@callen1254
those subaru 2014-present no longer use jatco cvt so that a plus for you. buy dealer cvt fluid and pay a mech to drain and fill. next time do it every 30k miles
I am not an expert in this field but I really really really strongly think that 4k miles won't make much of a difference he is talking about cars with like 240k miles and the tranny going out.
By the way I would sell that before 100k miles bc if the CVT goes out (which it will), then it will cost 5-7k and that will be the value of the vehicle.
@kerem-umut-kerem
Yeah you're probably right, those extreme scenarios are what do the damage. I'm going to get the transmission fluid changed. Luckily, I'll have it paid off before it hits 80k maybe 85k miles and I plan on driving it into the ground well after that. In my experience, Subaru's non-cvt automatic trannies in the 99' Forester and 08' Outback and 18' BRZ were rock solid and they lasted/could've +150,000 miles. Flash to the present and the wife and I have a 2020 Outback and 2014 Crosstrek with CVTs and I've babied the Crosstrek since I've had it so, we'll see!
The new lineatronic cvt's are weaker. The engines in the modern subarus are better than the one's in the 90s and early 2000s but are still not the best. Those crosstrek's don't have horrible resale value when it has 120k or so miles you could probably sell it for 8-9k and that would be worth it I think or else it will have lot's of problems.
One of the only cures for "CVT whine" is changing the fluid.
So yes, change the fluid.
