Hi Mark,
I was just thinking about you and your Subaru CVT a few time in the past
week. (We are looking for a car right now.)
I am glad to hear that good news. I'd say that's probably an indicator of
Subaru being one of the better manufacturers (behavior-wise). (Even though
they should've admitted their problems much earlier.) And your local
dealership is also among the better once since they've covered 50% even
before this event.
Nissan gave us all sort of problems with our CVT (on Rogue) over the past
9 year, starting from the 1st year. And both, our dealership and the
corporate office were very bad to address these problems. They were
refusing to admit the problems despite the symptoms, until the
transmission failed completely. And for the 2nd time, they were delaying
admitting the problem it until the mileage was beyond the limit.
After almost 20 years of owning Nissans (not exclusively), I am too
afraid to buy any Nissan at this point: all models I would be potentially
interested in have CVTs, and Nissan CVTs are plagued with problems, and
Nissan is bad addressing them.
Speaking of "impressive" warranties (mentioned by Alan), - I've
just learned that the "best industry warranty" advertised by Hyundai is to
a large extent a gimmick: Only the 1st owner is eligible for the
10 yrs/100k miles (powertrain) warranty, for the subsequent owners it is
5yrs/60K.
(Additionally, there is practically no "bumper-to-bumper", large
portion of the coverage of the "limited" warranty ends within the 1st
year.)
Kia's "industry-best" warranty is a similar gimmick.
Anyway, - I am glad Mark for you. Despite the headache, at least you
didn't suffer as much of the financial hit...
And the most intriguing question (for this list):
Are you going to buy some new lens with the unexpected ~$4K?
;-)
Igor
Mark C Sat, 15 Jul 2017 20:46:26 -0700 wrote:
Just over a year ago I posted about the failure of my Subaru CVT
transmission, and appreciated the advice I got here.
Yesterday I received a notice from Subaru that they have retroactively
extended the warranty on the CVT's to 10 years / 100K. The letter included
a claim form to get reimbursement for out of pocket repair costs for those
of us who had their CVT fail. Subaru picked up 50% of the cost to replace
my transmission but I was still out of pocket about $4000 - good on Subaru
to step and cover this problem.
Mark
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