Firstly, I would be wanting to know what went wrong with the original. It's not unknown for, for example, Ford powershifts to fail here due to lack of maintenance - even with a main dealer FSH. That would be a civil litigation issue.
WRT replacement, I would take the "clean room" story with a pinch of salt. You can clearly get two or even three used replacements for the cost of new/reman, so I would go with that. Try to find someone who knows the transmission to give it a lookover/service before installation. > On 29 May 2016 at 16:11 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. -- 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.
