Subaru Crosstrek
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No oil burning at all in mine. It stays at the exact overfilled level from the service dept. LOL. And I don't drive it gently.
I personally think the Crosstrek is great looking. It is unique looking, in a very good way, among other SUV and CUV's.
Just a great daily driver, too.
I personally think the Crosstrek is great looking. It is unique looking, in a very good way, among other SUV and CUV's.
Just a great daily driver, too.
I've had two late model WRXs (15 & 18), neither burn a noticeable amount of oil.
I had a 2014 Crosstrek for a few years (wife's car). Bought it new and drove it 60k miles. Never had any problems with it and no oil consumption. I always thought it was slow and underpowered, but the wife loved it. Ours had the CVT. Interior room is small, and is the reason we sold it. We had a second child on the way and it would've been way too cramped with two child seats in the backseat.
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Thought I'd add my recent experience.
Low miles, CVT failed while using adaptive cruise control. Was on RT 84 in NY, climbing a long modest grade. At first the Underpowered Subaru was running about 4000 rpm. Then a car moved right and adaptive cruise tried to accelerate. It reached 5200rpm and started ticking. In the few seconds it too me to turn off the cruise, it was clanking loudly. It barely made the crest of the hill and I was able to roll downhill off the exit and into a gas station.
Called Avis and they picked it up. Took Lyft to the airport and made my flight.
Thought I'd add my recent experience.
Low miles, CVT failed while using adaptive cruise control. Was on RT 84 in NY, climbing a long modest grade. At first the Underpowered Subaru was running about 4000 rpm. Then a car moved right and adaptive cruise tried to accelerate. It reached 5200rpm and started ticking. In the few seconds it too me to turn off the cruise, it was clanking loudly. It barely made the crest of the hill and I was able to roll downhill off the exit and into a gas station.
Called Avis and they picked it up. Took Lyft to the airport and made my flight.
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My Imp burned no noticeable oil in 5k oil changes. I broke it in correctly, with high torque at mid RPM for a couple seconds at a time, several times a minute, right off the dealer's lot. 70k when I traded it in.
2018 crosstrek transmission failure today. I described it above. Turn up the volume!!!
There was nothing noticeable wrong with it until it failed. 2400 miles.
There was nothing noticeable wrong with it until it failed. 2400 miles.
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Originally Posted by Cujet
2018 crosstrek transmission failure today. I described it above. Turn up the volume!!!
There was nothing noticeable wrong with it until it failed. 2400 miles. ]
Honestly one failure does make statistical relevance as you know.
I had a 2001 Sentra SE tranny failure at about 2000 miles. These trannies are known to be rock solit. Was replaced with a remanufactured one and still going strong at 160K miles. BTW the 2.0 SR 20DE all aluminum engine has got to be one of the 10 best engines ever built along with the VQ35DE. In the days that Nissan made some of the best engines....no more.
2018 crosstrek transmission failure today. I described it above. Turn up the volume!!!
There was nothing noticeable wrong with it until it failed. 2400 miles. ]
Honestly one failure does make statistical relevance as you know.
I had a 2001 Sentra SE tranny failure at about 2000 miles. These trannies are known to be rock solit. Was replaced with a remanufactured one and still going strong at 160K miles. BTW the 2.0 SR 20DE all aluminum engine has got to be one of the 10 best engines ever built along with the VQ35DE. In the days that Nissan made some of the best engines....no more.
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Originally Posted by Al
BTW the 2.0 SR 20DE all aluminum engine has got to be one of the 10 best engines ever built along with the VQ35DE. In the days that Nissan made some of the best engines....no more.
You don't hear of problems with present day Nissan VQs, it's just the rest of what's around it can be mediocre at best.
Funny though.. We had the transmission fail in our 1993 Nissan Sentra that my wife had bought as an ex-rental. It failed at 63K miles. 3K miles outside of warranty, but the dealer still got it covered for us. The first remanufactured replacement didn't make it out of the parking lot (dealer caught it before we did). Second replacement lasted until 120K miles when we traded it for a new 2001 Sentra that was problem free for us the few years we had it.
BTW the 2.0 SR 20DE all aluminum engine has got to be one of the 10 best engines ever built along with the VQ35DE. In the days that Nissan made some of the best engines....no more.
You don't hear of problems with present day Nissan VQs, it's just the rest of what's around it can be mediocre at best.
Funny though.. We had the transmission fail in our 1993 Nissan Sentra that my wife had bought as an ex-rental. It failed at 63K miles. 3K miles outside of warranty, but the dealer still got it covered for us. The first remanufactured replacement didn't make it out of the parking lot (dealer caught it before we did). Second replacement lasted until 120K miles when we traded it for a new 2001 Sentra that was problem free for us the few years we had it.
Originally Posted by Al
Honestly one failure does make statistical relevance as you know.
I'd bet a dollar I could cause another failure, on another Subaru Crosstrek, doing the same trip at the same speeds. I'm convinced the long uphill grade and the high RPM was the issue.
Honestly one failure does make statistical relevance as you know.
I'd bet a dollar I could cause another failure, on another Subaru Crosstrek, doing the same trip at the same speeds. I'm convinced the long uphill grade and the high RPM was the issue.
Originally Posted by Cujet
Originally Posted by Al
Honestly one failure does make statistical relevance as you know.
I'd bet a dollar I could cause another failure, on another Subaru Crosstrek, doing the same trip at the same speeds. I'm convinced the long uphill grade and the high RPM was the issue.
I doubt it.... they have been thoroughly battle tested on the Forester which can deliver groceries on Mt Ranier
Originally Posted by Al
Honestly one failure does make statistical relevance as you know.
I'd bet a dollar I could cause another failure, on another Subaru Crosstrek, doing the same trip at the same speeds. I'm convinced the long uphill grade and the high RPM was the issue.
I doubt it.... they have been thoroughly battle tested on the Forester which can deliver groceries on Mt Ranier
Originally Posted by Al
Originally Posted by Cujet
Originally Posted by Al
Honestly one failure does make statistical relevance as you know.
I'd bet a dollar I could cause another failure, on another Subaru Crosstrek, doing the same trip at the same speeds. I'm convinced the long uphill grade and the high RPM was the issue.
I doubt it.... they have been thoroughly battle tested on the Forester which can deliver groceries on Mt Ranier
LOL!! I agree.
Originally Posted by Cujet
Originally Posted by Al
Honestly one failure does make statistical relevance as you know.
I'd bet a dollar I could cause another failure, on another Subaru Crosstrek, doing the same trip at the same speeds. I'm convinced the long uphill grade and the high RPM was the issue.
I doubt it.... they have been thoroughly battle tested on the Forester which can deliver groceries on Mt Ranier
LOL!! I agree.
Originally Posted by buster
LOL!! I agree.
But in full disclosure..the CVT on the crosstrek is way watertered down compared to that on the Crosstrek
LOL!! I agree.
But in full disclosure..the CVT on the crosstrek is way watertered down compared to that on the Crosstrek
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