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anyone else have horrible luck?
hello to everyone! i would just like to say that though i love my svx to pieces, it just refuses to stay fixed. Am i the only one who has dumped close to $6000 into my vehicle and with everything i fix it seems to run worse?! *sigh* i dont know what the fate of my vehicle will be, i can hardly afford to keep the thing running, im a full time student! and i think we all know.. parts are definetly NOT cheap! (and for that matter neither is the gas!) id love to hear your stories!
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no, you're definately not the only one. i sunk $k into mine throughout the last 4 months and then my tranny went out for another $2k (been 2 weeks and i still haven't gotten my car back from them). |
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my car was like that. then i took it to svxfiles shop and it runs beter than it did when i got it. he replaced a valve in the intake. i also had alot of belt problems but they were recently fixed. the svx is a hard thing to work on if the shop isnt familar with the car.
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yea, i cannot find a shop that knows what they are doing with my car, that i can trust not to charge me out the @$$ for everything!
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Don't feel too bad, I blew the tranny in my car on the way home from buying it! I had over $6k in repair bills the first month I owned it..
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After that would be my dad. He's been a mechanic his whole life and he's one of the extremely few I trust with my SVX (He also has one).
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1993 25th Anniversary Edition # 156 of 301 ~ 121, 488 miles ( SOLD TO svxfiles 8/6/06) 2006 Subaru Impreza 2.5i....5spd - My daily driver 2006 Subaru Legacy 2.5i -7k miles..Mom's daily driver 2,543 Member of the SVX World Network |
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my car was pretty reliable for three years, but at the first sign of tranny trouble, i bailed.
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Kenneth 1997 Subaru SVX LSi "Svetlana" #185 of 640 - 09/1996 - Polo Green Pearl - 34k miles 1992 Subaru SVX LS-L "Everett" #8738 - 01/1992 - Ebony Pearl - 139k miles - 5MT shifty - Sold 07/31/2011 1992 Subaru SVX LS-L "Sven" #1599 - 05/1991 - Claret - 168k miles - Traded 05/11/2005 2023 Subaru Crosstrek Limited CVT - Crystal White Pearl - 2.8k miles 2021 Subaru Forester 2.5i Limited CVT - Horizon Blue Pearl - 17k miles 2023 Volkswagen Jetta S 6MT - Pure White - 2.6k miles 2020 Hyundai Ioniq Limited EV - Ceramic White - 30k miles |
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Well I think I may have ya all topped.
1. replaced headgaskets 2. modded up a little 3. replaced the trans 4. Now i need to replace the entire motor(again) Am I the first person to kill an SVX motor without it being on the gas? or forced induction of any kind? Tom |
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wow, I'm probably the one of the few lucky one? I have been driving my SVX for more than 3 years now. The major one I had was the timing belt. it was not even because of the belt, but the water pump got frozen and the roller melted the belt til it broke. Fortunately I had my mechanic friend, so he helped me fixiing the belt/water pump in my garage.
Other things I spent.. rear hub bearing CV boots spark plugs battery oil changes tires brake pads ...fine tickets. Having said that, I drive really carefully not to damage any mechanical things on my SVX. Not driving so hard..anymore. I kinda get tired of driving hard in LA! -Ryu
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Notice the high weeds all the way arround? Dosn't get driven any more
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Since the trans had basicly lost fourth gear, I asked him to use third gear only, He agreed. Two hours later, he called from Route 68, no transmission, and the engine with a high pitched squeel and a knock,that I hoped was a cracked flexplate.....It was not a flexplate... Thats the story of how Nick got another engine, and the first 4.44 I still have'nt had the chance to find out what the deep knock was, but the squeel was the timing belt cover melting down onto the crank pulley .
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The SVX is a very quirky car. If you find a mechanic that loves it, you're set. If not, you're in for a rough experience. Also, on a personal level, almost seven years to the day after breaking my last mirror, I broke another one. Let me guess, in another seven years, I'll break another one??? Doug
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11 times?! damn man
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1993 25th Anniversary Edition # 156 of 301 ~ 121, 488 miles ( SOLD TO svxfiles 8/6/06) 2006 Subaru Impreza 2.5i....5spd - My daily driver 2006 Subaru Legacy 2.5i -7k miles..Mom's daily driver 2,543 Member of the SVX World Network |
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