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1994 Subaru SVX power train problems

22 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the power train on the 1994 Subaru SVX79% of all complaints for this model year.

22
Power Train complaints
79%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • My 94 subaru svx transmission will not move in any gear. Very costly to repair subaru should pay. Poor design in transmission *tr

    filed Mar 6, 2011

  • My subaru svx transmission recently started suffering a delay when shifting gears, high revs and slipping while shifting and just now I tried to drive it and a clunking sound happened when putting the car in reverse. Now it won't go in to reverse at all, also, 1st gear doesn't work half the time…

    filed Aug 20, 2009

  • Started out as 3rd and 4th slipping, and after babying it for a week of going to work and back home it will no longer hold 3rd or 4th. After doing research it has been found that the 4eat has about as much issues as the pinto (without the exploding). Every owner of the svx and a 4eat has suffered this in one form or…

    filed Aug 6, 2006

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Power Train problems in other SVX years

YearReportsShare
1995 SVX1785%
1992 SVX20087%
SVX power train problems by year →

Other reported problem areas on the 1994 Subaru SVX

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.