05-03-2013, 02:02 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Greenville, SC
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Re: CVT Transmissions, Your Opinions?
We've had 2 CVT subarus now - a 2010 and a 2012 outback. No problems so far. Gas mileage is great for a car this heavy. To improve mileage I tend to use manual mode on long trips just so I can hold "6th" gear on long stretches without it "downshifting" when I want to speed up a little or to drop to 5th for a hill and not rev up as high as it would if in D.
There have been very few problems reported on subaruoutback.org with the CVT.
It will rev right up to redline in manual mode but in D it will come up short of redline if you floor it.
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