1992 Subaru Svx

I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS. FROM THE BEGINING, I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE AUTOMOBILE. WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR, A REAR STRUT ASSEMBLY FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. NEXT BY TRANSMISSION FAILED. AT THE TIME OF REPAIR, I DISCOVERED THAT RECALL WORK THAT WAS CLAIMED TO BE DONE WAS ACTUALLY FALSIFIED. FOLLOWING THIS, MY TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN AND WAS REPLACED WITH A REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION. AT ABOUT 43000 MILES, MY REAR RIGHT HUB BEARING WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. SIX MONTHS, LATER, MY LEFT HUB BEARING WAS REPLACED. SINCE THEN, I HAVE REPLACED THE REAR RIGHT BEARING AN ADDITIONAL 3 TIMES AND THE LEFT AN ADDITIONAL 2 WITHIN A SPAN OF 3 YEARS. THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT IT IS PERFECTLY NORMAL FOR THE BEARINGS TO WEAR OUT AFER ABOUT ONE YEAR. THIS SOUNDS LIKE AN ENGINEERING FLAW. LASTLY, MY TRANSMISSION HAS PRODUCED A BUCKLING FEEL WHEN I MAKE SHARP TURNS. THIS PROBLEM HAS WORSENED, AND I FEAR THAT I WILL HAVE SPENT SOME MORE MONEY TO GET THIS FIXED SOON. I FEEL THAT SUBARU IS AWARE OF THE MANY PROBLEMS OF THE SVX, BUT HAS NOT TAKEN ACTION TO FIX THEM AND IS ENDANGERING THE SAFETY OF SVX OWNERS.

THE SUBARU SVX TRANSMISSION HAS SEVERAL PROBLEMS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY, IT CAN BE UNPREDICATBLE AT TIMES AND THUS COULD EASILY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO UNRELIABLE ACCELERATION AND POWER TRANSFER. AFTER I HAD MY ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION REPLACED, I WAS SUPRISED TO QUICKLY LEARN THAT MY NEW TRANSMISSION WAS FADING QUICKLY, SUBARU I OBVIOUSLY SATISFIED WITH JUST REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION UNTIL THE OWNERS POWERTRAIN WARRANTY IS COMPLETE, THEN STICKING THE OWNER WITH THE UNFAIR RESPONSIBILTY OF EITHER REPLACING THEIR OWN TRANSMISSION AT THEIR COST, OR JUST TO CONTINUE DRIVING THEIR CAR IN ITS UNPREDICTABLE STATE, THIS POLICY/PRACTICE IS SIMPLY UNNACCEPTABLE TO ME, IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDS TO BE MANDATED, AND THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE FIXED WITH A RECALL AND A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM, SUCH AS A MODIFIED, REDESIGNED TRANSMISSION, BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS HURT BY PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL AND JUST LURKING FORWARD INTO TRAFFIC, JUST TO BE CONFRONTED WITH A TRANSMISSION THAT REFUSES TO ENGAGE AT CRITICAL TIMES, THIS COULD EASILY KILL SOMEBODY WITH SPEEDS THAT WE AMERICANS DRIVE THESE DAYS. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS COMMENT AND THE OTHERS THAT I AM SURE YOU HAVE RECEIVED, AND DO THE RIGHT THING, MANDATE A RECALL. THANK YOU !

MY PROBLEMS STARTED WHEN I NOTICED MY SPEEDOMETER FLUCTUATING LAST SUMMER. IT WOULD WAVER ABOUT 20MPH UP AND DOWN AT EVERY SPEED. SOON AFTER, IT STATED GETTING EVEN WORSE. I ALSO NOTICED THAT EVER SO OFTEN, MY TRANSMISSION GEAR SEEMED TO RAPIDLY JUMP BACK AND FORTH (BETWEEN THE CURRENT GEAR AND THE NEXT LOWEST(?)) BETWEEN 20000-2200 RPM ON THE TACHOMETER. I TOOK MY CAR TO A SUBARU DEALERSHIP (MAC HAIK SUBARU, I-10 & KIRKWOOD, HOUSTON, TEXAS (713) 497-6600) AND WAS TOLD THAT MY SPEEDOMETER, WHICH IS ELECTRONIC, WAS A CONTROL UNIT WICH FITS INTO THE TOP OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING BAD, AND WAS BURNING OUT THE CONTROL UNIT. WHEN ASKED IF THE REMEMDY WOULD BE TO BUY A NEW ($200) CONTROL UNIT, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD SOON BE BURNED OUT BY THE TRANSMISSION, ALSO. THE SOLUTION WOULD BE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION, SINCE IT WAS AT FAULT. I HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY READ REPORTS CONCERNING SUBARU'S 1992 TRANSMISSIONS IN MY CAR BEING IMPROPERLY GEARED, AND THAT SUBSEQUENT YEARS HAD DIFFERENT WORKINGS THAT CURED THIS PROBLEM.