2015 Subaru Forester

CAR WAS TRAVELING AT 75MPH FOR 2 HOURS WHEN GOING UP AND SMALL GRADE INCLINE. ENGINE STARTED REVVING AND CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN VERY QUICKLY. WAS IN TRAFFIC, SO HAD TO TURN ON HAZARD LIGHTS ON, AND GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE FELT AS IF THOUGH IT WAS BRAKING. THE HILL DESCENT CONTROL LIGHT LIT UP, BUT NO OTHER LIGHTS. CAR DID NOT STALL. I THEN TURNED IT OFF, OPENED THE HOOD AND EVERYTHING LOOKED NORMAL. CAR WAS AT NORMAL OPERATIONAL TEMPERATURE AND HAD 1/4 TANK IF FUEL LEFT. CAR WAS INFO FOR SERVICE WITHIN 500 MILES AT SUBARU. AFTER CHECKING THE ENGINE, I STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND TOOK OFF. 30 MINUTES LATER, THE EXACT SAME ISSUE OCCURED.

ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS WAS DRIVING MY 2015 SUBARU FORESTER (TOURING EDITION) AT HIGHWAY SPEED, 70 MPH, THE CAR LOST POWER AND STARTED DECELERATING. LUCKILY BOTH TIMES I WAS ABLE TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER. THE CAR RE-STARTED AFTER AWHILE. THE FIRST TIME THE LOW FUEL LIGHT WAS ON BUT I HAD OVER 50 MILES LEFT ACCORDING TO FUEL SENSOR. THE SECOND TIME, A MONTH OR SO LATER, NO LOW FUEL LIGHT WAS ON. THERE WERE 2 BARS LEFT ON THE FUEL GAUGE. AGAIN CAR TOTALLY DECELERATED AND THEN A FEW MINUTES LATER WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN. SUBARU DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THEY HAVE NOT HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BUT SOMEONE DID CALL THEM ABOUT IT THE DAY BEFORE I CALLED. I AM SCHEDULING AN APPOINTMENT WHERE THEY SAY THEY WILL DO A DIAGNOSTIC ON IT. I AM SEEING MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ON THIS EXACT CAR ON CARCOMPLAINTS.COM THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND SUBARU SHOULD NOT BE WAITING FOR FATALITIES TO HAPPEN BEFORE RECALLING THESE CARS.

DRIVERS ARE NOT SEEING MY BRAKE LIGHTS OFF AND ON AND PULLING ME OVER TO TELLING US TO GET OUR LIGHTS FIXED. I JUST LOOKED UP RECALLS TO FIND OUT THAT WE HAVE A RECALL THAT NO ONE NOTIFIED US OF FOR THE BRAKE LIGHTS. WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR GRAND KIDS AND EVERYONE ELSES IN THE CAR ON A DAILY BASIS WHICH CAN BE A DEADLY SITUATION... PLEASE ASSIST.

SEVERAL TIMES WHEN I SLOW TO TURN OR SLOW IN TRAFFIC THEN TRY TO ACCELERATE, THE CAR DOESN'T RESPOND. WHEN I DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR AGAIN, IT BUCKS AND SURGES FORWARD IN A JERKING MOTION. ITS DANGEROUS BECAUSE SOMEONE FOLLOWING BEHIND ME IN A TURN COULD RUN INTO ME OR IN TRAFFIC , I COULD SUDDENLY SURGE INTO SOMEONE ELSE'S CAR. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THE ONLY REPORT I GOT WHEN I PICKED IT UP WAS THAT THEY HAD RE-PROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER AND TEST DROVE IT. THAT WAS 2 MONTHS AGO AND NOW I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. EVERY INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON CITY STREETS. I AM ALARMED ABOUT THE OTHER REPORTS I AM SEEING ON THIS AND SIMILAR LOSS OF CONTROL ISSUES.

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE ENGINE WILL SHUT DOWN. THIS HAS CREATED VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS WHEN HAVING TO CROSS HEAVILY TRAFFICKED LANES WITHOUT POWER TO ENTER SHOULDER. ISSUE HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN THE PAST 2 MONTHS. UNKNOWN CAUSE AS NO CODES ARE THROWN. VIDEO SHOWING ISSUE THAT I AM HAVING CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=OMNP_VKES-K .

MY 2015 FORESTER STALLED WHILE DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE LANE ON THE NJ PARKWAY (GOING ABOUT 65-70MPH.) THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS OR ANY INDICATIONS THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN. I HAD ABOUT 3/4 OF A TANK OF GAS LEFT. WHEN THE CAR STALLED, IT FELT LIKE IT DOWNSHIFTED AND THEN COMPLETELY STOPPED - ALMOST AS IF WE RAN OUT OF GAS (BUT WE DIDN'T). THE ELECTRIC (LIGHTS, RADIO, HEAT) WAS ON THE WHOLE TIME. WE WERE STALLED FOR ABOUT 15-20 MINUTES UNTIL THE COPS CAME. WE PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND THEY BUMPED US TO THE SHOULDER. WHILE WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK, WE TRIED TO START THE CAR AGAIN AND IT WORKED (ABOUT 30 MINUTES AFTER THE INITIAL STALL.) WE THEN DROVE TO THE NEARBY GAS STATION AND FILLED UP THE CAR; IT TOOK 12 GALLONS OF GAS AND I HAVE THE RECEIPT. THE SUBARU SERVICE CENTER CANNOT FIND THE ISSUE. THEY SAID THE COMPUTER ISN'T EVEN SHOWING A STALL CODE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A FATAL ACCIDENT AND I WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG AND KNOW IT IS FIXED BEFORE I DRIVE IT AGAIN. IT LOOKS LIKE OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SIMILAR ISSUES.

OCCASIONALLY STALLS WHEN ACCELERATING (USUALLY TO GET ON FREEWAY OR SPEED UP DRASTICALLY WHILE ON FREEWAY). DOESNT COMPLETELY LOSE POWER, ONLY OCCURS FOR ABOUT 1-4 SECONDS BUT DURING THAT TIME CAR DOES NOT SPEED UP EVEN WHEN PRESSING GAS (ACTUALLY ACTS AS IF FOOT WAS TAKEN OFF GAS), AND MAKES A CLICKING NOISE. HAS HAPPENED EVER SINCE PURCHASING CAR NEW, AND MENTIONED AT EVERY SERVICE BUT THEY CAN NEVER RECREATE THE ISSUE AND THEREFORE CANT FIX IT. SAW A SIMILAR STALLING ISSUE ON A RECALL FOR SAME TYPE OF CAR BUT NOT MY VIN. DEALERSHIP WONT CHECK UNLESS I PAY FEE.

ON 6/7/18 AFTER SIX HOURS BEHIND THE WHEEL, WHILE TRAVELING 78MPH ON CRUISE CONTROL MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ALL SYSTEMS, AS IF IT HAD RUN OUT OF GAS, ON INTERSTATE 85 IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. MIRACULOUSLY GETTING ONTO THE RIGHT SHOULDER FROM CENTER LANE I SAT FOR 10-20 MINUTES IN SHOCK. THINKING I HAD RUN OUT OF GAS EVEN THOUGH NO LOW FUEL INDICATORS HAD SHOWN UP I TURNED THE KEY TO SEE IF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD TURN ON. IT DID, A QUARTER TANK OF GAS SHOWED ON GAUGE. I TURNED THE IGNITION KEY AND THE ENGINE STARTED. I SAW A SIGN FOR EXIT IN 2 MILES, PUT ON HAZARDS, WENT 50 MPH TO EXIT, STRAIGHT TO GAS STATION. 9 GALLONS WENT IN PROVING THE GAUGE TO BE CORRECT. I STOPPED FOR THE NIGHT AND GOOGLED WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND FOUND MANY HITS INDICATING A POSSIBLE FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEM. I WAS STILL 5 HOURS FROM HOME SO CALLED NEAREST SUBARU REPAIR SHOP, THEY COULDN'T FIT ME IN FOR A WEEK. TOOK BACK ROADS HOME, NEVER GOING OVER 50 MPH. CALLED SUBARU DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT MY CAR AND THEY HAD A TWO WEEK WAIT FOR SERVICE. CALLED SUBARU OF AMERICA WHO INTERVENED AND LOCAL DEALER GOT ME IN THAT DAY. 6/11/18. THAT DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING ON THE COMPUTER AND SAID IT HAD BEEN WIPED CLEAN BY SOMEONE. REGARDLESS, I ASKED IF THEY WOULD LOOK AT FUEL SYSTEM BUT THEY WOULD NOT, INSTEAD OFFERING TO PURCHASE THE VEHICLE FOR FAIR MARKET PRICE AND SELL IT ON THEIR USED CAR LOT TO A NEW UNSUSPECTING CUSTOMER. TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER SUBARU DEALER WHO DID PULL THE FUEL SYSTEM AND FOUND FUEL TRANSFER PUMP FAULTY. THIS CAUSED MY CAR TO THINK IT WAS OUT OF GAS AS I TRAVELED. I ASKED SUBARU OF NA IF THEY HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM AND THEY REPLIED "THERE ARE NO RECALLS FOR YOUR VEHICLE", I KNOW FROM MY GOOGLE SEARCH THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED EVENT FOR MY VEHICLE. IN FACT WHEN I PICKED UP MY CAR THE MECHANIC SAID HE HAD ANOTHER SUBARU COME IN THE NEXT DAY WITH SAME PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 SUBARU FORESTER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. DURING THE FAILURE, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND THE CHECK ENGINE MESSAGE DISPLAYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER (JONES BEL AIR SUBARU, 1317 BEL AIR RD, BEL AIR, MD) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS FAULTY. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS REPLACED AND THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED. APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AND 12,000 MILES LATER, THE SAME FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE SAME DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REPLACEMENT PEDAL WAS A NEW AND IMPROVED VERSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000.