Hi guys, I really hope that there will be some WRX experts out there, because I need help. I bot MY03 WRX which done 11,000km. First 5,000 it was demonstration car at Subaru Dealership and then 6,000km previous owner had it.. When I bot the car it had rattling sound in the engine, so I took the car to Subaru Dealership for Warranty Job (it was something bearings problem). After almost 3 weeks of looking at my car Dealership told me that the car was very heavy driven and they won't cover repair under Warranty, which came to around $8,500AUS. When I've asked them how did they know it was driven hard, they said: " the clutch is at the level that they see around 30,000km to 40,000km. That means the car was very hard driven and from that any Warranty is voided."
Interesting enough when yesterday I've spoken to Subaru Australia the girl had to speak to the person who pulled my car a part and he told her that the car wasn't run properly so it's not covered under Warranty. I'm sure that Docklands will deny it. I also spoke to the previous car owner. 50 Year old man who is driving Mercedes. When I've asked him why he sold it, he said it just didn't suite his life style and he made a mistake by rushing in to WRx (or sales person was too persistent to sell Demonstration car). He said he pushed accelerator every now and again, but not to a stupid level (plus there is a RPM cut of limiter) . I've asked him if he knew about the problem, he said he had no idea. Well I didn't either, before I checked the car. The car was driving fine and I couldn't hear any sound at all. And it only when I took it to Glen Waverly I realized how bad the situation was.
My question is. Is it possible to tell by looking at my clutch that the car Warranty is void, because it was driven very hard.
Please. Any help will be appreciated.