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79 messages, Last post on Dec 04, 2009 at 2:54 PM
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My wife ran out of gas in her 2007 B9 Tribeca. I put a few gallons in it to get it to a gas station, but it will not start. The engine will turn over, but will not start. Any ideas?
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Replying to: fadskier (Mar 08, 2008 4:37 pm) That's the first place to look. When you turn the key to the on position, do you hear the fuel pump priming the pressure? It should sound like a "whirrrr".
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Replying to: ateixeira (Mar 10, 2008 6:58 am) -mike Motorsports and Modifications Host
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Replying to: paisan (Mar 10, 2008 6:12 pm) Listen for the whirrrrr when you turn the key before you try to crank it, just to be sure the fuel pump is still working.
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Replying to: ateixeira (Mar 11, 2008 7:50 am) -mike Motorsports and Modifications Host |
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26,000 miles - Driving to work last Thursday morning, the check engine light started flashing on the freeway. I pulled off the free way with little power and the SUB stalled and then would not start. It had to be towed to the dealer where after further investigation, they said, "You have a major engine problem that we are not able to tell until we pull everything apart. The engine is knocking as if a Rod bearing is out, which in my years here I have never seen in this engine." They kindly arranged for a loaner car while they looked into it further. He further mentioned that only in times where the car was involved in a big accident did they need to repair the engine like this. Today - the call from the dealer is Subaru is ordering a new short block. To which I responded, "do we know what caused this?" Dealer - "We don't because Subaru wants us to ship the short block to them to inspect themselves and they don't want us breaking it down." I should be up and running on Friday this week or Monday of next week. Questions - Would anyone else be concerned about them replacing the short block and not the entire engine? Has anyone else heard of anything similar to this? If this is an anomaly - should I buy lotto tickets? Would you request SOA to warranty the 3/4 new engine beyond the 5 months 10k miles I have left on my warranty? Is this a reasonable resolution to the problem? Nick 
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Replying to: cadillac (Mar 31, 2008 7:15 pm) I agree this is rare. The H6 is very robust, in fact this is the first catastrophic failure of this type I've heard of on a Tribeca. FWIW, as long as they cover it under warranty, I'm happy to see that Subaru is actually taking the engine back for analysis, to determine a cause.
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Replying to: ateixeira (Apr 01, 2008 7:14 am) I have yet to get my Tribeca back. However, the good news is they know what caused the problem. It appears one of the valve springs broke. This wreaked havoc on the engine causing it to misfire and shut down in essence. They are still replacing the short block and as it turns out and a valve. Not sure if I heard them correctly, but they may have said the heads as well? Either way, because the car is still under the 5yr 60k miles powertrain, if anything goes wrong in the next two years, I would be covered. I have to figure this is good luck (bad luck) depending on how you look at it. I will say the dealership has been great to deal with. I have not had to call them once for an update. They beat me to the punch. Not the best to be without my car for almost two weeks, but it could be much worse if the dealership hadn't been as good as they have been so far. 
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Replying to: cadillac (Apr 09, 2008 7:29 pm) Going on almost three weeks. The dealership had to order valve pucks for the adjusting of the valves. They were measuring them today, hopeful the car will be ready on Wednesday.
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Back and running. Like getting a new car that is dirty in the cabin. All is well. Drives like it did when it was new. 
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