general problems of the 2013 Subaru Legacy

Faulty transmission, erratic gear shifting and now it seems the transmission is no longer working, mileage on vehicle is not even 130,000.

The contact owns a 2013 Subaru Legacy. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 35 mph, there was an abnormal noise coming from the transmission. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the technician informed the contact that the failure was the transmission. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the cvt transmission needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 117,000.

When driving on interstate, all at once, dashboard lit up with lights, one of the lights being the check engine light. Towed car to dealership and found there was a problem in the cvt valve body which was replaced. I think this should be a recall because it's dangerous to be driving down an interstate with dashboard lit up. Have no idea what would have happened to engine or other parts of car if I wasn't able to get off highway in time.

The transmission valve body failed on this Subaru Legacy at 83874 miles. This caused the vehicle to stall and three engine lights came on. This was covered under an extended warranty as this is a known problem with this car. I have three complaints / concerns where I believe the consumer is now on the hook for the manufacturer's problem. I am told the new valve body is identical to the old and will fail again. The dealer also told me the transmission fluid must be replaced every 30000 miles, not the 100000 miles in the owners manual. This is at a current cost of $413. 00; also - I had to pay today $413. 00 to replace the fluid, which is not covered by the extended warranty, even though dirty fluid is the cause of the failure. This issue affects many Subarus and should be on a permanent recall repair list at Subaru's expense for the servicable life of the car, or a recall where the valve body is replaced by one that will not fail again. No one should be required to perform a $413. 00 fluid change every 30000 miles.

Tl- the contact owns a 2013 Subaru Legacy. The contact stated that he had taken the vehicle to be serviced at a dealer(heuberger Subaru 1080 motor city dr, colorado springs, CO 80905 719) 475-1920) for a transmission issue. Initially, the dealer would not cover the cost of the repair due to the warranty expiring; however, the manufacturer was notified and ultimately agreed to service the vehicle under warranty. Since then, the vehicle had remained in the possession of the dealer for nearly two months. The dealer had informed the contact that the ecu unit and the gear shifter were defective and needed to be replaced. The dealer gave the contact a quote for the repairs for $1,900. Upon investigation, the contact associated NHTSA campaign number: 19v297000(electrical system) with his failure. When the manufacturer was made aware of this issue, they informed the contact that his vehicle was not apart of the recall and offered no further assistance. The vehicle had not been repaired in relation to the ecu unit and gear shifter. The failure mileage was 100,128. Jo.

Car has extended cranking issue - it acts like the starter is bad or the battery is dying. Took it to the dealer and told them that the car has a hard time starting. It has died a couple times so I replaced the battery with an interstate battery and they told me that the battery was bad. I had the battery checked and it is definitely not bad. Asked the dealer to check the starter and they said it is fine. It seems that the car has some other issue with power being drawn from somewhere else.

Extended crank issue - I've had an extended crank issue with my car for the last 10 months. The car has been taken to the Subaru dealership where it was purchased 3 time. The car spent 30 days in the shop due to this problem. The car is having a very hard time starting after it's been sitting for a few hours. And sometimes not starting at all, when it does eventually start it's cranking for an additional 10-30 seconds. One it does start the engine knocks and runs rough until it warm, then goes away. When the car was at the dealership, I was informed that the extended crank is a known issue for the year I have. I was told the computer system in the car needs to be replaced in order to fix the problem. I representative from Subaru came out to the dealership to look at my car and 2 others same year make and model that were having the same problem. The representative deemed it "normal" he said " nothing I can do until a recall gets approved" and "Subaru needs to fix bugs in the system". He also said that while the car has the extended crank issue it is putting more wear and tear on the engine and it would soon need to be replaced. I was then sent on my way because, they couldn't do anything for me. Needless to say the car is still having issues because of the extended crank, nothing has been resolved.