The other day, my wife came home worried because her car was laying a huge plume of smoke in its wake. I tried to check the oil, and seeing barely any (and seeing a bunch of it on the ground under the car) got her immediately to a local repair shop. They confirmed that the crankshaft seal had given out (and the car was THIS CLOSE to being out of oil...) This shop wants $500 to repair the seal, replace the timing belt, replace the oil pump (or at least the seals on the oil pump) etc. That's about what the Subaru dealer quotes as well.
OK, now here are the questions:
1) I have been told by some people that a repair to the crankshaft seal would be considered part of the drivetrain, and covered by the drivetrain warranty? Is that true?2) Car is 5 years and 1.5 weeks old, very low mileage (about