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Originally Posted by Slickcraft
My wife had a 2010 Forester, her 3rd and last Subaru. The engine is an "interference design" which means that if the timing belt breaks while at speed, the pistons will smash against valves. Major engine rebuild. So I would not wait 'till the 100K + range.
She did have a major engine rebuild at 90K miles when the head gaskets started to leak. So the timing belt was done at the same time. All required the engine to be removed for rebuild. Not easy with a Subaru. Our mechanic said that Subaru s of that vintage with 90K miles either have had the head gaskets replaced or will need it soon.
About 2 thousands miles later the drive shaft central bearing went south, requiring a complete drive shaft replacement. By by Subaru.
So now she is driving a Toyota RAV4. Happy now.
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Maybe the Subaru of today is better.
Have 3 folks that owned Subaru and as they aged multiple expensive issues - all three.
Subaru has had to extend the warranty on the CVT automatic transmissions
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Toyota in its wisdom has kept the traditional automatic transmission in the RAV4. (not the hybrid)
Toyota does use the CVT in some vehicles though.
Nissan - on the other hand has switched to all CVT on it's cars and SUV's. Previous models of the Nissan CVT has had serious CVT transmission failures. And many unsatisfied customers paying for multiple replacements of the earlier CVT automatic transmissions. Although Nissan did offer an extended warranty on the earlier CVT's - that extended warranty has expired.
Honda it seems does a better job with the CVT automatic transmissions.