Consumer states transmisson has been replaced four times, and currently needs its fifth transmission, manufacturer is aware of the problem and has been sharing the cost of the bill with the consumer.
1992 Subaru SVX transmission complaints
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This is the second time that I know of that this car's transmission has failed.
I have replaced the transmission in this car on twice. The first transmission was shipped from california, from a wrecked svx. However, the second transmission was rebuilt. The first replacement lasted only nine months. The rebuilt transmission is still being used and works well. However, I still feel unsafe in my vehicle due to the perpetual transmission problems associated with this make.
Vehicle was in drive when pulling into an intersection, however it did not go into gear and consumer had to force it into second, vehicle had very little power, since december it has been repaired three times for shifting problems and a transmission shop stated that these cars are notorious for transmissions failing between 55 and 80 thousand miles. Consumer experienced steering system problems with vehicle.
Cruising on expressway when suddenly transmission can't find third or fourth gears. Had to drive home (40 miles) in second gear.
Wheel bearing problem continues. We have replaced the same bearing (left rear) seven times since owning this vehicle. Seems to last approximately 10k between replacements. Transmission was fixed twice after replacement at 81000 miles.
Second gear failed in transmissionserviced at 30,000 miles.
Automatic transmission, which has a history of failure for this type of vehicle (4eat transmission).
While driving vehicle began to lose gears. Every time he changes gears vehicle hesitates before it will change. Dealer said that vehicle needed a new transmission.
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Transmission failed...reoccurring problem with all svx's...started to slip than lost gear same day...went home parked car now wont reverse.
Vehicle wouldn't shift into 3rd gear, it had to be driven in 2nd gear home. There was no warning. Consumer will add more after speaking to a dealer.
While driving at any speed transmission will not shift, and vehicle will feel like it is riding in neutral.*ak
The bearings on the transmission have failed. The car only has 70,000 miles on it and the dealership told me the transmissions are prone to failure as soon as 50,000 miles. The speedometer has failed and the car will not go into any gear. The car has been meticulously maintined with all the dealer records.
Consumer has reported transmission failure.
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At this mileage the transmission nearly failed completely. In first gear the car will not go more than 25-30 miles per hour, and it rarely will shift up to second gear at all. Reverse gear engages with a serious "thunk" that shakes the entire car, and there is no power to speak of in reverse (engine must be revved to get care to move). Mechanic says at least two clutch packs and other parts are shot and the transmission can only be rebuilt, not repaired.
My car transmission is very unstable. We expirenced first transmission failure at 48000 miles. I never seen a single car has transmission problem at 48000. I believe this transmission should be recalled asap. But I'm not the one reporting this problem. We have svx club at yahoo.com and people are so upset about the transmission. One person already changed his tranny about 3 times at 100k. I believe there must be some action taken to this matter. Thank you.
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The original transmission went bad @ 37,000 miles. The replacement transmission went completely bad @ 108,000 miles. I complained many times about noises and vibrations when accelerating. Subaru's solution was to replace the transmission fluid every 15000 miles.
Consumer had to replace transmission at 80000 miles. At this time transmission is going out again. Also, wheelbearings are defective, water is able to get inside and corrode wheel bearings. Consumer has had to replace them 3 times.
Wheel bearings have been replaced numerous times, and dealer said it was normal wear. Also, same has happened with transmission.
I strongly feel the manufacturer should order a complete recall on all svx models and install a new and non defective transmission, it seems that this is a very common problem and in reality has no real solution to it, i4ve read of cars working on their third transmission already and not having the mileage that my own car registers, i4m very worried that the repair of my vehicle will only delay another inevitable failure. At the moment my estimate for repair is 2000 dollars, it wouldn4t bother me to pay the amount if I could somehow know that the transmission will not fail again, but by the looks of it, this is something inevitable.
Transamission on svx is a known defective system that should be fixed by subaru
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Wheel bearings continue to fail requiring replacement.
Transmission faulire anticipated again same symptoms occurring.
Transmission went out, had been having problems shifting. Please add VIN and additional information.
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Pemature failure of transmission. There's actually a tsb on this failure showing that the manufacture new of this failure.
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