Hmmmmm - this video says nothing - a “poll” of several owners, no real data, no summary of complaints on forums, no hard facts……..this video is just click bait. If you search for WRX transmission problems, most are from earlier generations, and even from 2015……….

@AutoEnthusiast

4 ай бұрын

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.

@kentkercheval6647

4 ай бұрын

​@@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. 😂

@kentkercheval6647

4 ай бұрын

​@@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!

@kentkercheval6647

4 ай бұрын

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

@Ryan57Garr

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for saving us the time! 👍

My 22 VB is @30k miles tuned by dmann tuning and my transmission is solid, no issues.

@AntilleanConfederation

4 ай бұрын

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

@beech6522

Күн бұрын

@@AntilleanConfederationstock with maybe an intake and tune can make those numbers

Just today i took my 23 vb with 9500mi. Into the dealership because there was a high pitch whining noise coming from the front end. I had no other issues. But they told me my transmission will have to be replaced. They covered it under warranty.

I havn't done any power mods yet to my 22 VB, but honestly ive had more issues getting into second than anything else. Doesnt happen all the time but when doing a pull from first, sometimes she REEAALLY doesn't like going into second, lots of grinding.

i remember back in 94 these on the first model there transmissions were made of glass.lots of oil changes no launching or giving it a hard time when cold . the problem is these new models are getting pushed well beyond what they were designed for

Failures on modded cars always come down to three issues: 1. How hard do you drive the car? 2. Did you push the power beyond the engineering? 3. Did you throw parts at the car without a tune? I see video after video of people with modded VBs slamming shifts. Impressive. Cuts 0.1s of the times. But your transmission will die eventually. Upgrade the clutch and it will be worse, that is the fuse. The car was built for 277 hp, not 400, don't blame Subaru that you cannot push 400+ through the transmission. If you mod to 400, shift smartly and your transmission will be fine. BTW, 350 whp is 400 at the crank (which the transmission sees) on most Dynojets.

I’ve seen a few others in the community talking about this. I haven’t noticed anything on MT yet. But on the CVT/SPT in have noticed it has issues down only shifting from 3-2. It seems to like the rev matching kinda sucks. Because when driving the CVT casually it has no issues but when preforming it messes up. The rev match seems to just not be able to keep up with more confident drivers. But why only in 3 my only guess is the gear ratio.

@Augie..

4 ай бұрын

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

@subiedad1019

4 ай бұрын

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

@Augie..

4 ай бұрын

@@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

You mentioned you’ve had some “hmm?” moments with your VB transmission.. Can you go into more detail on that?

@AutoEnthusiast

4 ай бұрын

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.

Some owners are launching and beating the piss out of the trans. Most owners won’t admit that and just blame the car. My 2023 WRX premium drives great.

We got a group here in South Florida and ..like 3-7 guys from the band are doing 300-360hp and everything is good un til now….but guys remember that ppl that drive M/T are always doing crazy things…nobody buy a wrx to go slow and bored

@AutoEnthusiast

4 ай бұрын

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!

@allstarvb

4 ай бұрын

@lagunaoba 🎯🎯🎯 well said

@truckinguy92

3 ай бұрын

@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.

@johnrooney507

2 ай бұрын

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

15k miles and had to have my output shift bearing replaced,,,,,,, thankfully it was covered.

@AutoEnthusiast

4 ай бұрын

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

@mtyota

4 ай бұрын

Following up. what symptoms did you have ?

I highly doubt they will do anything. From the information I've received the vb will have a shorter lifespan as the plan do discontinue the wrx is already in motion (atleast as a gas powered only) the vb is most likely the last generation gas powered wrx.

As far as I know/ have seen, 400hp or about 370whp is the limits of these transmissions before you run into transmission case flex issues, STI transmission swap best bet for higher horsepower or trying to find alternatives to beef up the transmission or re inforce the transmission case so it's less prone to flexing under higher horsepower, very limited knowledge since I don't plan to push a lot of power on mine and if anyone knows more about this and wants to correct me please do so I can learn a bit more

i been following 4 a while, u talk about other subaru WRX STI COMMUNity and i would like to follow them as well, i have 2020 STI NO problems everything is modified except the computer, lov my car i dont beat it up, its a daily driver ...

I have a fairly early '22 Premium. It's not my DD- just a weekend toy. I just turned over 8000 miles today. Engine is totally stock and so far my OE trans is fine. At 5000 miles I drained the oil and refilled with equivalent spec Motul oil. I'll probably do it again at 25k and then every 25k after (assuming there is an after...). Rear diff too. Will it help? Who knows. Like all my cars- I drive them hard on occasion but I also take really good care of them too.

@AutoEnthusiast

4 ай бұрын

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

@jedwin4816

4 ай бұрын

@@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.

52k miles, “Stage 2” protuned with ETS intake ETS TMIC and ETS charge pipe. 340whp 370tq At 52k miles my output shaft bearing went out. The car was hard driven I will say that

I think these transmissions will fail if you beat on them enough, but if you are good to them, they'll be fine. I had a near-400 hp (motor) 2008 with the 5sp and it made that power for over 40k miles before I demodded and sold it. My VB will make a bit more but it will never see a drag strip or a hard launch. I also rev-match my downshifts which makes them much smoother. I'm hopeful this one will last. If not, maybe PPG is going to do a gearset for it like they did the old 5sp. I've sent them an email to ask.

my 23 is at 13k decently hard miles have had 0 issues great car.......so far

I just picked up an Ignition red 23’ Monday. I just hit 300 miles today. Breaking in and letting the car grow on the road it’s an awesome experience. The clutch, Transmission, and brakes definitely seem like the weakest parts of the car out of the box. All the gears feel good and the engine feels robust. So far I love the car and from day 1 I think it’s an excellent platform to work on but I will for sure be addressing the weakest parts of the car before I tune it. We may see a premium on STI transmissions here in the future as warranties fall off and people start dailying +400whp.

@AutoEnthusiast

4 ай бұрын

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?

@ryanashe8638

4 ай бұрын

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

@AutoEnthusiast

4 ай бұрын

oo nice! Any regrets on the change??

@ryanashe8638

4 ай бұрын

@@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 just had to get my transmission replaced, the whole assembly, I had almost stalled the car out and pushed the clutch back in causing the RPM to go way up...worse smell I have ever smelled, took it to the dealer and they are replacing the transmission thankfully Subaru is replacing it under warranty cause the car only had 4000 miles on it, the dealer did do diagnostics on the car cause they could see when the tranny went haywire, and the flywheel and everything they said was wrecked

Yep on the “being blocked” going into 3rd- it actually happened again today. That being said it was in the middle of a fairly heavy turn when I was trying to have some fun and really push it as I was halfway or so into the curve….so I’m starting to think this could be some built in safety feature like if the wheel is turned too far then it blocks you from going into 3rd until something tells the car it’s a safer time to do it and then it lets you into 3rd. Seriously try it I guess?

@AutoEnthusiast

4 ай бұрын

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

@xXpapercutsXx

4 ай бұрын

@@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

@AutoEnthusiast

4 ай бұрын

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?

@xXpapercutsXx

4 ай бұрын

@@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

@alexsophocles5938

4 ай бұрын

@@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

My transmission just blew up a few minutes ago… im tryna do research on them now lol

@AutoEnthusiast

9 күн бұрын

Oh no! Were you stock?

@crisajfr

9 күн бұрын

@@AutoEnthusiast yea completely lol

@crisajfr

9 күн бұрын

@@AutoEnthusiast its a 2023 model and got it in april with 0 miles..

@beech6522

Күн бұрын

@@crisajfrwhy are you researching? Just go get it fixed through warranty

@crisajfr

Күн бұрын

@@beech6522 they didnt wanna fix it lmao

Maybe the aftermarket will come up with upgraded parts so you dont need an STI swap???

@AutoEnthusiast

4 ай бұрын

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

Ya, guys need to understand the WRX 6speed isnt made for power. I have a STI transmission in my VB but I also STI trans swap my VA big turbo too. The gearing ratio in the STI is also outright better for power and street racing. The only people who swear by the WRX trans can't afford the STI trans swaps until they blow their $hit blows up.

Subaru should be replacing those trans under warranty or give a upgraded trans

@AutoEnthusiast

4 ай бұрын

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

@diallo1347

4 ай бұрын

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.

@unclelive6918

2 ай бұрын

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

Dude. I watched a few of your older vids… and you lost a lot of weight! Good job bro! Now get out there a break transmissions! 😂❤

@AutoEnthusiast

4 ай бұрын

Thanks man! I really appreciate it!

No they aren’t. Thia is plain old rumor-mongering-the worst of YouuTube. You made a big deal out of RTV too and it was nothing. NOTHING to quote Wingstop Girl.

Know sevral VB owners and theyve never had a Trans problem.

70k miles on mine, money shifted twice in its life time, still no issues. Click bait.

@coolman9i6

4 ай бұрын

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

@TactileCoder

4 ай бұрын

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

@coolman9i6

4 ай бұрын

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

I am trading my wrx for Audi after my wrx runs out of warranty

@AutoEnthusiast

4 ай бұрын

What model/year?

"a lot of part renumbering but it's basically the same transmission" (as before). Did you actually compare all the part numbers? If so, what was the % of different parts? No offense, but it sounds kind of like you're talking out of your @ss.

WRX TRANSMISSIONS ARE FAILING!!!!!! Oh wait no there I just want veiws another person to avoid on youtube

I just wish they'd redesign it again. They took away everything that made it special.

@AutoEnthusiast

4 ай бұрын

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!

Talk about the ones launching the car every chance they get, and how that contributes to a small fue who are having problems. Another misleading vid.

@AutoEnthusiast

4 ай бұрын

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.

@jangelr94

4 ай бұрын

@@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?

There ya go, all the talk about this car and dogging on the Sti like this car is an Sti killer! 😂😢 do you think Subaru really cares if people wanna tune a wrx?

@AutoEnthusiast

4 ай бұрын

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

@Mav646

4 ай бұрын

@@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.

@AutoEnthusiast

4 ай бұрын

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.

@kentkercheval6647

4 ай бұрын

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

@Mav646

4 ай бұрын

@@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 🤔.

Its a turbo crosstrek sedan.

@Mav646

4 ай бұрын

A lowered version!

cringe clickbait

@AutoEnthusiast

3 ай бұрын

cringe comment

I would avoid excessive modifying under warranty. I’d be happy just leaving it stock.

@AutoEnthusiast

4 ай бұрын

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

@SavageBluetick

4 ай бұрын

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

@truckinguy92

3 ай бұрын

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.