How common the tranny woes?
08-26-2003, 12:02 PM
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How common the tranny woes?
I know its still early in the model year, but
wonder how prevalent the tranny & clutch
problems really are? I'm on edge of the
fence ready to buy, but this is putting me
off a bit.
I don't plan on making any mods,
at least not for quite a few years as I need
a *reliable* car for repeated mountain trips.
Thats not to say I won't ever have fun
or totally baby the car either.
So, is this just the case of a very small %
of owners who are fairly hard on their cars,
or will there be more and more
reports as these cars rack up milage the
next 12-24 months?
wonder how prevalent the tranny & clutch
problems really are? I'm on edge of the
fence ready to buy, but this is putting me
off a bit.
I don't plan on making any mods,
at least not for quite a few years as I need
a *reliable* car for repeated mountain trips.
Thats not to say I won't ever have fun
or totally baby the car either.
So, is this just the case of a very small %
of owners who are fairly hard on their cars,
or will there be more and more
reports as these cars rack up milage the
next 12-24 months?
08-26-2003, 01:49 PM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: VT, USA
Posts: 28
Car Info: '02 WRX Wagon
I've got 58,000 miles on my early '02 WRX Wagon. The clutch has slipped/bucked for the first 5 minutes damn near every day I've driven the car. However, once the clutch is warm, shudder is never an issue. AFAIK, the "shudder syndrome" is nothing more than drivers not waiting for the car to be fully ready for hard driving.
As for the tranny, I can still downshift into 1st at 20MPH with nary a grind. OTOH, I've never raced/rallyed/auto-xed, nor have I abused things with high-RPM clutch drops/slips. My motto has always been to roll on the power smoothly and avoid at all costs trying to shift faster than the tranny can handle it. Remember, the 5MT in our WRXs was designed some 20 years ago for a motor with half the HP and torque of the WRX mill. You can go just so far before things start to break. Treat it nice and you won't have a problem. Drive it like most of the teenagers around here do and you'll be busting gears in no time.
Or, wait for '05 or '06 and the new 5MT that's coming with the new Legacy. I'm sure it'll drift down into the WRX at some point. Of course, 'round about 2025 or so, people will be *****ing about glass trannies in their new cars.
As for the tranny, I can still downshift into 1st at 20MPH with nary a grind. OTOH, I've never raced/rallyed/auto-xed, nor have I abused things with high-RPM clutch drops/slips. My motto has always been to roll on the power smoothly and avoid at all costs trying to shift faster than the tranny can handle it. Remember, the 5MT in our WRXs was designed some 20 years ago for a motor with half the HP and torque of the WRX mill. You can go just so far before things start to break. Treat it nice and you won't have a problem. Drive it like most of the teenagers around here do and you'll be busting gears in no time.
Or, wait for '05 or '06 and the new 5MT that's coming with the new Legacy. I'm sure it'll drift down into the WRX at some point. Of course, 'round about 2025 or so, people will be *****ing about glass trannies in their new cars.
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