Regardless of what Subaru you drive, if it has the Lineartronic CVT, has anyone also noticed inconsistent behavior?
Almost exactly a year ago, I performed some WOT acceleration tests. The CVT almost always utilized virtual gears to simulate the shift shock of a conventionally-geared automatic trasnmission.
test 1 https://youtu.be/tTBceneBfrU
test 2 https://youtu.be/BvoA5mtmVYQ
test 3 https://youtu.be/ZPP6mQr-d_0
test 4 https://youtu.be/1Q8hiMNPxg4
Then one run, I managed to make it perform like a regular CVT:
test 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOYfmfuhZ34
But subsequent attempts with the same conditions (brake torquing in automatic mode "Drive") almost always did not elicit the same results.
I am aware later model years got updated software to add in the virtual gears, negating a lot of the CVT advantages. These are the vehicles in particular I am interested in for owner feedback on this behavior.
DISCLAIMER: I currently do NOT drive a Subaru vehicle with a Lineartronic CVT, I am curious if anyone else has experienced the same strange behavior with the updated software designed to simulate automatic fixed gears with the occasional proper CVT behavior as shown in test 5.
Almost exactly a year ago, I performed some WOT acceleration tests. The CVT almost always utilized virtual gears to simulate the shift shock of a conventionally-geared automatic trasnmission.
test 1 https://youtu.be/tTBceneBfrU
test 2 https://youtu.be/BvoA5mtmVYQ
test 3 https://youtu.be/ZPP6mQr-d_0
test 4 https://youtu.be/1Q8hiMNPxg4
Then one run, I managed to make it perform like a regular CVT:
test 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOYfmfuhZ34
But subsequent attempts with the same conditions (brake torquing in automatic mode "Drive") almost always did not elicit the same results.
I am aware later model years got updated software to add in the virtual gears, negating a lot of the CVT advantages. These are the vehicles in particular I am interested in for owner feedback on this behavior.
DISCLAIMER: I currently do NOT drive a Subaru vehicle with a Lineartronic CVT, I am curious if anyone else has experienced the same strange behavior with the updated software designed to simulate automatic fixed gears with the occasional proper CVT behavior as shown in test 5.