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Hello Scotty. I have a 2015 Subaru Outback 2.5 1st owner with 64k. I read the CVT are made by jatco, this true?
since subaru gives only 100k warranty on them and  didn't recall them, if at 101k miles CVT dies, it does cost $8000 TO fix. thinking of  selling it and buying a 2021 highlander since I dont wanna be stuck with a 8k dollar bill. what you think? thanks.  

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Supposedly their cvts are much better. I still think it is a better idea to get rid of it and get the toyota. 


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Subaru (owned by Fuji Heavy Industries) makes their own CVTs in-house, not Jatco.  See below:  scroll down to ‘In-house production at Fuji Heavy Industries’.  Now the former Subaru conventional automatics were based on Jatco designs.

https://www.marklines.com/en/report_all/wsw0012_201408#report_area_1

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Subaru_transmissions

That being said, your Outback is included in the years for the CVT warranty extension to 10 year/100,000 miles.  The newer CVTs are supposedly better (and the Outback had issues up , but yours being a 2015 I would be leary to own it past 100,000 miles, especially if you plan to keep it for 200,000+ miles.  It’s worth looking to see how much you can get for it at the least.

https://www.ncconsumer.org/news-articles/subaru-issues-extended-transmission-warranty-program-for-certain-vehicles.html

https://www.cashcarsbuyer.com/subaru-cvt-transmission-problems/#om

Another thing, too, is these CVT units are sealed with lifetime fluid and if you change the fluid within the warranty period it can result in a warranty claim denial, but I think that’s nonsense, because these transmissions should have their fluids changed every 30,000 miles to last longer.


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Subaru makes its own CVT but similar to other manufacturers, the CVT is weaker compared to other transmissions. Change the transmission fluid every 30-40k miles to make it last if you want to keep the car. 


And don’t tow with it.


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