Does any one know the term of the subaru headgasket warranty? my buddy has a 2001 (purchased 8/22/01) that has 96,037 miles on it and its headgasket just blew. Wondering if its still under warranty.

100K or 10 years ... IF you can document the Subaru coolant additive was put in by a dealer. Not sure but maybe at each coolant change also.

 

With it being that close to 100K I would get to a dealer ASAP for conformation and documentation by the service department.

seems to me there's 4,000 miles and a few months of warranty left, contact local subaru dealer immediately.

Go to subaru ASAP.

 

be NICE to these people, they stand between you and 1500.00 . Tell them that you named your dog Baha, Your sons name is Justy, and you were hoping to pass this car down to your kids, and replace it with a new subaru some day.

 

If the dealer balks contact subaru directly.

 

nipper

Does the warranty extend to a second owner? I think he's the second owner. He has all the service documents from when the car was new.

Yes the SOA warranty will extend to a second owner, BUT you'll be lucky if you get SOA to cover anything at this point. My 2002 was a few months past the 8 yr mark (NOT 10 yrs) while under the 100k mark and it was nearly impossible to get them to pay half. Dealer could not do much, so I talked to SOA directly, and made every effort to be nice but they were combative from the start of the conversation. Like, how dare I ask them to pay for anything when this is three months out of warranty. They ended up agreeing to pay half but only because in the 6 years my inlaws owned it they put in at least $4000 worth of maintenance at the dealer...aka, every interval was done + some more, AND the dealer noted that the headgaskets were "severely weeping" at 80,000mi two years prior.

 

Good luck.

Edited January 30, 201016 yr by StructEngineer

Your the first one i have heard to have difficulty with subaru, usually you can get them to pay for some of it. Maybe it just depends upon who you get on the phone.

 

 

nipper

If I end up doing the headgaskets do you also replace the headbolts? The parts guy at the dealership said they dont replace them.

If I end up doing the headgaskets do you also replace the headbolts? The parts guy at the dealership said they dont replace them.

 

correct

If I end up doing the headgaskets do you also replace the headbolts? The parts guy at the dealership said they dont replace them.

 

 

Yup, you do not replace them.