79mooneyman

original transmission replaced at about 64000 miles under 5yr/100K extended warranty I had purchased when buying the car, for the $100 deductible. apparently with exact same transmission that came on the car. That was before the recall. Since the vehicle's transmission had not been tested under the recall, at 89000 miles, my service provider was about to move to new job and suggested they do the test under the recall, and later in the day, they called to say transmission was being replaced again. the new transmission felt different, do not know if any difference in the transmission, or just in reprogramming. I purchased 2023 Legacy sport in December of 22, and sold car to my son, with about 95,000 miles on the car, telling him hopefully transmission would last at least 60,000 miles. as of this date he has over 105,000 mi. on car and loves it. the Legacy sport is missing some of the options of the 20 Legacy XT limited,that i miss, most notable the seating selector and adjusting everything when it recognized me upon entering the vehicle and no preset buttons for 2 drivers. and other things i rarely used. The dealership had the top of the line Legacy but it had baby crap Brown interior that i would not accept, therefore 23 sport model now has the Turbo engine and can really earn name of "SPORT" I like the interior, but with out Napa interior, but has comfortable seating materials. Pricing difference between Sport and I absolutely purchased 5 yr 100K top of line extended warranty. will see if the Transmission will hold out, if not time to move on to different make. Transmission does "shift" a little jerky sometimes, and the turbo kicks in a little jumpy. but now with over 17,000 miles nothing has been replaced. Wish Subaru would invent a new light silver green color, like Porsche had back in late 70's think it was ice green metallic. If you don't like darker colors that show dirt, you are stuck with white and silver, getting tied of same old color, and the eyesight and "helpful" driver assist is beginning to become annoying. But you can't take your hands off the wheel and stop looking where you are going. it loses the center line and edge of road line easily and can't cope with more than slight bends in roads, or knows what to do with transition between single lane and double, nor when right line disappears at intersections. Not ready for self driving car. nor electric, as traveling salesman, I take 450 mile trips regularly. electric would add hours to the trip. danger of brownouts

89,000 miles on 2020 Legacy XT. first transmission replaced at 62,000 miles, now with 89,000 miles the new transmission shows "slippage" when undergo the subaru transmission recall test. Transmission to be replace again. Does anyone know if there has been any improvement in the XT transmission. supposedly Ascent and legacy XT and outback XT . all have the same 2.4 L turbo engine, and the transmission is different than one in the normal 2.5 non-turbo engine/transmission. I thought the transmission was re-programmed when the new transmission was installed at 62,000 miles. Do I keep the car or dump it. wanted a car to last 150-000 to 250,000 miles before facing a $10,000 transmission exchange. not sure I want transmission that shows "slippage with 27,ooo miles on it. The "failure" of first transmission was on interstate driving to texas, when accelerating around truck on Interstate and when the tranmission tried to "shift" the transmission / engine shuddered, and RPM dropped 500 RPM, next time it dit it RPM jumped 500 rpm/ very noticeable. I called subaru while on the highway thinking it was possibly the fuel pump failure. that we were waiting for parts. shuddering happened several times during 700 miles, and initially was when shifting in top "gears" but even happened at lower "shift points tower the end of the trip. we accelerated very softly after this happened. so it didn't happen every time we accelerated. but happened at least half a dozen times before we got back to Memphis area from Texas. This time We didn't notice the "slippage" but sometimes as the "shifts" happened, it wasn't as noticeable, like the transmission was acting more like regular CVT without "mimicking shifting"

Very strongly recommend Subaru extended warranty. Hopefully it's saving a bundle at 64000 mi on 2020 XT transmission, but now worry will new one repeat at 128,000 miles? Mostly Interstate and in town driving. Otherwise I really like the car.

the keys look exactly the same, Had a 2017 sport with key you just keep in your pocket and push button in the dash to start and stop, 2020 has the same setup and keys look exactly the same, so can I use it on the 2020? Had purchased an extra key for the last car and wife misplaced it. so now she found it & i need to either give it to dealer or better yet try to program it to fit new car. is this easy or hard, and can anyone other than dealer do it? Does it require the 2 keys that came with new car and this old key to all be reprogrammed at one time? Is there something different about the key on new generation vehicle..

isn;t on the limited XT, knew they had something on the Touring XT to justify more money than just the brown cow insides and front camera.

Bought 2020 Legacy limited XT, quite an improvement over 2017 sport. I do a lot of driving and like the lane centering. most of the time, but also have turned it off for a while so it acted like my 2017 did. I like the styling. I think the Toyotas are downright UGLY, the look like giant whale with mouth open coming down the highway, and didn't want a car that my customers would think i was making so much i could afford the new car. Am very pleased, and if you can only pick at it because you can't afford it, grow up and hope time flies by so you can afford it in 5 years. I hate the black wheels and other tacky stuff competitors are doing, would have bought the sport if it had turbo. but not with black wheels. looks like someone couldn't afford real wheels. Guess subaru has to please the kids. a car is a tool, but to some it is their whole life , unfortuantely i've lived long enough to really appreciate the all wheel drive on a vehicle more reasonable than my previous Audis with AWD, Subaru seems much easier to maintain. when it needs maintenance at all. last car ( 2017) had 85,000 mile at trade in. and no problems with it. Dealer said they wouldn't have any trouble selling it. and friend of mine just traded in his 3.6 outback for XT outback and he really like the improvements.

I bought Legacy limited XT last week and already put 1600 miles on it... ordered it with package as on Subaru build a car, but came in with the package 32 included. and popular package #3, which is cargo tray, rear bumper applique ( clear plastic on bumper to help prevent scratches) Ext. Auto Dim mirror, splash guards, rear seatback protector, and all weather Floor Liners. list at $859. Extra was body side molding, and footwell illumination which is now appears to be very dim white light instead of blue. I think perhaps what may have started out as option on build a car, may have just become standard on the Limited XT, ( I don't care for brown interior of Touring XT, and limited had gray leather as the option) I ordered a couple more options above which printed out as noted above. With touring XT, and more money you get a NAPA leather brown, and i think a camera front view at low speeds in your driveway, which may be important, if you have toddlers or pets running around in front of car at slow speeds, or when the dogs drive the car and don't want to kill the Kittens or Hamsters. Tremendous improvement over 2017 legacy sport regular 2.5 engine. and eyesight just keeps getting better or more controlling whatever your point of view. 2017 eyesight was big improvement over 2016. I just wanted to also get a car before the advanced driving stuff takes all the fun out of driving. but the passing ability of the turbo is quite an improvement. especially dealing with 2 lane roads.