Advice - Rust / Corrosion Warranty

[peacher]

Hi,

Just looking for a bit of advice regarding the Subaru Corrosion Warranty and some rust I have found. Was putting some stuff in the boot of my 05 WRX yesterday and noticed that there is a small amount of rust/bubbling coming through on the bottom right hand side of the tailgate. Had a quick flick through the warranty book and noticed that Subaru advertise a 12 year Anti Corrosion and just wondered if I could possibly claim on this or if anyone has successfully done it?

There are no stone chips on the boot (as you would expect) and as far as I am aware the car has never been in accident. The corrosion appears to bubbling from the inside out and the car has always been serviced at Ian Grieves apart from the 40,000 mile service which was done at Hypertech. Not sure if that affects the corrosion warranty or not or even if I may be entitled to claim but would have thought a 5 year old car shouldn't be rusting? Just thought I would canvas opinion here before sucking it up and potentially getting a bodyshop to deal with it.

Cheers,

Peter

[scooby222]

as its always been serviced by grieves id approach them, technically it should only apply if the additional bodywork services have been paid for.

however id like to think that there would be an element of goodwill on a 5 year old car....

[sti pretender]

The anti-corrosion warranty is only valid if you have had the body warranty checks done and they were about £150 a time. Think they have to be done every 2 years.

Look for the book to be stamped for this.

[Jon B]

The anti-corrosion warranty is only valid if you have had the body warranty checks done and they were about £150 a time. Think they have to be done every 2 years.

Look for the book to be stamped for this.

most manufacturers have a part in the service book thats gotta be stamped up for corrosion inspections..... unfortunately if not then most won't be interested...