1992 Subaru Svx

VEHICLE BEGAN TO REV WHILE THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONSUMER THEN ACTIVATED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. *MR THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT DOWN GRADE. WHEN THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED THE CONSUMERS SON HAD TAKEN HIS FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND COASTED BEFORE APPLYING THE BRAKES. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED THE VEHICLE WAS BACKED UP, AND IDLED NORMALLY. THE SUBARU DEALER COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. ON THE SECOND INCIDENT THE MOTOR STARTED TO REV AND WAS VERY LOUD AND NOISY. THE CONSUMER CHECKED THE DASH AND THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF A PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE SHOT OUT OF CONTROL FROM THE PARKED ANGLE SPACE INTO THE LANE FOR TRAFFIC. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE REVVING WAS DUE TO CARBON BUILD UP. THE RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED BECAUSE OF A LEAK. *SCC *JB

DEAR NHTSA, PLEASE LOOK INTO THE CASES INVOLVING REAR WHEEL BEARING FAILURES BECAUSE UNDER THIS SEARCH IN YOUR COMPLAINT FILE I SAW MANY. THE NUMBERS MAY NOT BE OVERWHELMING BUT THAT IS BECAUSE SUBARU ONLY PRODUCED AROUND 20000 OF THESE VEHICLES. I AM ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY TRANSMISSION AND SURGING WHICH I SEE AS A SAFETY HAZARD AND COULD CAUSE AND ACCIDENT. IF YOU WANT MORE INFO AND DATA YOU CAN CHECK OUT WWW.KINETICCONCEPTS.COM WHICH IS TAKING A SURVEY ON CAR OWNERS AND THEIR PROBLEMS. I FIND IT HARD TO DISMISS THE PERCENTAGE OF 136 PEOPLE RESONDING 41% HAD TO AT LEAST REPAIR ONE WHEEL BEARING AND ALSO 40% HAD TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION. SO PLEASE LOOK INTO THESE PROBLEMS THAT SUBARU HAS HAD WITH THEIR SVX WITH CONCERN FOR THE CONSUMER AND FOR THEIR SAFETY. *AK

CAR HAS A SURGING PROBLEM AT IDLE WHEN COLD. STARTED CAR, PUT IN GEAR, FULLY DEPRESSING ACCELERATOR AND CAR BARELY MOVES, THEN SECONDS LATER, CAR GAINS POWER SUDDENLY AND SURGES FORWARD. ALSO, WHEEL BEARINGS WENT BAD, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED 3 TIMES IN LESS THAN 20,000 MILES (13 MONTHS). TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN SHIFTING WHILE ACCELERATING. CAR SOMETIMES LOSES POWER THEN SURGES FORWARD BETWEEN GEARS. *AK

VEHICLE HESITATES ON ACCELERATION. TAKES 1-2 SECONDS FOR DRIVETRAIN TO RESPOND TO ACCELERATION AND THEN VEHICLE TAKES OFF MUCH QUICKER THAN ANTICIPATED. HAPPENS FROM A STOP OR WHILE MOVING, IF VEH IS HOT OR COLD AND IF IT IS DRY OR WET OUT. I FEEL THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS VEH LURCHES FORWARD WHEN PROCEEDING FROM A STOP AND COULD CAUSE A COLLISION WITH THE VEH IN FRONT OR WITH A PEDESTRIAN.