anyone else have horrible luck?

flirtychick · #1 05-29-2005, 02:48 PM

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!

freak customs · #2 05-29-2005, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by flirtychick

. Am i the only one who has dumped close to $6000 into my vehicle and with everything i fix it seems to run worse?!

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).

Matthewmongan · #3 05-29-2005, 03:37 PM

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.

flirtychick · #4 05-29-2005, 03:39 PM

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!

Zeppelin · #5 05-29-2005, 10:51 PM

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..

Earthworm · #6 05-31-2005, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by flirtychick

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!

The best place I would recommend is Marion Motors (Dino is the SVX expert there). They aren't a dealership but they were the only Subaru dealership while the SVX was being sold. I wouldn't recommend Frontier Subaru simply because they started up in 1998. They have no real SVX knowledge.

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).

n00b on demand · #7 05-31-2005, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeppelin

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..

a n00bs luck

shelfy · #8 05-31-2005, 05:13 PM

my car was pretty reliable for three years, but at the first sign of tranny trouble, i bailed.

TomsSVX · #9 05-31-2005, 10:22 PM

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

SubaRyu · #10 05-31-2005, 11:25 PM

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

NapaBavarian · #11 06-01-2005, 09:24 AM

Notice the high weeds all the way arround? Dosn't get driven any more

svxfiles · #12 06-01-2005, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by tomssvx

Am I the first person to kill an SVX motor without it being on the gas? or forced induction of any kind?

Tom

Last year, before the Fourth of July, I lent Nick's(boxer6) 96 SVx to a local policeman, a customer of mine.
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

.

Zeppelin · #13 06-01-2005, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by tomssvx

Am I the first person to kill an SVX motor without it being on the gas? or forced induction of any kind?

Tom

Nope, I killed mine in July of '02 (in the first month I owned the car) Subaru dealer didn't tell me a rod was knocking when I picked up the car after just getting the transmission done by them.

mohrds · #14 06-01-2005, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Zeppelin

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..

Damn, you got me beat. Mine went 28 days before the first transmission blew. Over the next few years I had the damn thing rebuilt ten more times. Total of eleven. When that one blew two years ago, I got smart and opted for the 5 speed swap.

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

n00b on demand · #15 06-01-2005, 12:45 PM

11 times?! damn man