NHTSA Complaint #700901 — 1992 SUBARU SVX

MY PROBLEMS STARTED WHEN I NOTICED MY SPEEDOMETER FLUCTUATING LAST SUMMER. IT WOULD WAVER ABOUT 20MPH UP AND DOWN AT EVERY SPEED. SOON AFTER, IT STATED GETTING EVEN WORSE. I ALSO NOTICED THAT EVER SO OFTEN, MY TRANSMISSION GEAR SEEMED TO RAPIDLY JUMP BACK AND FORTH (BETWEEN THE CURRENT GEAR AND THE NEXT LOWEST(?)) BETWEEN 20000-2200 RPM ON THE TACHOMETER. I TOOK MY CAR TO A SUBARU DEALERSHIP (MAC HAIK SUBARU, I-10 & KIRKWOOD, HOUSTON, TEXAS (713) 497-6600) AND WAS TOLD THAT MY SPEEDOMETER, WHICH IS ELECTRONIC, WAS A CONTROL UNIT WICH FITS INTO THE TOP OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING BAD, AND WAS BURNING OUT THE CONTROL UNIT. WHEN ASKED IF THE REMEMDY WOULD BE TO BUY A NEW ($200) CONTROL UNIT, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD SOON BE BURNED OUT BY THE TRANSMISSION, ALSO. THE SOLUTION WOULD BE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION, SINCE IT WAS AT FAULT. I HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY READ REPORTS CONCERNING SUBARU'S 1992 TRANSMISSIONS IN MY CAR BEING IMPROPERLY GEARED, AND THAT SUBSEQUENT YEARS HAD DIFFERENT WORKINGS THAT CURED THIS PROBLEM.