Subaru SVX Acceleration problems by year

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...

Vehicle was parked in a lot, when consumer started the ignition, instantly the rpms "revved" up to the maximum. Consumer turned vehicle off, waited a few minutes, and then restarted. When gear was placed in reverse, the vehicle suddenly accelerated backward almost hitting pedestrians.*Ak

When you depress the accelerator in need of an emergency speed increase the car goes into neutral rather than going into a gear. An accident has not occurred yet, however I've had some rather dangerous situations that it would have been nice to not have the car fail to move in. *Ak

While driving vehicle started to lose power. When pushing on gas pedal vehicle would not move, it was still running. *Ak

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...

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

2/14/97-Reported to brown's subaru that car felt like it started in a different gear other than in 1st gear. Dealer could not find any abnormalities in transmission function.Car seemed to run okay after this until feb 1998 when while traveling at 30-35 mph lost all gears in the automatic position.Was able to put transmission in "manual mode" and drive the vehicle to the dealer(brown's subaru of arlington where the car was purchased new, but was told they did not do warranty there because the subaru service had...

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.

While driving and trying to stop the vehicle would not stop. Car went into a tree and stopped. Dealer is not aware of the incident or the problem. *Ak

Due to carbon forming around the throttle body, the throttle was in open position, resulting in unexpected acceleration. The braking system did not to work properly, which almost caused an accident. Dealer said the reason the carbon was forming around the throttle body was due to the fact that the occupant did not drive the vehicle as much. *Ak