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Scotty (or anyone) what are your thoughts on a 2014 Subaru Forester 2.5i CVT with 58,000 miles? Just bought it last week and haven’t had any problems yet. I know Scotty’s not a big fan of Subaru but I know many owners of them that got well over 200k out of theirs


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As I recall the oil burning problem in those cars was caused several years ago by a supplier providing defective piston rings, and I think 2014 was just around the time this happened. (I could look it up but I'm too lazy.) I know several owners of late-model Subarus and none have experienced oil burning or head gasket problems. Of course we're talking about cars no older than five or six years, maybe when they get really old...

The CVT uses a steel belt, by the way. Newer ones seem to be pretty solid but I sure would not count on them lasting 15-20 years and 200,000-300,000 miles or more the way a good conventional automatic can. They'd probably last longer with regular fluid changes but Subaru owners have reported running into a brick wall with dealers refusing to do it; some saying that the CVT is a "sealed unit" not to be serviced, others saying "not until 100,000 miles".

I've never owned a vehicle that Scotty would really approve of; never owned a Toyota, Honda, or Mazda, but I've managed to get excellent service nonetheless. 😯 


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The CVT is the weakest link here. There is a rubber belt inside the transmission that will wear with age. Sometimes you get lucky and they last 200k miles but CVTs are notorious for giving out around 120 to 140k miles


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Suby's and CVT's... pretty sure most mechs here would run.  My wife had one (yea, she wins arguments...) and I had to put head gaskets on it and deal with cat codes from burning oil.  This oil burning it the biggest inherent weakness of the Suby boxer engine imo.  I'm a (stupid?) believer that simply insuring the Suby is parked on level ground reduces the oil burn because less oil will weep past the rings that stays on the cylinder walls after it is turned off (can go back in crankcase instead).

With all that said, I do believe there are use/need cases where it would be a very good vehicle, cold snowy climates being one if the person needs and suv.


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I agree with @HillBilly.

There are cases where they are actually good vehicle. 

Here in Hokkaido where it snows a lot are definetely popular and Subaru would be probably my best pick too if I lived there (but I am old school, I like manual).

I have a friend who bought a 2013 Subaru 3 years ago and never had a problem (but mileage here is much less than US)

In any case, you just bought the vehicle so take good care of it now!


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