Two problems related to paint have been reported for the 2005 Subaru Impreza. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Subaru Impreza based on all problems reported for the 2005 Impreza.
I have a 2005 wrx sti, and the paint has been chipping off!!! I store my car privately, it only has 18,000 miles on it, and the paint gets chipped off by anything and everything. I wax the car monthly and get it detailed quarterly. What kind of paint chips that fast? I have other friends with Subarus and they have the same problem. Thanks for the 32,000 dollar lemon.
I bought an 05 wrx in the end of August. 2 weeks and less than 500 miles later there was a quarter sized spot on the driver side door where the paint had come off down to the metal. I noticed the spot immediately after washing my car. After speaking with the dealer I contacted Subaru and they told me it was environmental damage and they would not cover it. For the past 5 weeks I have been contacting Subaru and they have agreed to repaint only the affected body panels. However, since the initial spot there have been several other spots all over the car. I am currently trying to get them to repaint the entire car, although I would rather not have a 7 week old car completely repainted.
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