Hello - I have a question for all the Subaru experts if you could please. I was planning to buy a 2011 Outback tonight, 95K miles. What I found out today is making me question the investment. After reading about the CVT issues, I started digging and confirmed that this Outback did have an issue just a few months ago and SOA confirmed the CVT in this vehicle has a 24K or 24 month warranty since it was replaced with a remanufactered (NOT REBUILD) CVT under warranty. So, should I buy it and have peace of mind that the CVT issues have been addressed and maybe I'll get 100k miles out of it or walk away? Can't afford a new one, so was looking for exactly this price range - I think I should happy at this news since the known CVT problems have been addressed but could I be getting into a money pit. Thanks for any helpful feedback!

Asked by Guru1K5Y4 Sep 17, 2019 at 01:40 PM about the 2011 Subaru Outback 2.5i Limited

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Hello - I have a question for all the Subaru experts if you could please. I was
planning to buy a 2011 Outback tonight, 95K miles. What I found out today is
making me question the investment. After reading about the CVT issues, I
started digging and confirmed that this Outback did have an issue just a few
months ago and SOA confirmed the CVT in this vehicle has a 24K or 24
month warranty since it was replaced with a remanufactered (NOT
REBUILD) CVT under warranty. So, should I buy it and have peace of mind
that the CVT issues have been addressed and maybe I'll get 100k miles out
of it or walk away? Can't afford a new one, so was looking for exactly this
price range - I think I should happy at this news since the known CVT
problems have been addressed but could I be getting into a money pit.
Thanks for any helpful feedback!

F_O_R answered 5 years ago

You are right to be concerned.

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Hello - I have a question for all the Subaru experts if you could please. I was planning to buy a 2011 Outback tonight, 95K miles. What I found out today is making me question the investment. After reading about the CVT issues, I started digging and confirmed that this Outback did have an issue just a few months ago and SOA confirmed the CVT in this vehicle has a 24K or 24 month warranty since it was replaced with a remanufactered (NOT REBUILD) CVT under warranty. So, should I buy it and have peace of mind that the CVT issues have been addressed and maybe I'll get 100k miles out of it or walk away? Can't afford a new one, so was looking for exactly this price range - I think I should happy at this news since the known CVT problems have been addressed but could I be getting into a money pit. Thanks for any helpful feedback! 1 Answer

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