I've stayed out of this until now because others have answered questions
about the CVT transmission better than I can.
BUT ... just from personal experience, any warranty on the "reman"
transmission will expire before the transmission fails again. A good
clean "used" transmission from a wreck will probably last that long as
well.
An alternative not yet mentioned - if you have the mechanical skills -
get a $500 beater as temporary transportation, buy the Haynes manual and
rebuild the transmission yourself.
At least then you'd know the quality of the work that went into it.
On 5/29/2016 6:36 PM, Mark C wrote:
Just so I understand - you're saying get a used CVT, have someone go
into it and look for common faults and repair as needed before
installing. Right?
Interesting option - I might raise that with the shop that would install
a used unit. My thought now, though, would be to try to narrow the gap
between a used and a factory reman and the used CVT. The concerns that I
have with the approach you are suggesting would be that it would add to
the cost of a used unit and also could create warranty issues. Who would
offer a warranty on the CVT - the original parts seller or the person
who checks and repairs it? But this approach does address the worries
I'd have with a used unit.
On 5/29/2016 3:45 PM, mike wilson wrote:
Depends what you are going to do afterwards. From a quick readaround,
it seems
Subara has dropped the ball with its CVT and faults are pretty much
guaranteed.
Mostly, they are minor but require major surgery for rectification.
A cheap
replacement allows you to go inside and check, fix or pre-emptively
deal with
those and you can then install and wave bye-bye. Which is what I
would be
doing.
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