Please help this young lady

[LarryIII]

Hi all,

I recently received an e-mail from a young lady named Tracey.
He mom is having problems with their SVX. I am posting her e-mail here hoping you all can help her. Please read and offer any assistance that you can.

Thanks.

Larry III
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hi Larry:

My mom owns a 1992 SVX and really loves it! She's always taken such good care of it (e.g., washes it every week, has the oil changed regularly, etc.). Unfortunately, we have recently began to realize some problems with the car. First, the car has been making a loud rubbing type sound when the steering wheel is turned. When she told me about this, I checked the power steering fluid and found that the level was okay.
Since we couldn't figure out what was causing the sound, we decided to take it in to a Subaru specialist located here in Golden, CO. So you know, the power steering was not the only problem we were having. The car also started to leak oil and the brakes also began to make a loud screeching noise. We debriefed the mechanic on our concerns and he decided to run a diagnostic. Upon completion, the mechanic told us that SVX's are nice looking cars, but they have a few problems. He told us that we would need a new transmission. This shocked me, as the car only
has 47k miles. The mechanic also told us that the power steering column needed to be replaced and that the oil pump was bad. He told us that SVX's typically have these problems because of the way they were built (e.g., weighing in at 3,600 pounds, etc.). So, with all of this disappointing information, my mom decided to sell the car. We are still in the process of selling it.

The reason why I wrote you all of that was to ask you the following question: Considering your experience and knowledge of these cars, would you think that once these mechanical problems are fixed that the car would continue to give us problems? My mom really doesn't' want to sell the car, but thinks that it will cost her a significant amount of money
if she keeps it. What are your thoughts?

Please let me know. Thanks for your time.

Tracey