Subaru SVX

Owners filed 291 complaints across 7 model years of the Subaru SVX. The 1992 drew the most (231).

Model years7
Complaints291
Recalls0
Fires1
Deaths0

Which Subaru SVX years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Subaru SVX model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Subaru SVX model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
19972
0—1Air Bags › FrontalRoutine
19963
0——Power Train › Axle Assembly › Axle ShaftRoutine
199520
0——Power Train › Automatic TransmissionRoutine
199428
0—1Power Train › Automatic TransmissionRoutine
19934
0——Power Train › Automatic TransmissionRoutine
1992231
014Power Train › Automatic TransmissionAbove average
19903
0——Power Train › Automatic TransmissionRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.