Hello all. I have a 1992 Subaru Legacy Station Wagon and it's been working pretty well up 'till now. It starts just fine and when I shift into drive the car runs fine. But when I go up a hill, the tachometer suddenly leaps up to 4 or 5 but the speedometer refuses to go above 25 MPH. Then, when I stop at a light and try to go, the car seems and acts like it's in neutral. I press down the accelerator and the engine revs but the car doesn't move. But when I turn the car off and start it up again I can accelerate up to 30 MPH for about 2 minuets, then the RPM leaps up to 4 or 5 and the speedometer drops back down to 25 MPH. The car ran fine yesterday but this afternoon, the first time I had driven it since yesterday, all these problems popped up. A few people I have talked to think that it's a problem with the transmission. Anyone else ever have this problem with your Subaru? Or does anyone know what the problem might be? Thanks.
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17 years ago