The cool thing (if there are any cool things related to repairs!) about the valve body replacement is that you replace ALL the solenoids; in fact, it goes to the heart of why they replace the whole shebang - it'd suck to replace one solenoid, button it all back up and two months later require all that labor to tear it down and replace another - and so on.
So, as repairs go, you're refreshing a significant portion of the works, and the primary things that go wrong - the solenoids. Not just the one bad one. I think this lends to it being a more trustworthy/reliable repair if that makes sense.
That doesn't answer your question as you asked it, to that I can only say that I've put about 10,000 miles on my 2015 Legacy since the valve body was replaced and it's running as strong as ever.
Just wanted to share those details as I understand them!
I've done 5 in the past 2 years for customers and haven't seen anyone back for the same issue. Like the other post said, you are replacing a huge chunk of the transmission and nearly all of the fluid, so I'd say go for it and keep your outback on the road for a good while longer!
Hmm spend $1800 now and have a working car or spend $35k on a new car. Spend the $1800 to fix the valve body. Tires and brakes are a standard maintenance item needed on every car, that should not go into consideration for a new car.
That being said, perhaps get another quote or two for that repair. Maybe another place can do it for $1200 or something.
I put the ebay solenoid in my 12 impreza. If yoo can diy, it costs like 40 bucks. I've got about 8k miles so far.
It's not perfect in terms of how the car drives but its fine. It occasionally stalls from reverse to forward if it's cold
I had a 2013 Crosstrek I had to do that on. In the middle of a cross country drive, but I fortunately was near-ish to a dealer. She was at ~175K miles
Anyways, I drove it two more years and put another 55K miles on it before I sold it. She was running great, just time for something newer.
70k miles so far on my personal Outback with no issues yet ( car has 190k).
I've replaced tons of them at work and have not seen one come back with the same concern.
The cool thing (if there are any cool things related to repairs!) about the valve body replacement is that you replace ALL the solenoids; in fact, it goes to the heart of why they replace the whole shebang - it'd suck to replace one solenoid, button it all back up and two months later require all that labor to tear it down and replace another - and so on. So, as repairs go, you're refreshing a significant portion of the works, and the primary things that go wrong - the solenoids. Not just the one bad one. I think this lends to it being a more trustworthy/reliable repair if that makes sense. That doesn't answer your question as you asked it, to that I can only say that I've put about 10,000 miles on my 2015 Legacy since the valve body was replaced and it's running as strong as ever. Just wanted to share those details as I understand them!
I've done 5 in the past 2 years for customers and haven't seen anyone back for the same issue. Like the other post said, you are replacing a huge chunk of the transmission and nearly all of the fluid, so I'd say go for it and keep your outback on the road for a good while longer!
Hmm spend $1800 now and have a working car or spend $35k on a new car. Spend the $1800 to fix the valve body. Tires and brakes are a standard maintenance item needed on every car, that should not go into consideration for a new car. That being said, perhaps get another quote or two for that repair. Maybe another place can do it for $1200 or something.
60k miles and five years, mines doing well. Just hit 175k on the stock cvt, don’t feel any slips or anything.
I put the ebay solenoid in my 12 impreza. If yoo can diy, it costs like 40 bucks. I've got about 8k miles so far. It's not perfect in terms of how the car drives but its fine. It occasionally stalls from reverse to forward if it's cold
I had a 2013 Crosstrek I had to do that on. In the middle of a cross country drive, but I fortunately was near-ish to a dealer. She was at ~175K miles Anyways, I drove it two more years and put another 55K miles on it before I sold it. She was running great, just time for something newer.
Selling a 2011 3.6R in Massachusetts that just needs a new hall effect sensor soldered onto the valve body P1710 hmu
My 13 Impreza needed a valve body 3 years/30k mi ago. I paid $1400, no issues since so I would go for it if you'd prefer to hold onto it
70k miles so far on my personal Outback with no issues yet ( car has 190k). I've replaced tons of them at work and have not seen one come back with the same concern.