2015 Subaru Forester

WHEN USING LIGHT ACCELERATION SUCH AS IN A PARKING LOT OR AT A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN TO START GOING THE VEHICLE BUCKS FORWARD IT WILL LITERALLY MAKE YOU JERK BACK IN THE SEAT. ALSO WHILE PULLING ONTO A STREET IT JERKS FORWARD BUT HAS HESITATION WHICH ISNT TO SAFE IF YOU ASK ME WHEN TRYING TO GET OUT ON THE ROAD IF CARS ARE COMING...

EXCESSIVE OIL LOSS, 1 QT PER 3,000 MILES. STARTED AROUND 90,000 MILES. MILEAGE NOW 129,000 MILES. AT 129,000 MILES, MAJOR ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION ISSUE. FOUND OIL IN COOLANT. AT OIL TEMPERATURE LIGHT FLASHING. EVALUATING COST OF REPAIR THIS WEEK OF FEB 12 2019. AT 126,000 MILES, BOTH FRONT AXLES WERE REPLACED. HEARD CLICKING AT 125,000 MILES. AT 100,000 MILES, UPPER AND LOWER FRONT SUSPENSION ARMS REPLACED.

ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO MY CAR DID SOME BUCKING AND SHUDDERING AND THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOPPED POSITION SO I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT NEEDED NEW TRANSMISSION THAT'S GONNA COST $9000 MY VEHICLE DOES HAVE A 150000 MILES ON IT BUT IT'S NEVER BEEN OFF ROAD AND ALL THE MILES ON IT HAVE BEEN HIGHWAY MILES DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE NOT CITY STOP AND GO

WHEN DRIVING AT SPEED AND CONSTANT ACCELERATION THE CAR WILL JERK AND THE RPMS APPEAR TO BOUNCE UP AND DOWN. LAST WEEKEND WHEN MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY THE CAR DID NOT ACCELERATE NORMALLY. THE RPMS SPIKED, BUT THERE WAS LIMITED ACCELERATION/RESPONSE. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE AND THEIR SEEMS TO BE NO WAY TO PREDICT WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN.

MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXHIBITING A LOW RPM WHEN VEHICLE COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP(IE RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN) AND THE VEHICLE SHUDDERS AND ALMOST STALLS, AND ONCE ACTUALLY STALLING. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES FOR SERVICE FOR THIS ISSUES. I HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION IN THE MAIL FROM SOA IN JULY 2017 CONCERNING THIS ISSUE AND OTHER KNOW ISSUES WITH THE THE CVT TRANSMISSION EQUIPPED IN THE VEHICLE STATING THAT IT IS AN ISSUE WITH THE A SOLID BUSHING IN THE TORQUE CONVERTER CAUSING THE CONVERTER CLUTCH TO STAYED LOCKED UP AND NOT RELEASE PRESSURE. THE DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THAT A CASE HAS BEEN STARTED WITH THEIR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUBARU OF AMERICA, THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH DATA(IE RECORDED STALLS OR DTC) TO APPROVE A REPAIR ON MY VEHICLE FOR SAID ISSUE, AND THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NEED TO HAVE A STALL EVENT FOR ANY FUTHER REPAIRS. BEING A FULLY CERTIFIED ASE AUTOMOTIVE MASTER TECHNICIAN, I DID MY OWN CHECKING AND FOUND TSB 16-107-17 WHICH COVERS MY VEHICLE AND OUTLINES THAT THEY HAVE A EXTENDED THE WARRANTY PERIOD ON THE VEHICLE/CVT TRANSMISSION FOR SEVERAL ISSUES, WHICH OUTLINED IN THE BULLETIN, SHOWS MULTIPLE ISSUES OUTLINED IN BULLETINS FOR DIAGNOSTIC REFERENCE AND THE FIRST(16-90-13R) IS REGARDING A DESIGN CHANGE TO LOCK-UP TORQUE CONVERTER- CUSTOMER MAY EXPERIENCE SENSATION LIKE COMING TO A STOP IN A MANUAL TRANSMISSION EQUIPPED VEHICLE AND FAILING TO DEPRESS THE CLUTCH. AFTER OBTAINING AND READING TSB 16-90-13R, WHICH IN NO WAY STATES THAT A STALL EVENT IS REQUIRED AND ONLY LOW RPM AT STOPS, I INFORMED THE DEALERSHIP AS SUCH AND WAS TOLD THAT A STALL EVEN WAS REQUIRED. I ASKED FOR THAT TO RECORDED ON MY REPAIR ORDER AND HAVE YET TO PICK MY VEHICLE UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP. I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT S.O.A. FOR HIDING A KNOWN ISSUE THAT CAN CAUSE A STALL EVENT WHICH CAN CAUSE A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD GENERATE A NATIONWIDE RECALL.

VEHICLE IN MOTION FROM A STOP ON CITY STREETS IS EXPERIENCING HESITATION, SLIPPAGE, FAULTY ACCELERATION FROM 0-25 MPH. AFRAID OF MAKING A LEFT TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC AND A POSSIBLE STALL. PROBLEM IS EXAGGERATED ON ANY GRADE OF INCLINE. CALLED SERVICE COMPANY WHO SAID IT SOUNDS LIKE A TRANSMISSION ISSUE THAT MAY BE COVERED BY A RECENT TRANSMISSION RECALL. IT APPEARS MY MODEL IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL EVEN THOUGH IT'S HAVING THE SAME REPORTED PROBLEMS.

I BOUGHT THE CAR A MONTH AGO AROUND MARCH 10,2018 FROM GLANZMANN SUBARU. AFTER 2 WEEKS OF DRIVING, THE CAR WAS SHAKING AND HAD TROUBLE ACCELERATING INTERMITTENTLY WHEN AT STOP SIGNS OR AT LOW SPEEDS. AFTER WORDS I NOTICED WHEN THE CAR IS AROUND 80 MPH, SOMETIMES THE RPMS GO UP BUT THERE IS NO TORQUE. I WAS TOLD TO DROP THE CAR OFF AT THE SERVICE STATION WHICH I DID AND AFTER 4 DAYS GOT THE CAR BACK BUT THEY SAID THEY "COULD NOT REPLICATE" THE ISSUE THAT I WAS HAVING. I ALSO GET 18MPG WHILE THE ADVERTISED MPG IS AROUND 25. I SHOULD ATLEAST GET 22MPG. I HAVE A VERY GOOD FEELING I WAS SOLD A CAR WITH A CLUTCH THAT WAS ON ITS WAY OUT. THE DEALER IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THE ISSUE BUT I WAS ABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE ON MY WAY FROM THE SERVICE CENTER. I WAS TOLD I WOULD BE ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR WITH A TECH BUT ON THE DAY OF THE PICKUP , THE TECH WAS UNAVAILABLE. IT HAS BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN MERGING INTO A HIGHWAY OR TURNING INTO STREETS FROM A CENTER LANE THE CAR DOES NOT HAVE GOOD PICK UPLIKE IT IS SUPPOSE. I KNOW MY CAR IS AN ISSUE BECAUSE THE LOANER THAT I GOT FROM GLANZSMANN WAS ALSO A FORESTER AND I COULD TELL THE DIFFERENCE RIGHT AWAY. THANK YOU.