Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1992 Subaru Svx.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-01-12 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1992 SUBARU SVX. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SEIZED WITHO… |
| 2008-02-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1992 SUBARU SVX. WHILE DRIVING 23 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A SHIFTING DELAY. THE VEHICLE WOULD … |
| 2007-09-25 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION SLIP BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. *TR |
| 2007-02-28 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILURE. NO SPECIFIC EVENT OR ACTIVITY LEAD TO THE FAILURE. TRANSMISSION WORSENED OVER A PERIOD OF WEEKS… |
| 2005-12-20 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION'S SECOND GEAR IS INOPERATIVE AND THIRD GEAR IS SLIPPING. THE COOLING SYSTEM W… |
| 2005-11-20 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON MY SUBARU SVX 1992 YEAR MODEL. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 65K MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN MAINTAINED … |
| 2005-06-25 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I PURCHASES A SUBARU SVX 1992 MODEL. I TEST DROVE IT AND IT SEEMED FINE. TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC TO HAVE IT LOOKED OVER A… |
| 2005-04-25 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1992 SUBARU SVX TRANSMISSION FAILURE. EVERYTHING ON THE CAR WORKS GREAT BUT 3RD AND 4TH GEAR.. SUBARU NEEDS TO HELP US … |
| 2004-12-26 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME AFTER BEING FIXED. NO WARNING THIS TIME, JUST WOULDN'T GO IN REVERSE. TRAN… |
| 2004-11-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I AM FEELING THE FAILURE OF MY TRANSMISSION, WHICH IS QUITE COMMON TO ALL 1992 SUBARU SVX AND THE COMPANY HASN'T REALLY… |
| 2004-09-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH 64000 MI. TRANS SHOP "REBUILT" IT AND ADDED A TRANS COOLER FOR 2200$ AS SOON AS I FIST DROVE I… |
| 2004-06-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS IN 4TH GEAR WHEN IT'S TEMPERATURE AND THE WEATHER TEMPERATURE IS COOL. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO FAI… |
| 2004-02-26 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FLAWS OF THE MANUFACTURER. *AK |
| 2003-09-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY SVX, ALTHOUGH IT IS A 92' THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL FAILED AT ABOUT 98,000 MILES. I EXPECTED THE LIFE OF THE TRANSMISS… |
| 2003-08-28 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WE HAVE HAD A 1992 SUBARU SVX AND ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE EXTENSIVE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WE ARE GOIN… |
| 2003-07-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | CONSUMER HAS PROBLEM WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK |
| 2003-07-03 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE: CONTACTED SUBARU ABOUT 1 YEAR PRIOR ABOUT PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THE SLIPAGE WAS NORMAL. … |
| 2003-06-18 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A LOT, WHEN CONSUMER STARTED THE IGNITION, INSTANTLY THE RPMS "REVVED" UP TO THE MAXIMUM. CONS… |
| 2003-04-05 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | Yes | 0 | TRANSMISSION HESITATED ON HIGHWAY AND IN REVERSE. *NLM |
| 2003-03-12 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | UPON PURCHASE OF CAR 1-2 WEEKS PRIOR, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO 4TH GEAR, AND WAS SLIPP… |
| 2003-02-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DESPITE REGULAR PROFESSIONAL CAR CARE AT EITHER A SUBARU DEALER IN 80 - 100 M… |
| 2002-09-26 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AS YOU KNOW THE SUBARU SVX IS KNOWN FOR ITS FAULTY TRANSMISSION. I RECENTLY BOUGHT AN SVX NOT KNOWING OF THE FACTORY DE… |
| 2002-08-16 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | OWNERS OF THIS CAR WHICH IF NEEDED 100-1000 OR MORE OWNERS CAN CLAIM THAT THIS CAR BUILT BY SUBARU HAS A DEFECT IN THE … |
| 2002-07-21 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | NO DESCRIPTION.*JB |
| 2002-07-15 | SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE | No | 0 | I'VE HAD BOTH REAR WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED, THE RIGHT REAR I'VE HAD REPLACED 3 TIMES, THE LAST ONE LASTED LESS THAN 100… |
| 2002-07-07 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE LAST OWNER HAD THIS PROBLEM SO HE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT BUT IT HAPPENED AGAIN. *AK |
| 2002-06-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2002-05-14 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I OWN A 1992 SUBARUS SVX . I HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AT A COST OF $2500.00 NOW 40,000 MILES LATER IT NEEDS… |
| 2002-04-06 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE WAS REVING UP BETWEEN GEARS, ALL THE WAY TO THE RED LINE. WHEN GEAR CATCHES THE VEHICL… |
| 2002-03-25 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 58,000 MILES AND WAS REPLACED BY SUBARU UNDER WARRANTY. SECOND TRANSMISSION JUST FAILE… |
| 2002-03-20 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I PURCHASED THIS AS A USED VEHICLE, BUT PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY DUE TO THE POTENTIAL (EXPENSIVE) PROBLEMS. I W… |
| 2002-03-14 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | VEHICLE BEGAN TO REV WHILE THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONSUMER THEN ACTIVATED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. *MR THERE WAS… |
| 2002-01-20 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2001-10-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO REVERSE GEAR. AFTER SHIFTING INTO AND OUT OF REVERSE SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO LUCK, I … |
| 2001-07-25 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT I KNOW OF THAT THIS CAR'S TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED.*AK |
| 2001-06-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE WHEN PULLING INTO AN INTERSECTION, HOWEVER IT DID NOT GO INTO GEAR AND CONSUMER HAD TO FORCE IT IN… |
| 2001-06-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, WHICH HAS A HISTORY OF FAILURE FOR THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE (4EAT TRANSMISSION).*AK |
| 2001-05-22 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE GEARS. EVERY TIME HE CHANGES GEARS VEHICLE HESITATES BEFORE IT WILL CHANGE. DE… |
| 2001-05-18 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILED...REOCCURRING PROBLEM WITH ALL SVX'S...STARTED TO SLIP THAN LOST GEAR SAME DAY...WENT HOME PARKED C… |
| 2001-05-17 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | VEHICLE WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR, IT HAD TO BE DRIVEN IN 2ND GEAR HOME. THERE WAS NO WARNING. CONSUMER WILL ADD MO… |
| 2001-05-17 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER. WHEN PUSHING ON GAS PEDAL VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE, IT WAS STILL RUNNING.… |
| 2001-05-06 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT, AND VEHICLE WILL FEEL LIKE IT IS RIDING IN NEUTRAL.*AK *JB |
| 2001-03-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | STARTED OUT WITH THE ALTERNATOR, AND TOOK OUT ALL ELECTRONICS. *AK |
| 2001-03-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, AND EXSPENSIVE IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO GET THE SUBARU TO … |
| 2001-03-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | SECOND GEAR FAILED IN TRANSMISSIONSERVICED AT 30,000 MILES. *AK |
| 2001-02-24 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2001-02-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | CRUISING ON EXPRESSWAY WHEN SUDDENLY TRANSMISSION CAN'T FIND THIRD OR FOURTH GEARS. HAD TO DRIVE HOME (40 MILES) IN SE… |
| 2001-01-22 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2001-01-05 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I STRONGLY FEEL THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD ORDER A COMPLETE RECALL ON ALL SVX MODELS AND INSTALL A NEW AND NON DEFECTIVE T… |
| 2000-12-24 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |