Stock 2022+ Subaru WRX Transmissions Are Failing... 

I think you missed the point of the video. No it isn't click bait. No there isn't published data. Yes, if you are in any of the communities this is regularly talked about. The hard facts are what I am divulging. I am not also willing to share names or addresses of those that have emailed me and talk about their experience in forums, which is essentially what it sounds like you are asking for as "hard proof" lol.

​@@AutoEnthusiast your videos are all disappointing and they hold no merit. Just a bunch of garbage coming out of your mouth. Do the "community" a favor and and sell your wrx and buy the supra. 😂

​@@AutoEnthusiast your videos are all disappointing and hold zero merit. Just a bunch of garbage coming out of you mouth. Do the "community " a favor and sell you wrx and buy the supra!

You videos are all disappointing and hold zero merit. Do the "community " a favor and sell your wrx and buy the supra!😂

Thank you for saving us the time! 👍

How much power you making bro. I want at least 300 whp on mine

That’s true. I also think its really important to understand that a well driven manual lasts far far far longer than a poorly driven one, even with more power!

@lagunaoba 🎯🎯🎯 well said

@LagunaOba I bought one to go slow and bored. I don’t have $10K+ to blow on mods. It’s my daily driver and I depend on it to get me to work every day. I wanted something that was somewhat fun to drive, have AWD, and get me where I need to go. The car certainly isn’t as spectacular as I was led to believe.

@@truckinguy92 I feel it’s a great sporty practical car for the price, of course there’s faster cars for 20k more & up.

I mean the CVT is just mimicking gears so that’s part of the entire issue anyways, it’s a pile of trash lol

I have a 2015 fully built CVT. I found out about Level 10 transmission in NJ a couple years back, and the provided a bulletproof CVT trans and it's been amazing ever since. No more rev hang after pro tuned

@@subiedad1019 the CVT does have rev hang, it just sucks 🤣 that hang is the delay from flappy paddles or something, never had rev hang like a manual

wait really? What were the symptoms prior to bearing replacement?

Following up. what symptoms did you have ?

Gosh, i cut out a whole section of the video trying to explain. So it's a combination of mechanical weird moments that are like lockouts, or resistance to actually sink into gear, to the rev matching blipping rpms at weird times. It isn't reproducible, it doesn't really effect the drive experience, it's just once and a while some weirdness.

Did you put the same oil type as from factory at delivery, or switch to what most dealers are putting in now?

@@AutoEnthusiast I used Motul Gear 300 75w90 in both the rear differential and the transmission. The OE oil specified in the manual only comes in a 5 gallon bucket. If the OE oil is ever sold in quart bottles I'd consider using it but I'm sold on the Motul. The transmission shifts smooth in all temperatures and I've had no other problems.

The premium has been around for a bit haha! But congrats on the ride! I would generally agree, new pads and rotors will get you to an acceptable level of braking, and then it's really just the trans! What car are you coming from?

@@AutoEnthusiast I traded my c6 vette ls2, I’ve owned a VA sti and that was built bottom end 400whp on 93.

oo nice! Any regrets on the change??

@@AutoEnthusiast nah the practicality is unbeatable coming from a vette, I love snowboarding as well and I missed boost so the WRX is a certified winner in my book!

I will actually head out tonight and give it a go! Does this regularly happen to you??

@@AutoEnthusiast it’s literally never happened during normal driving-only when I’m pushing it. Find a corner where you would have some good boost in 3rd but put it down into second and when your just about halfway through the curve and it’s relatively safe enough to do it go pedal to the metal and then try quickly shifting into 3rd and see if you get blocked. I’ve even tried intentionally while parked to hit the 1st and 3rd spacer and I struggle to even find it much less have it be felt under the same amount of pressure I’d be pushing to go into 3rd. I’m stumped! I’m not too worried about it, it’s just a sure way to ruin the thrill of the moment lol

Okay so I just went out to try to replicate it and no jazz, I was able to make it through. But I will get some more time in this weekend trying to replicate. My guess is that it isn't a problem, just maybe something that is unique, idk! How many miles are on your ride?

@@AutoEnthusiast just passed 9k. Ya I mean I’m not crazy worried about it, most of the time it doesn’t happen but it certainly will every now and again…Monday I start in sales at a Subaru dealership so I’ll have close access to techs and can ask them their thoughts. The show goes on

@@AutoEnthusiast Every generation of WRX has done this (including me fbo 2005 EJ wagon), it's a weird thing. It's almost like the shifter gets stuck between 1st and 3rd, and it's made me almost lose a couple races 😂. never had transmission problems because of it, just makes you want to wait a second when shifting from 2nd to 3rd which is annoying because you want to slam it. i have not experienced this on my VB yet, only my EJ, but have heard people from all generations talk about this phenomenon ad nauseam

Zero chance, not worth the risk. Companies don’t want to be sued because of install issues that blow the trans

Everything that I have seen is that if you are stock, they are being done under warranty

Subaru is NOT responsible for replacing transmissions on modded vbs. That is on the owner. Now, if your stock and drive like an adult then of course they warranty should cover it.

@@AutoEnthusiast will they cover if you do a shifter stop?

Thanks man! I really appreciate it!

You have 70k on a vb? Amazing. Any problems at all?

@@coolman9i6 nope! I change the oil very frequently, motul 5w30, every couple of weeks

@@TactileCoderdamn sounds kinda expensive even if you’re doing it yourself, but I guess you’re driving alot with 70k over 2 years

What model/year?

Hey! Been a while since I have seen a comment! Yeah, I think there is a lot left off the table. I think they crushed it with the engine, and some of the interior and creature comforts, but I think they really lost the rawness that made the WRX the best!

tbh a misleading comment... sure people drive these cars the way should be driven... and yes if you leave your car in the garage and never drive it nothing will happen. You are not wrong in essence, but also missing the entire point of the video. With that said, I will generally make the statement with this platform, launches destroy clutches, for the most part. Unless you are really attempting to do some damage.

@@AutoEnthusiast it passed your head, owed my vb for about a year and driving the way I drive I can’t help but say my transmission isn’t bad at all. So who do you speak for when you say that we are starting to see transmissions failing? And what’s the percentage of owners?

Still firmly believe its an sti killer, just need a donor transmission lol. But they have to right? It’s a super interesting topic, and one of these days someone from Subaru will reach back out to me lol

@@AutoEnthusiast what power can a wrx make that an Sti can’t? On top of that everything on the Sti is superior. So explain how it’s an Sti killer? Cause it’s cheaper? I hope that’s not what you’re basing your conclusion on.

So two trains of thought here, so for most people, more than 99.9%, people aren't looking to upgrade the block. In that realm, for significantly less money you can make more power with the VB WRX, and regardless of cost, the moment you are upgrading the trans on the WRX, you would have already had to upgrade the turbo and be running some corn on the STI. Alternatively, when you are making more power, the WRX goes through the same movements and just costs less than the STI. The only thing the STI has on the WRX is years more of aftermarket development. But even at higher power, the EJ just isn't as efficient and still has many of the same weak points and failures. With all of that said, I think there are times the STI is the superior car, and I think it is all user dependent and location dependent. if you want out of the box good driving in mountain roads and aren't looking to rocket around, the STI offers turn key fun. Where the WRX for sure needs $ invested to replicate the same non-power consideration fun, and I think this is such a differential that I don't think they are on the same playing field. I completely acknowledge all of my above comparison is power related but in the middle range of making power. The other tricky consideration is reliability is horrendous on the EJ relative to the FA. Key word relative, it isn't bad, its just really bad in juxtaposition.

​​@@AutoEnthusiast dude!!!! You are full of shit! Have you ever drivin an STi? Because it sounds like you haven't.

@@AutoEnthusiast I just don’t understand why anyone even compares these two cars. They really don’t have much of anything in common. One is cheaper to modify? One doesn’t hold Much resale value, Sounds like a legit argument 🤔.

A lowered version!

cringe comment

That is definitely a good sentiment, but very much in the minority for this platform! I am still semi stock, but soon to change!

That's what I thought too. Lasted about a week with the car.

Not everyone has the $$$ to replace the motor or transmission if something goes tits up. You certainly can’t depend on the dealer to replace it once it’s modified.