2017 Subaru Outback Transmission Failure

[Sir Henry]

My transmission is beginning to slip and make funny noises. I’m currently sitting in the Wausau Subaru dealer waiting for the diagnosis. It’s only got 42K miles on it but is beyond the five year warranty. The good news is Subaru extended the warranty to ten years as a good will gesture.

I’ll know more in a few hours if mine will be covered.

[BigAl52]

Good Luck. Wifes son has had issues with his transmission in their Outback which is a 2015. It went out at 80K and they replaced it with a used one which is all they could find at the time. Now it is leaking transmission oil and is back in the shop again

[Sir Henry]

Subaru is picking up the bill for a new and improved transmission. Since it was a factory authorized repair I got a free loaner too. The mechanic knew what was wrong when I turned the wheel sharp to exit the parking lot on the test drive.

I thought I might get a hassle with the tow hitch and 7-pin electric hookup complete with braking. I’m guessing 35K of the 42K miles was pulled my teardrop. It was my dedicated tow vehicle. The Transit is now the TV.

[markiver54]

I was thinking that the teardrop might have something to do with it.

[Sir Henry]

I was thinking that the teardrop might have something to do with it.

Yep. I was just reading the cost of the new transmission is $8,600! The labor is 24 man hours. Glad it’s covered.

Also I need to have it serviced every 30K miles to eliminate any future problems. The current service recommendation is every 60K. It’s far cheaper to pay $200 every 30K than $8,600 every 80K which is about the average life of the older design. With regular service the new design should go 250 to 300K.

[BigAl52]

Glad they are helping you out with the transmission. Ive owned 3 Subarus and I think they are a good car and a good company

[Sir Henry]

Glad they are helping you out with the transmission. Ive owned 3 Subarus and I think they are a good car and a good company

This is the first one I’ve owned but had a company car that was a Subaru in the mid 90’s.

[Sir Henry]

I picked up my Outback an hour ago. It’s good to have a boxer six under the hood instead of the four banger the loaner had.

The transmission is running smoothly and no noises. All this ran me exactly zero dollars even thought it was six months past the warranty.

[BigAl52]

Put a turbo on that 4 cylinder and it will make you pay attention

[Sir Henry]

Put a turbo on that 4 cylinder and it will make you pay attention

The four had lots of power but it came at a higher rpm and made more noise. At 60 mph the four ran at about 1,800 rpm and the six ran about 1,200 rpm. The four turbo in the STI actually has more ponies.

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I thought the six was a lot faster off the line and didn’t have to work as hard to do it.