Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Subaru Svx submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
I OWN A SUBARU SVX. THEY ARE KNOWN TO HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THEY ARE ALSO A VERY RARE CAR. OUT OF THE TWO OTHER PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THAT HAVE THESE CARS, ALL OF THEM HAVE HAD THESE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I DO BELIEVE THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS WITH THERE FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS, INSTEAD OF ME HAVING TO FIND A WAY TO COME UP WITH MORE THEN WHAT I PAID FOR THE CAR. *TR
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *NM
PULLED OUT FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT FELT LIKE CAR WAS SLIPPING ON ICE. SVX TRAVELLED ABOUT A MILE BEFORE IT WOULD NOT GO ANYMORE(IN ANY GEAR). MANAGED TO PULL OFF OF A 4 LANE HIGHWAY. WAS 15 MILES FROM HOME. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED BACK HOME. MY LOCAL SUBARU MECHANIC SAID THE TRANSMISSION APPARENTLY HAD BEEN WORKED ON BEFORE. WHERE ITS STILL IN THE DRIVEWAY AWAITING REPAIR.*AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED, AND THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AT LOW SPEED UNTIL ABLE TO SHIFT IN TO GEAR. *AK
I HAVE A 1995 SUBARU SVX AND AS MANY SVX OWNERS THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE. THE COOLING SYSTEM FOR THE TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE, THEREFORE THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS AND IS DAMAGED. THIS INVOLVES ALL SVX'S MADE WHICH REQUIRES ALL SVX OWNERS TO SPEND $4000 FOR SUBARU'S MANUFACTURED DEFECT. IT SHOULD BE SUBARU'S RESPONSIBILITY TO REFUND THE REPAIRS. *JB
I BOUGHT A SUBARU SVX TWO MONTHS AGO I FAIRLY GOOD CONDITION RUNNING GOOD AND ALL THE PERSON I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM INFORM ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION ON THE CAR WAS THE SECOND NEW TRANS INSTALLED BOTH TIMES BY A SUBARU DEALER BUT A MONTH IN TO DRIVING THE CAR AFTER I GOT TAGS IND INSURANCE THE TRANS IS TAKING VERY LONG TO SHIFT IN SECOND GEAR THE ENGINE REVS REAL HIGH TO 5500 RPM BEFORE IT GOES IN TO SECOND GEAR. *NLM
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
UNTIMELY WEAR OF U-JOINTS WHICH CAUSED CRACK IN A TRANSMISSION SEAL. DRIVE SHAFT MUST BE REPLACED
I NOTICED MY TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT CAR, BROUGHT IT TO DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T NOTICE A PROBLEM, UNDER WARRANTY AT TIME OF FIRST ATTEMPT TO ALLEVIATE PROB.. WHEEL BEARINGS HAVE BEEN GETTING NOISIER SINCE AUGUST OF LAST YEAR. I KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO BE BAD SOON, JUST NEED TO MAKE SOME TIME TO BRING IT IN. I HAVE HEARD THAT BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS-TRANSMISSION AND WHEEL BEARINGS- HAVE BEEN ONGOING WITH ALOT OF SVX OWNERS. PLEASE REPLY TO THIS QUESTIONAIRE. THANK YOU HANS.*AK
TRANSMISSION'S 4TH GEAR WAS THE FIRST, THEN 3RD GEAR WENT I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN ALOT OF TRANSMISSIONPROBLEMS ON THE SVX .AND I KNOW SUBARU DOESNT DO ANY THING AT ALL ABOUT IT , ITS GOING TO COST ME 2500. TO REBUILD. *AK
THE FOLLOWING LETTER HAS BEEN SENT TO SUBARU OF AMERICA.... FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EXTENT OF THE SUBARU SVX TRANMISSION PROBLEM PLEASE GO TO WWW.KINETICCONCEPTS.COM
CONSUMER DIDN'T ENTER SUMMARY.
2/14/97-REPORTED TO BROWN'S SUBARU THAT CAR FELT LIKE IT STARTED IN A DIFFERENT GEAR OTHER THAN IN 1ST GEAR. DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY ABNORMALITIES IN TRANSMISSION FUNCTION.CAR SEEMED TO RUN OKAY AFTER THIS UNTIL FEB 1998 WHEN WHILE TRAVELING AT 30-35 MPH LOST ALL GEARS IN THE AUTOMATIC POSITION.WAS ABLE TO PUT TRANSMISSION IN "MANUAL MODE" AND DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER(BROWN'S SUBARU OF ARLINGTON WHERE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW, BUT WAS TOLD THEY DID NOT DO WARRANTY THERE BECAUSE THE SUBARU SERVICE HAD MOVED TO ALEXANDRIA, WHERE I TOOK AUTO NEXT MORNING, WHERE AFTER APPROXIMATELY 33 DAYS THE CAR, SUPPOSEDLY WAS REPAIRED.NEW PARTS PUT INTO TRANSMISSION TWO OR THREE TIMES DURING THIS 33 DAY PERIOD BECAUSE TRANSMISSION, ACCORDING TO MECHANIC AND SERVICE MANAGER WOULD WORK THEN WOULD FAIL. SUPPOSEDLY NO NEW TRANSMISSION WAS AVAILABLE, AND THE DISTRICT MANAGER, MR. HARRY CROOK, WANTED TO FIND OUT THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM SINCE NO OTHER 1995 SVX TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS HAD BEEN REPORTED.TOOK RECEIPT OF CAR WITH EVERYTHING WORKING OKAY. SEVERAL DAYS LATER(I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE WITH ME, BUT HAVE THE WORK INVOICE AT HOME, I DETECTED A WHIRRING SOUND IN THE TRANSMISSION WHEN I WOULD PUT INTO REVERSE. SERVICE WRITER HEARD NOISE AND TOOK CAR IN.IF IT SERVES ME CORRECTLY THE INITIAL MECHANIC WAS OUT ON SICK LEAVE, SO I HAD TO TAKE AUTO TO STOHLMAN'S SUBARU, RT 7 MCLEAN,VA.COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. DEC'98 CAR STARTED TO HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AGAIN. WHILE IN "DRIVE" AFTER PRESSING THE ACCELARATOR, THE ENGINE WOULD JUST REV AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. ABLE TO PUT IT MANUAL MODE AND TAKE TO BROWN'S SUBARU WHERE AGAIN, AT THIS DATE THEY ARE NOT PUTTING NEW PARTS TO REPLACE THIRD GEAR CLUTCH PARTS, ETC. IN *AK TRANS.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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