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On Feb 1, 2013, at 2:40 PM, Subaru of America, Inc. wrote:
Hello Lorraine,
Please reply to this email to let me know if your husband took the vehicle to Colonial Subaru on Monday.
Thank you,
They will not fix the transmission stay away don;t buy this car it is a nightmare!!!
Subaru.....WAKE UP!
The dealer already changed the Torque Converter but the problem is still there.
If several people is having the same problem we might have this guys to doing something real to fix the issue.
The car is falling apart daily. I bought this car with 7 miles on it.
Here are the issues.
Almost immediately the transmission while shifting into first gear would bang into gear. I would bang so hard that my wife and I though we might have gotten rear ended. They relearned the transmission which lessened the banging but created other issues. The car now gets 5 MPG less than when we bought it. It is winter here and the cooling fan for the motor comes on in 30 degree weather after only 10 min of drive time. The engine is running louder and when the car is at a red light it often just lurches forward for no reason. I talked with a friend who is a mechanic and he explained to me what they did. He said they changed the engine control unit to shift differently. He said by doing that it simulates like the car is towing something. This causes the car to run hot. We have had the car lurching forward at a red light and when trying to parking. We have the lurching, the louder engine noise, and the poor gas mileage. The weather strip is falling off over the driver's side rear seat passenger. The front end makes a banging noise when the wheel is turned fully to the right. The left is fine.
If you put it in Neutral or Park the whining goes away, if you accelerate the whining also goes away. Also somewhat jerky between shifts 1-2 and 2-3 and taking long to shift.
I verified his trans oil level and it was full but it was BLACK like Diesel Engine Oil after 20,000km. I ordered 14L of the required ATF, drained the oil and filled with 3L of new ATF, ran for a few min and went through all the gears. Drained oil again and refilled with 3L, same procedure.
I did the drain/refill 3 times. I then drain the oil again, removed the pan, cleaned out the pan and the filter screen, cleaned all the insides, re-installed the oil pan and put in 5L of new ATF, the color is now slightly darker than cherry red on the dipstick.
The transmission shifts VERY smooth now and not jerking at all but still have the whining noise. I'm assuming it's the torque convertor or transmission oil pump. Anyone else experience the whining?