1992 SUBARU SVX Power Train Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1992 SUBARU SVX. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 151,000.

TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH 64000 MI. TRANS SHOP "REBUILT" IT AND ADDED A TRANS COOLER FOR 2200$ AS SOON AS I FIST DROVE IT I NOTICED THE CAR "BINDING UP" DURING TURNS AT SLOW SPEED. SHOP OWNER SAID HE COULDN'T REPLICATE OR FEEL ANYTHING WRONG, WITH ME IN THE CAR AND IT WAS CLEARLY BINDING DURING SLOW TURNS, HE REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY PROBLEM. ALSO THERE IS A NOISE, LIKE A BOLT INSIDE THE TORQUE CONVERTER THAT I HEAR WHEN I AM OFF THE THROTTLE. ALSO HAVE REPLACED BOTH REAR WHEEL BEARINGS. CABIN TRUNK RELEASE HAS FAILED AND ALL OF THE HOOD/TRUNK STRUTS HAVE FAILED. *TR

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...