What the heck? $11k? A new outback is list price 25K. The transmission is half that? Dang. I'm glad I buy cars with manual transmissions.
On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 10:11 AM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote: > While just driving along the highway Thursday my 2011 Subaru Outback made > some odd noises and suddenly lit up what looked like every warning light on > the control panel. I pulled over and wound up getting it towed to the > nearest dealership. On Friday they gave me the bad news - at just 78,000 > miles the CVT transmission was shot. Needs a complete replacement. > > The shop that has the car quoted me $11,000 to replace the CVT with a new > unit and just under $10,000 for a factory re-manufactured one. My local shop > quoted me $7,700 for a Subaru remanufactured CVT. It might be more since I > don't know if that includes the 6% sale tax on CVT itself. A local > independent shop gave me a rough estimate of $4,400 for a used > one,installed. All of the places figure about $1000 labor, everything else > is the cost of parts plus sales tax on the parts. > > The only firm estimates I have are the ones from the first place. I got the > news from them at 3 PM Friday, before the holiday weekend. The local places > are quoting typical rates, they have not even seen the car yet to give me a > firm estimate. I don't know the warranty on the used transmission at this > point either, just that it has 25K on it. > > I do have a call into Subaru customer service and they have agreed to do a > review of this under their goodwill program, so maybe there will be some > relief there, but the car is out of warranty and no extended coverage. > > My concern with a used CVT, though, is that they seem to be pretty complex > and high tech devices. I have heard that they are actually built in clean > rooms. So I'm wondering if pulling one off a wreck would be a good idea. > > Any reason NOT to do a used CVT? Thoughts would be appreciated. My first > task is getting the car towed back here next week. > > Mark > > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
