I was driving to a thanksgiving gathering, when all of a sudden the car julted. It was very odd felt almost like a pin was put in the transmission forcing the tires to stop spining. But was very brief. After another 0.5 miles of driving on the freeway at 70mph it happened again but continuously with loud grinding and crunchy noises. After puling over the car was smoking. The transmission was extremely hot. No lights warning lights came on. Got a tow truck and it struggled to pull the car on to the trailer bed. And while it was rolling on you could still hear the grinding noises. We had 4 people in the car 2 small 5ft 2in women and 2 makes winning 180 lbs. We had food and duffle bags in the trunk and it was 40 degrees fahrenheit outside we were 1 hour into the trip and on flare roads
2016 Subaru Impreza transmission complaints
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Cvt will not shift in cold weather. I took to the dealer 3 times and they said nothing wrong. I have a video of the tach reaching 2600 RPM's at 30 miles to 55 MPH and CVT was stuck in 3rd gear, would not shift. I say this is a safety problem, not normal for this or any car. Gas mileage is bad, engine wear is bad and not safe on highway. This happened )1/3/18, 1/6/18 and 1/8/18.
The 2016 subaru impreza started to go forward when the shift knob was in the reverse position. This happened 3 times in a row and on the third time the car was accelerating causing the driver to brake hard in essence "fighting" the transmission. After the car was turned off, tried again, made it home. It was a rainy day. Made appt. With dealer. Afraid to drive it!
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