Turbo Covered Under Powertrain Warranty or Not?

After reading the warranty booklet supplied with my GT, I realized that the list of components covered under the 5 year 60K mile powertrain warranty DID NOT include the turbocharger or its related components. I recieved a call today from a SOA area rep who agreed that as presented in the booklet, the drivetrain warranty did not include the turbocharger. He went on to state that IT IS COVERED under the 5 year / 60K mile powertrain warranty and that he will suggest that new printings of the booklet spell things out more clearly. He further agreed to send me a letter from SOA which will state that the turbocharger is part the drivetrain for warranty purposes. We talked about the fact that the turbo may be covered under extended federal or state emissions warranties, but he agrred that the turbo is seperately warranted for 5/60. Note to those owners with California cars. The extended California emissions warranty is good only if the car is REGISTERED IN CALIFORNIA. If you take a California car to Nevada and register it there, don't expect the California emission warranty to be valid. I'm waiting for my letter! :D

A lot of states have adopted the Cali emissions laws, i.e. MA

Although there are four states that have adopted California's emissions standards, they may have different emission warranty regulations. I'm sure they are spelled out in the warranty booklet.

In my booklet it shows the turbo as part of the Powertrain 5 year/60,000 mile warranty. This was important to me as I don't need to be paying for costly turbo repairs if something ever happened.

That's interesting as my booklet ANd the one the SOA rep was reading from didn't list the turbo as part of the drivetrain warranty. Could you scan that page of your booklet and post it?

turbo is NOT covered according to my booklet past the 3yr /30k Turbo is covered for 5 years under the EMISSIONS warranty

That's 3 yrs / 36K. I'm waiting for my letter from SOA. Hey 05LegacyGT330Ci, How about that scan? I'm really interested to see your warranty booklet listing the turbo as part of the powertrain warranty. I'm sure your read it, since you don't need to be paying for costly turbo repairs if something happened.

I found this on the Subaru website under the warranty information area. [QUOTE] [b]Powertrain Limited Warranty[/b] Powertrain coverage for all models is five years or 60,000 miles, whichever comes first. It covers the major powertrain components listed below:* Engine block and all internal parts Cylinder heads and valve train Oil pump, oil pan Timing belts or gears and covers Water pump Flywheel Intake manifolds Oil seals and gaskets [color=red][b]Turbocharger Assembly [/b][/color]Transaxle case and internal parts Transaxle seals and gaskets Axle shafts and constant velocity joints (except boots)** Torque converter Electronic transmission control unit Propeller shaft Wheel bearings *See your Subaru Dealer for complete details. *Some restrictions apply. For complete 2005 Subaru Warranty information contact your local Subaru dealer. Locate your local dealer by going to the upper right corner of subaru.com and input your city, state or zip code. **Axle shaft and/or CVJ damage due to broken, torn, split or damaged boots, allowing the intrusion of road abrasive material, is not covered under warranty. [/QUOTE] HTH

[quote name='STG']That's 3 yrs / 36K. I'm waiting for my letter from SOA. Hey 05LegacyGT330Ci, How about that scan? I'm really interested to see your warranty booklet listing the turbo as part of the powertrain warranty. I'm sure your read it, since you don't need to be paying for costly turbo repairs if something happened.[/QUOTE] What was posted by endeavor is what my book says, I don't have a camera or scanner so I can't possibly get the page up. EDIT: I just went outside to get some stuff and brought my books in and I can't seem to find where it said 5/60,000 but I know I saw it maybe I was seeing thigns after an entire day sitting in my car for many hours reading all the books. If I was wrong I'm sorry it was just a mistake.

I'll scan my warranty booklet later tonight. Interesting how it evidently shows up on Subaru's website.

Not sure how long it has been on their site but it was on there when I looked.

Here's what my Warranty Booklet says. I really want to see 05LegacyGT330Ci's Warranty Booklet. To paraphrase a line from The Treasure of the Sierra Mardre, "Turbo warranty, you don't don't got no stinkin' turbo warranty!"

 

At least not under the powertrain warranty!

Like I said I can't find it and I may have made a simple mistake. You can either except that or keep fighting an issue I acknowledged twice now I may have made a mistake. EDIT: It is still however on the webstie listed under 5/60 [url]http://www.subaru.com/owners/care/warranty/middle.jsp?pageID=2005[/url]

Sorry about my tone, I just wanted to know if there's a booklet out there with turbocharger assembly listed. Yes, I saw the website - and the turbocharger listed.

Then this is a serious oversight by subaru. I would imagine that the documentation that comes with the car (ie the booklet) would be the default position.. but stating somthing different in your online literature (the 1st thing people read when deciding) is a bad thing. I specifically got the extended warrenty to cover the turbo for the life of my payments.. its a wasted effort if its not needed. Then again... the pack of papers I got w/ my car included a bridgestone manual for the tires.. stating I should rotate front to back / left to right. The subaru manual itself states that you should ONLY rotate front to back.. and keep the tires on the same side.

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sooo.. the 'turbocharger assembly' is basically the turbocharger.. and is covered for 5 years according to subaru? What *wouldn't* be covered engine wise in the 5 year? (besides wear items)