TFish wrote:spike2135 wrote:soooooo.... i'm trying to understand my car better and i'm looking at the vin no. for my 2010 gen v.... with surprisingly little success
according to what i've found my gt is a manual.... but it's not.... so either it's had an auto swap or i'm not looking at the correct reference.
if anyone is able to help out would be great, the vin is
JF1BR9KV3AG00183
JF1 - is FHI Fuji Heavy Industry passenger vehicle, made in Japan
B - is Legacy
R - Wagon
9 - i assume means AWD turbo or 2.5T
the rest are unknown
004183 - Sequential number
mighta got recalled and replaced with a cvt at customers request:
Defect summary Subaru is recalling certain model year 2010 and 2011 outback and legacy passenger vehicles manufactured from april 28 through june 23, 2010. Due to a programming error, a lubrication hole within the 6-speed manual transmission was omitted. From - https://www.vindecoderz.com/EN/Subaru/L ... call/80749
hmmm maybe. might call subaru and see if they can tell me
It's got a 5at in it at the moment. aren't teh cvt's 6at?