Hello from Manitoba, Canada I have a 2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R with 230,970 km. A year ago I started experiencing bad torque bind when turning at slow speeds. I changed the fluid in both diffs, I dropped the pan of the CVT and changed the fluid as well as the filter. The fluid I used was Idemitsu CVTF Type SB2 . I also changed both rear wheel hub assemblies because the bearing was shot on one side. None of that made a difference so I dropped the CVT pan again, and changed the torque converter lock-up solenoid on the valve body with a replacement from Dorman. That also didn’t fix it, although since then I have talked to a mechanic who said that they have no luck with those aftermarket solenoids. There is no torque bind when I put it in FWD mode. I am not getting any transmission or AWD related codes. From reading on Subaru forums online, people with similar issues seem to fix it by putting in a new valve body. From what I understand the problem is not caused by a stuck AWD transfer clutch because it does release when in FWD mode. How do I pinpoint wether it is the valve body, the TCM, or other things I am not aware of? When I take it to a mechanic up here in Manitoba they either tell me the torque bind is not that bad, “normal for a Subaru”, or they want to sell me a new transmission, or they just don’t want to work on it. Please help.

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