When the wheels are slipping, as on a muddy hill, the RPM's drop to 1000, sometimes taking even 1 second to even respond. They may shoot up to 2500 RPM's, not enough to maintain speed. This is even as car is floored. As a result, forward motion stops and it's all she wrote. I've had subarus exclusively except for 2 years since 1985 and this has never been an issue. As a result, I can't go up our 4 wheel drive road successfully very often. Is it a new thing with these Subarus or is there a problem?
Jan 12, 2010 at 4:10 PM