Yeah - going with a remanufactued unit sounds like the best option and
I'll be working with Subaru and the local dealer.
On 5/29/2016 11:23 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I would avoid a used CVT. You could end up with another failure in short order.
Go to a Subaru dealer and bug the company for some help on this. If they refuse
look into lemon law relief. But I think you can get a new one through Subsru at
a discounted price.
Paul via phone
On May 29, 2016, at 11:11 AM, Mark C <[email protected]> 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
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