Subaru Forester transmission failure?

Asked by JoeKope Jul 02, 2019 at 07:43 AM about the 2015 Subaru Forester 2.5i Limited

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My Forester was/is running fine but the transmission light came on on a long
road trip. The manual says to stop, we did, and the light went off. I stopped at
a garage, they put it on a rack and said it was “full”, but smelt ‘burned’?
I drove another 150 miles and the light came on again. Now my home garage
is saying I’ll need a new transmission,(according to the diagnostic test)?
Quote was $5000.  Any suggestions?  

1 Answer

Hit up Subaru for a new transmission. They extended the CVT warranty out to 100,000 miles.

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