF THE ECM ISN'T REPLACED AS THE ECM "HARD CODES" THE ERROR IN THE COMPUTER AND IT WONT GO AWAY UNLESS REPLACED. MAKING THE ISSUE UNRESOLVABLE OUTSIDE OF DRIVETRAIN WARRANTY WITHOUT SUBARU'S ASSISTANCE. SUBARU IS REFUSING TO DO THE REPAIRS.