Steves72 Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 I have owned my 2000 Legacy obw for a little over 2 months and I have one remaining mechanical issue to correct. Every once in a while, after coming to a stop, no power is transmitted from the engine to the wheels. It feels as though the car has been shifted into neutral. Typically what happens is I take my foor off the brake, step on the gas and the engine revs up and the car does not move. When this occurs, I simply take my foot back off the gas pedal, wait a second or two for the transmission to reengauge (I feel it go back in), and step back on the gas. Yesterday, this happened to me as I was on a busy road sitting in a line of traffic and it made me uncorfortable not being able to move for those couple of seconds. This seems to happen once every 2 to 3 days and is going to make diagnosis rather difficult unless someone here (or at the dealership) has heard of this problem. This never happens while moving and the transmission shifts fine otherwise. Any words of wisdom would be appreciated. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennleeder Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 steve, I have a 98 outback and recently this same problem started around 50k miles ... it happens once and a while and acts up every few weeks or so??? the trans doesn't give power to the move forward, it just revs like i'm not in gear? then it'll slowly go slipping into gear? then it'll drive fine for a week or so. sometimes it revs high and the car drives forward ok but it won't change into the next gear until it hit 5k rpm, then clunkc into the next gear? strange trans issues on my 98 outback. wish i knew what to do as the dealer just disregards any problems after they test drive it and the problem doesn't show itself... then the just flush it, charge me $100 and say, "seems fine WITH A FLUSH". A WEEK LATER, SMAE ISSUE! IDIOTS. they would cover it under the 60k mile warranty because they couldn't find anything wrong with it. problem still happens - every other week or so and i have 98k miles on it. does anyone know what this "reving" issue is with the trans not giving power and just rev'ing??? I have owned my 2000 Legacy obw for a little over 2 months and I have one remaining mechanical issue to correct. Every once in a while, after coming to a stop, no power is transmitted from the engine to the wheels. It feels as though the car has been shifted into neutral. Typically what happens is I take my foor off the brake, step on the gas and the engine revs up and the car does not move. When this occurs, I simply take my foot back off the gas pedal, wait a second or two for the transmission to reengauge (I feel it go back in), and step back on the gas. Yesterday, this happened to me as I was on a busy road sitting in a line of traffic and it made me uncorfortable not being able to move for those couple of seconds. This seems to happen once every 2 to 3 days and is going to make diagnosis rather difficult unless someone here (or at the dealership) has heard of this problem. This never happens while moving and the transmission shifts fine otherwise. Any words of wisdom would be appreciated. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinjmpr Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 I had the same thing happen to me a couple of times last Winter. Seemed to happen most often on cold days when the car had been sitting for a while. It only happened once or twice and then never again, so I'm not sure how serious it is. The Subaru is my first AT vehicle, and I have to confess I don't know much about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steves72 Posted October 18, 2004 Author Share Posted October 18, 2004 I am not certain how to approach this but I will call and talk to the service manager at two local (and long time) Subaru dealerships local to me. Maybe they will have some idea on this problem. I am hoping that my case may be related to how the car controls the transmission. Perhaps the computer believes the car has been shifted into neutral due to a bad sensor or other control device? If I hear something from the dealer I will let you know. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steves72 Posted October 19, 2004 Author Share Posted October 19, 2004 Well, the service manager told me that this is likely to be a transmission issue. But, the good news was that the transmission is still under warranty. Apparently, the factory covers it for 5yr / 60K miles and the car was originally purchased on May 27, 2000. With just over 50,300 on the odometer, I am covered under warranty. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steves72 Posted October 21, 2004 Author Share Posted October 21, 2004 Well, the dealership is ordering a transmission for it today. It's getting replaced under factory warranty. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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