1995 Subaru SVX problems
The 1995 Subaru SVX has 25 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (52%) concerns transmission. After that come drivetrain & axles (24%) and air bags (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 25 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Transmission 52% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 4 injuries reported.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
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…
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 [link removed]
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.
Was driving an first 3rd gear would just rev then it started skipping 3rd then I would have to slowly push gas to move an eventually it just revved up I would park an wait 15-20 min start it an transmission worked for a couple min then stopped an it still works barely off an on it has fluid but when it doesn't work the shifter can be in any position an transmission won't engage at all.