2014 Subaru Forester: ABS light or ABS activating

Filed Jun 23, 2024 · Engine, Suspension · CA · crash

Basically, as I was driving on the freeway with my son and his brother, I got 5 lights flashing on dashboard. Abs at temp check engine cruise control hill assist vss etc.. the code were for cut but before I could check them everything shut down. Car went dark, no brakes and burning smell as well as burns oil. Front end damage on car with passenger side damage. Car started back up next day called Subaru and because it’s 2014 forester, may not qualify but it only has 126k on the dash. Well maintained and had no issues besides the oil consumption.

Filed Jul 1, 2023 · Airbags · WA

Since January, the occupancy airbag warning light would turn on and off. Also, even with no passenger in the passenger seat, I would have to engage the passenger side seatbelt so the reminder bell would stop dinging. On 15 June, I took my vehicle into the Subaru dealership. The diagnoses what that the occupancy senor in the passenger seat was defective. I was informed that this defect also disables the entire car's airbag system. To answer the other questions above: 1) Yes, the vehicle is available for inspection. (2) The safety of my grandchildren, husband, and myself are at risk if the airbags will not deploy. (3) Subaru dealership has confirmed the problem. (4) No other agency has inspected the vehicle but I am willing to obtain a second opinion. (5) The seatbelt issue started January. In May of 2023, the ABS warning light would periodically turn on and off. Thank you.

Filed Oct 13, 2022 · Brakes, Transmission · MD

While driving our 2014 Subaru Forester Inclined Assist, ABS, and maintenance lights and worded warnings came on. I scheduled a repair for asap which was completed on 10/13/2022. The independent shop told me the repair was a known problem and this shop has done 4 of these repairs. Subaru actually sells a kit with the parts and fluid (?) for the repair. My understanding is inclined assist (when car is on a certain slope0 can apply the breaks to prevent roll back. I do not know how common this failure is, but failure could cause an accident. One report I read on line claimed while driving the car started applying the brakes without the driver doing anything. Is this possible, I do not know.

Filed Jan 17, 2021 · Brakes · 80,000 miles · MA

Warning lights keep going on while driving including the "ABS warning light", "hill assist" and "vehicle dynamics control" . This always disengages the cruise control and often happens after driving for awhile. This didn't start happening until I had the dealer replace the clock spring due to non working horn and cruise control and trouble with steering roll connector. They also replaced rear coil springs and rear left wheel bearing and backing plate.

Filed May 16, 2020 · Transmission · 68,413 miles · PA

Stopped for red light, when I tried to acceleration heard a loud thump and the car would not move. Abs, transmission light came on. I thought I lost my transmission. Had to be pushed off busy highway and then called triple a to have car towed. Was on route 113. After researching internet found that subaru extended warranty.

Filed Sep 3, 2019 · Acceleration, Brakes · WA

2014 subaru forester. Consumer writes in regards to battery being drained ABS fault light being illuminated. *ld the consumer stated multiple failures began after having safety recall wue-90 performed on the vehicle. The vehicle's battery repeatedly would drain due to the tail light being illuminated with no apparent cause. The hill control warning light, ABS warning light, and the anti skid warning lights all illuminated. Occasionally, the vehicle would not accelerate when depressing the brake pedal.

Filed Aug 6, 2019 · Brakes, Lights · 76,032 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 subaru forester. The contact received a recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign number: 19v149000 (exterior lighting) regarding a brake lamp switch replacement. After the recall was serviced, while driving 75 MPH, the hill assist warning indicator flashed and the vehicle drastically slowed down. The contact attempted to drive the vehicle to subaru of georgetown (7501 I-35 frontage rd, georgetown, tx 78626, 512 930-2111) with much difficulty and the ABS warning indicator illuminated. The dealer diagnosed that the recall repair was faulty. The dealer adjusted the brake light switch to the correct specifications and repaired the vehicle. The recall repair was performed by cleo bay subaru (2125 e stan schlueter loop, killeen, tx 76542, (254) 634-3175). The manufacturer was notified of the initial recall, but not of the defective recall repair. The failure mileage was 76,032.

Filed Jun 26, 2018 · Airbags · 64,000 miles · CA

While driving on the highway, my passenger seatbelt light was going off & dinging-did not have a passenger-turns out it was my airbag in my passenger seat.-faulty switch. While driving on city streets my ABS, hill start assist & vehicle dynamics lights all came on-faulty switch again. While driving and parked my blue tooth disconnects & still says it is connected, drops calls, not able to place calls, not able to listen to anything through my phone that is supposed to be connected to my blue tooth. It is illegal to have a handheld phone and use it while driving-this is not safe-subaru of america continues to say there is nothing wrong with my stereo or car that its my phone well I upgraded my phone to a samsung s9 & I continue to have this problem on a daily basis!

Filed Feb 19, 2018 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 70,000 miles · CA

The stop light switch failed which rendered the car inoperable due to not being able to move from park. The stability, hill decent and ABS warning lights came on.

Filed Oct 9, 2017 · Driver assistance · 28,800 miles · NC

While driving my vehicle several lights came on in the instrument panel, ABS, and a picture of an auto on a hill. I then pulled over and put the auto in park. It locked up in park and I couldn't get it out of park. I called the dealer, they walked me thru a series of steps to get the car out of park. Not an easy task. I took the auto into the dealer and they replaced a switch stop, I knew there had been a service bulletion put out on this problem and was informed the switch had been redesigned. Of course it was out of warranty and I had to pay for the switch and labor, although it was only out of warranty for a month. I feel this is dangerous! What would I have done if it had been on the interstate or I wasn't able to contact a dealer. There are many complaints on the internet with this same problem and I was told at the dealership they had replace many of these switches. There should be a safety recall on this switch. It's dangerous. When this happened I was aon a city street, pulled over and put it in park. It would not release and come out of park

Filed Sep 18, 2017 · Brakes · 20 miles · MA · crash

On summer 2015, I had a problem with my 2014 subaru forester xt. I'm a subaru fan. My car is equipped with eyesight system, which will apply brakes for me in case I don't or will increase brake force to avoid a collision in case I didn't. This is one of the strongest selling points of the eyesight system: frontal collision avoidance. That day on a busy highway, during rush hour, I was noticing some sponge effect in the brake pedal so I decided to increase the distance between me and the car in front of me. Suddenly, the brake pedal stopped responding to my proportionality (controlled force applied) and I end up rear-ending the car in front of me. I work testing landing gears for planes and helicopters so brake fade was not new to me. I immediately recognize the problem and reported to the dealer. The problem was reproduced by the dealer's technician and the car was interned for further revisions. 2 days later, they told me that the lack of service in the brake system was the cause of the problem but the service was done in another dealer on time. That was the last excuse I heard from subaru. Customer service told me that they will not replace any part in the car if a dealer doesn't approve it, so I took the car to the same dealer where the 20,000km service was done, 1 hour away from my town. By that time, the ambient temperature was lower from summer 33c to autumn 17c. The dealer put more than 20km on the car just to tell me that he could not reproduce the failure so there's no failure at all. I explain to him that the failure cannot be reproduced at 17c temperature. I even show him that the brake force is so weak, it never activates the ABS system, but also in vain. Subaru cant explain why an eyesight equipped car ends up rear-ending the car in front of it, in busy traffic conditions. They simply didn't answer me anymore.

Filed Jul 14, 2017 · Brakes · 50,000 miles · WA

At vehicle start, or while driving, the following warning messages appear on the vehicle information panel: 1) vehicle dynamic control system needs to be checked; 2) ABS system needs to be checked; and 3) hill start assist system needs to be checked. These warnings appear, go away, and then reappear randomly. When these warnings appear at vehicle start, I am unable to put in gear without pumping brake pedal multiple times. When these warnings appear with the vehicle in motion, I am unable to utilize the cruise control. I have taken the vehicle to my local mechanic, warnings were not being displayed at the time, and they could not find anything wrong, I will be taking the vehicle in to the dealership for service soon and will address these issues at that time.