Hi Igor -
I'm certainly happy with Subaru's decision to extend the warranty on
their CVT's and to provide retroactive compensation. I don't expect to
be using the money for a new lens. I'm pretty happy with the lenses I
have - turns out that hanging onto good full frame glass was not a
mistake The only lens that I am tempted to replace is the FA 20-35 f4,
but I can't get a good handle on its performance on the K1. Sometimes it
shines, sometimes it's a dud. It's clearly better (marginally) on film
than on the K1 in terms of edge and corner sharpness. It also seems to
be better at the long end than at 20mm. I recently fine-tuned the AF -
and it needed about 5 steps of correction IIRC - so I'm hoping that
helps. But I seldom shoot wider than 28mm so I don't feel too motivated
to upgrade to the DFA 15-30.
I suspect that the reimbursement from Subaru will go into the VW repair
fund. My wife's 2009 Tiguan seems to develop a $500 - $1000 problem
every 10K or so. In the past year and a half we've replaced the timing
chain, PCV system, rear main seal (blew out when the PCV system failed)
and water pump. Last Thursday the dealership told me that both rear
springs are broken - I need to get that checked out by an independent
mechanic. Seems odd that both springs would break at the same time and
that the car would still ride just fine.
Good luck with your car search. CVT's are a fact o life these days but
they seem to be prone to funky and fatal errors. I would do serious
research on any CVT vehicle.
Mark
Igor PDML-StR wrote:
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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