2013 Subaru Legacy: CVT failure

Filed Jan 13, 2022 · Transmission · 117,000 miles · NJ

The contact owns a 2013 Subaru Legacy. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 35 MPH, there was an abnormal noise coming from the transmission. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the technician informed the contact that the failure was the transmission. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the CVT transmission needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 117,000.

Filed Aug 4, 2021 · Transmission · FL

When driving on interstate, all at once, dashboard lit up with lights, one of the lights being the check engine light. Towed car to dealership and found there was a problem in the CVT valve body which was replaced. I think this should be a recall because it's dangerous to be driving down an interstate with dashboard lit up. Have no idea what would have happened to engine or other parts of car if I wasn't able to get off highway in time.

Filed Aug 6, 2020 · Transmission · 150,000 miles · PA

There was a horrible whining that started very quiet on and off in 2017 and became louder this year. We drove into a city intersection to turn, and the car stalled. We were lucky that we didn't get hit by another car. We took it to the dealership as we do all recommended maintenance and something was really wrong to make it stall like that. The dealership said that it is a CVT transmission, and they are known to have this problem. Told us to call subaru. There was an extended warranty offered in 2018, but we never were notified of that and are the original owner. If we had the notification we would have had this fixed as it occasionally made the noise but it did not repeat when at our service center. We would have had the dealer check it if we knew about the problem and warranty. I expected a subaru to last longer than this before needing an $9,000 repair. Called subaru and they offered me $1,000 toward a new subaru. I paid $36,000 for this car. I don't think $1,000 off one now is going to help me very much for a known problem with this transmission that put us in a very dangerous situation.

Filed Jul 28, 2020 · Transmission · 145,000 miles · OR

While traveling on a busy interstate. My car suddenly jerked as if I had put into neutral. I was traveling approximately 65 MPH. Nearly causing an accident trying to get off the highway. It would not engage in manual or automatic mode. After having it towed to a mechanics shop, it was discovered that the CVT transmission had failed, without warning. This could have resulted in a very serious accident if I would not have been able to get to the shoulder of the road.

Filed Feb 8, 2015 · Engine · 32,000 miles · MI

The vehicle has a CVT transmission. While driving the vehicle when the speed has stabilized above 40 MPH the engine RPM runs at 1750 -1800. Mileage was in the area of 37-40 mpg. I noticed mileage dropping and the engine RPM was settling about 2000-2100. After some research I found out the the only way I could get the RPM to drop into the normal range was to turn off the heater fan or turn the temp to the coldest setting and the RPM would drop from the 2000 range to normal about 1750. There was no other way to make the RPM drop to this range. Contact subaru and they advised this was normal. I asked the contact person if this was your vehicle would you consider this normal. She said no. So I have been pursing this through subaru with no results. Its dangerous to have to shift the vehicle with the heater controls. I need help in this matter.