Boofhead

Well at least I avoid the turbo issue as this is NA (I went and bought it), it has 72,000kmn on it (44,000 miles) and was only 10k NZD or 6500 USD, which is a good deal here. The city I live in has a lot of stop start traffic, and one issue that has occurred twice now, 1. I come to a stop with the auto stop turned on, the car stops. 2. When I go to take off again the car won't start, every light on the dash lights up. 3. I have to put the car back into park and restart the engine manually. The car has a 6 month warranty from the dealer, but I would like to know someone else's opinion on what this issue could be before I take it to them and are confronted with their fluff justification. Regarding for oil in the radiator, how often should be checking for this issue ? Thanks

Hi, From my research I've noticed the pre 2012 models had the EJ25 and resulted in head gasket, timing belt, water pump issues. so I specifically looked for a 2012 as it had the FB25. Took a test drive of a Japanese import 2012. Car was great, paper work is all in order and more than happy to join the subie club just one question. When I popped the hood, I noticed it had a timing belt and not a timing chain, however the build plate on the passenger B pillar said FB25. I have done some more research and found replacement engines out of japanese imports online that seem to have the engine code FB25A which have timing belts not chains. I have not been able to find any information on an FB25A only the FB25B, and everything on the FB25B states it has a timing chain. So I'm confused, was the FB25A used in japanese models with a timing belt before they exported later models as the FB25B with a timing chain ? If so does this mean the FB25A does not rectify the earlier issues of the EJ25 ? Thanks