2006 Subaru Outback

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUBARU OUTBACK. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V323000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUBARU OUTBACK. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V323000 (AIR BAGS) AND 14V311000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUBARU OUTBACK. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WARNING INDICATOR BEGAN TO FLASH. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE ACCELERATOR POSITION SENSOR AND THE EPM WERE ALSO REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY AND CITY STREET SPEEDS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON/THE CRUISE CONTROL FLASHES AND GAS PEDAL STOPS WORKING. A CODE THAT HAS SHOWN UP IS P2138 "THROTTLE/PEDAL POSITION SENSOR/SWITCH VOLTAGE CORRELATION". VERY DANGEROUS AS I NO LONGER CAN CONTROL THE SPEED OF THE CAR. HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. *TR

DRIVING IN BUSY TRAFFIC ON FREEWAY, HIGHWAYS, AND STREETS, CRUISE AND ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON, NO RESPONSE WHEN APPLYING GAS PEDAL, CAR COASTED INTO SLOW CRUISE, EVENTUALLY DOWN TO ABOUT 15 MPH. AGAIN, NO RESPONSE TO APPLYING GAS PEDAL. THAT HAPPENED SPORADICALLY. HAD NEAR FATAL ACCIDENTS A COUPLE TIMES THEN IT STOPPED AND TWO OR THREE WEEKS LATER THROTTLE TURNED ON REVVING UP TO 500 IN IDLE, OVER 300 WHEN DRIVING. TRYING TO STOP AT INTERSECTIONS, BRAKE MALFUNCTIONED, NEARLY HIT SEVERAL PEOPLE TRYING TO GET HOME. ENGINE RACING OUT OF CONTROL. THIS STOPPED BRIEFLY, DROVE ERRAND, AND WITHNO FOOT ON GAS PEDAL, CAR WAS SPEEDING UP ON HIGHWAY UPHILL AND STILL ACCELERATING AT 78 MPH. BRAKES DID NOT WORK CONSISTENTLY, JUMPED A CURB, WHEN TRYING TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF ENGINE. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED. REPAIR OF THROTTLE SENIOR $365 AT LOCAL DEALERSHIP IN PORTLAND, OR. I ASKED THEM TO REVIEW ALL THE DOCUMENTATION I FOUND HERE AND ELSEWHERE SHOWING THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THEY IGNORED ME ENTIRELY. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY. I FEEL SUBARU SHOULD PAY THIS REPAIR. IT EASILY COULD HAVE KILLED ME AND OTHERS HERE, AND OTHERS IN THE FUTURE. PARK YOUR SUBARU IF THIS HAPPENS AND YOU CANNOT AFFORD REPAIR. FILE A COMPLAINT WITH SUBARU. DON'T DO WHAT I DID OUT OF DESPERATION AND DRIVE IT, BECAUSE IT COULD REALLY COULD KILL YOU. FIND ANOTHER WAY TO GET TO WORK. TRUCKS ON ROADWAYS CANNOT AVOID YOU IF NO ENGINE POWER WITH NO NOTICE AND NOWHERE SAFE TO PULL OFF, WHICH HAPPENED TO ME.

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AS WELL AS A BLINKING CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESPOND TOPRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL AND I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. I COASTED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE AGAIN, I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE OFF THE FREEWAY AND WENT STRAIGHT TO MY MECHANIC. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS TROUBLE CODE P2138 FAULTY THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR IN THE GAS PEDAL LEADING TO NO ACCELERATION. THE GAS PEDAL ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED.

ON THREE OCCASIONS WITHIN A TWO WEEK PERIOD I WAS DRIVING ON CITY STREETS AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. ON THESE OCCASIONS I WAS STARTING FROM A RED LIGHT OR JUST AFTER I HAD BRAKED FOR SOMETHING, DEPRESSED THE GAS PEDAL AND THE SPEED DID NOT CHANGE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT FLASHED AND THE CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE. I LIMPED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. ON THE FIRST TRY TO RESTART THE CAR IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER. AFTER WAITING AND TRYING AGAIN THE CAR TURNED OVER AND THE GAS PEDAL WOULD WORK. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE FLASHING CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT REMAINED ON AND WENT OFF AFTER STARTING THE CAR A COUPLE/FEW TIMES. I WENT TO MY MECHANIC TO CHECK THE CAR AND HE FOUND P2138 THREE TIMES IN THE HISTORY. THIS HAPPENED ONCE WHEN ENTERING A TRAFFIC CIRCLE AND TWICE WHILE CROSSING INTERSECTIONS, VERY DANGEROUS! INFO ON THIS SITE AND A SUBARU OUTBACK FORUM SHOWS THIS TO BE A PROBLEM MANY HAVE EXPERIENCED. I CALLED THE MANUFACTURER. *TR

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUBARU OUTBACK. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V323000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PART DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.