I was driving on city streets (speed limit 45mph) to run simple errands when the check engine light came on. I immediately turned around to go home which was just a minute or two away. As I sat at a traffic light, I realized the engine was idling a bit rough. The check engine light remained on. I parked the car in the garage and spoke with subaru as well as our mechanic at new dimensions automotive. Apparently, subaru had issued a mechanics notice to be aware that alternator problems existed. We ultimately had the repair completed at new dimensions on 8/6/19 in the amount of $877.53. Our mechanic suggested that this mechanical issue may well become a recall, and to keep our receipt for just that reason.
2015 Subaru Forester electrical complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While driving out of the driveway, the horn failed to operate when pressed. The contact called colonial subaru (761 e chester st, kingston, ny 12401, 845‑339‑3330) and was informed that if he were to turn the steering wheel to either the extreme left or right, the horn would work. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 70,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that the vehicle ran out of fuel on the highway with seventy miles still remaining on the fuel gauge. The manufacturer was contacted and referred the contact to williams subaru of sayre (222 spring st, sayre, pa 18840, (570) 888-9691) for diagnostic testing. An appointment was scheduled with the dealer for next week. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 84,000.
While stationary, horn quit working. Fuse under hood replaced twice at $16 each. Fuse blows after blowing horn once. When you hit the panic button on the key fob the horn blows fine. Likely a short in the steering roll connector. Other subaru's have been recalled for this problem. This one should be also.
When driving normally (vehicle in motion) and attempting to accelerate, vehicle would not accelerate when accelerator is depressed. Happened twice in 24 hours. Both times, vehicle did not respond and accelerate when accelerator was depressed, forcing the driver to pull over (vehicle stationary). Vehicle then responds normally when resuming driving after pulling over for 3-5 seconds.
Takara recall wue-90 safety issue with grand forks nd subaru has unreasonable two week wait time to replace brake lamp switch failure and rendering consumer at unreasonable safety risk or unusable car. Car locks in park or ABS lights and hill start electrical malfunctions during driving unpredictably. Car was serviced for exact same safety issue previously (7/22/2016 : service dept stated "found brake lamp switch faulty and not working") and grand forks nd subaru's failed to repair defect succussfully. Grand forks nd subaru disregards driver safety again by failing to service same defect in a timely manner, in regards to customer safety complaints and in accordance with consumer protection safety regulations and laws.
The horn on my 2015 subaru forester failed to function at approximately 55,000 miles. I do not know specifics about the horn failure as I don't routinely use it. Approximately 10 days after I learned about the horn, the radio, clock, and door lock remote feature also failed to function. The subaru dealership service department diagnosed the horn problem as a faulty steering roll connector (src) and replaced the connector. The horn now functions. The subaru service department stated that a misplaced fuse (#8 - backup) caused failure of the other systems. They implied that I had misplaced the fuse - I did not - I checked only the horn and radio fuses. No one else has access to my vehicle. I have learned that subaru recalled tens of thousands of other models of their vehicles in 2010 due to faulty srcs. Suspiciously, the symptoms they blamed on my supposedly misplaced fuse coincide with some of the symptoms associated with the faulty srcs in the 2010 recall. I am filing this complaint for the following reasons: a car horn is an extremely important safety component and should not be prone to failure due to a faulty connector within the steering wheel. Subaru service stated they rarely encounter src failure, yet just 4 years before my vehicle was manufactured, their srcs were recalled by the tens of thousands. Secondly, blaming me for failure of other systems that are directly connected to the steering wheel (radio volume and tuning) or horn (horn beeps if you push the lock remote 3 times) appears (in my opinion) like an attempt to cover up a problem with the src that involves more than just the horn - which is already enough to cause major safety issues in itself. Thank you for the opportunity to file this safety complaint - I hope you will be able to determine if subaru srcs are still causing major issues.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, several warning lights became illuminated with alarms and several beeping sounds. The vehicle was driven home where the vehicle stalled once and the vehicle was stopped. The contact lifted the hood and became aware of an abnormal burning electrical odor coming from under the hood. Additionally, the battery lost its charge and was replaced. Flemington subaru located at 167 nj-31, flemington, nj 08822, (908) 824-2334, was contacted and an arrangement was made to have the vehicle picked up and towed to the dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the mechanic was unable to duplicate the issue with the vehicle. After approximately 14 days the vehicle was returned to the contact. The contact stated that she was offered a repurchase price of the vehicle at the blue book value plus an additional $400. The contact stated that a decision was not made as whether or not to accept the repurchase order. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure was intermittent. The manufacturer was contacted and informed of the failure. The approximate failure was 900.
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.
We have had this vehicle for almost 4 years and have had to get 2 new batteries with less than 2500 miles on this vehicle. We are seniors and have been in please where we had to have the battery charged at least twice not including the times it failed on us. We were told that this was a very safe vehile for seniors. Our warranty will be up in a year. Is this normal for a vehicle with so many electronics, they should have a stronger battery if it is used so much. We have not used it for long trips, as we are unsure of our safety.. Is there any fix that subaru is working on. We now keep all our light switches in the off position.
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.
Cruise control stopped working while I was driving at high speed, 70mph, on interstate. Car speed immediately started dropping. Cruise control would no longer engage.
Twice in the last four months vehicle has run out of gas while traveling on a level highway despite gas gauge indicating that there was 70 miles still to travel and the gas gauge reading one bar. Low fuel warning indicator did not display.
I was trapped inside my vehicle when the battery died. While sitting in my car using the accessories to charge my phone, the car battery died and I was unable to unlock the doors to get out. The key fob did not work either. There is no inside handle on the rear hatch. The dashboard lights flickered a couple times and after about three minutes the door did unlock. What if the battery was completely dead? What if I did not have access to a cell phone and it was cold temperatures? I do not think I would be strong enough to kick out the windows. I am concerned and hope you will investigate. Thank you.
Power door locks have failed in three of four doors, starting immediately after three year warranty expired.
Drivers side door un/lock function doesn't operate . All other locks work correctly from key fob. Manual operation of driver door lock works.
The electrical keeps having problems. This problem is all over the internet for several years of the forester. I don't know why there hasn't already been a recall. There will be a be a beep, usually when driving - sometimes when trying to start the car or move out of park, and about any "safety" feature that this car has exhibits a light and/or warning. While this happens over days, sometimes the gears stick in park. I have to take a tool and press beside the gear stick to get out of park. The lights will stay like this for days or weeks and then it just stops. I have had it checked, but it is just reset until the next time it happens. Just the other night, my husband was driving behind me and told me that my brake lights were not working consistently. This is dangerous!!! Who knows what else is not working when this electrical issue occurs.
This vehicle has shut down mid-driving on the expressway 4 times. The battery, fuel sensors, fuel pump, and 'cluster' have been replaced. I received the vehicle back from subaru service on a wednesday afternoon, and on thursday morning as I was pulling out of my garage the fuel gauge was again displaying blank even though there was more than a half tank of gas in the car. I turned the car off and back on and then every warning light on the instrument panel lighted up. There have been 5 repair attempts on this vehicle and it has not corrected the issues. This vehicle is defective and dangerous.
This vehicle has already shut off while driving on the expressway 4 times. The last time they said it was a bad fuel pump and replaced. I turned the car on in the parking lot after a grocery store trip (with my baby in the backseat) and the vehicle said it could not establish the remaining fuel level and the gauge was blank. Turned vehicle off and back on and fuel gauge reappeared, but while driving down city street, all indicator lights on the instrument panel lit up. I drove directly to dealership. They say that the cluster (odometer, speedometer, tachometer) needs to be replaced. Still waiting for part to come in and for vehicle to be returned to me. I am not confident this will fix my vehicle since they said they were 99% sure of the fix the last two times. This vehicle is faulty and is endangering my family. It is by sheer luck that we haven't gotten into an accident and injured so far.
I bought the car and less than a month later the engine light came on. I took it into the dealership that I bought it from and they told me to take it to the subaru dealership if the engine light came back on. It never came back on. Four days later I was driving and the gas pedal quit working. I looked down to see if any lights were on and they weren't. I pulled over to the side of the highway to turn the car off. Before I could turn the car off I saw flames coming out of the front passenger side of the hood near the lights. Then all of the warming lights came on. I quickly turned off the vehicle. Before I could get out of the vehicle the whole front end of the vehicle was in flames.
The car lost all power in the middle of interstate 95 heading south approx 17 miles north of the ga fl state line. The fuel indicator showed 30 miles until I had to refuel. This was on 12/3/2017. I was at speed(75 MPH) and managed to go through traffic and go to shoulder. There was no power and the engine had quit. I waited a couple of minutes and the car restarted. I drove to the second exit and refueled. A few days later on 12/06/2017 on the way back to atlanta on I-95 south of savannah and the fuel gage reading 30 miles until I had to refuel, the very same thing happened. Except, this time it would not restart. I called aaa and continued to try to restart. After 45 minutes, the car restarted. I drove approx 10 miles and refueled. I have had no incident since but, I have not driven the car with low fuel. This could have had a very different result if I had not been able to get through the traffic on a busy interstate. Both me and my wife could be dead. I believe there is a flaw in the low fuel warning software and something shuts the power. I have driven this car with lower fuel levels. The instrument panel shows miles to you have to refuel, I.e., 50 miles, 40 miles, 30 miles, 20 miles then ------. You have access to data on these cars, I don't. Please have some advise me what is your thinking on this matter.
I leased this vehicle on june 2015. Back on 8/26/2017 while driving on freeway and going 70 mile and hour, car suddenly died in the middle of freeway. I almost got killed by a truck that was behind my vehicle. They towed this car to glendale subaru and after two days, they said they could not find anything. Since that incident I have taken the vehicle back to dealer for performance and transmission issue. In addition, some major electrical issue with the isite system. The dealer charged me over $2000.00 for unrelated repairs. The car has a major issue in cold and hot ideal. Many complaints were filed to subaru customer service and they did not assist me at all.
I started driving and found that my hill holder, my vehicle dynamics control system, my ABS, my subaru eyesight and multiple other warning lights were all lite up. I pulled over and turned off the car and when I restarted the car I couldn't put my car into gear. It was stuck in park on the side of the highway. After a few more tries I was able to get it into gear and continued driving with all the warning lights on. This problem occurred multiple times yesterday as I attempted to get it to the dealership.
I have a 2015 subaru forester (less than 32k miles) and my car has not started on 3 different occasions this last year. This last time I was with a friend and we parked on a somewhat darker city street late at night where I turned off the engine to not waste gas and talk. The only thing I remember doing was turning on the upper car light for 60 seconds to find my friend's phone and adjusting the driver window with key in accessory mode I believe (engine was not running). We did not use the radio because embarrassingly, the same friend had waited with me the time before when I played my radio for 10 minutes one time. So again, my car didn't start, and she had to wait with me once again 30-45 minutes until help came to give the battery a jump. It seems to happen either when I sit in the car with the key out and use the internal light (even for only 60 seconds like this last time) or if keys are in, listen to the radio for a few minutes only without engine running. Anything turned on after the car has stopped running seems to mess with the battery and I'm afraid it won't start. This last time when it wouldn't start the engine, I noticed that my drivers window did not roll up (even though the other windows did) and then it started to grind when I tried to start it multiple times, waiting a little time in between before trying to start it ...then it seems to slowly drain until no lights at all in car. The tow company tested the battery and said it is still good, there was no problem with it, but mentioned maybe it's not getting both cells to charge equally or has something to do with starter, not sure. When I first bought my car, I remember dealership mentioning the electrical and not holding them responsible (?) I think if they knew about this, they need to recall and fix, or give us a portable car jumper. Sad because I love my SUV otherwise. :(
Since buying it new, the car several times has failed to start and had to be jump-started. Twice towed to dealer, checked several times there, no problem could be found. This has happened a number of times (sporadically, with no indication as to why). The first time at 4,000 miles, several times since and again this month.
While driving, the electronic stability control, the hill assist brake and the ABS lights randomly deploy. Happened 3 times in 24 hours. Turning the car off and back on seems to clear the issue. However, after that, now two times while traveling at a regular speed, the braking system automatically applied itself, including the CVT engaging into low speed and forcing the car to drive only at 10-20 MPH. As well, when this occurs the braking system does not work. Other reads sound like a faulty brake light sensor or sensing system, but this is a potentially fatal malfunction as one traveling 60 MPH on the highway was suddenly stopped with no warning. Then when trying to get to safety, the brakes would not work while attempting to come to a stop at a light. The vehicle seems to "reset" and be fine for a few miles, only to either go to the all lights on system (ABS/hill assist/stability control) or go into the braking/CVT error as well. Will have the car towed to the dealership, but this is a serious safety concern that is electronic in nature as the default fall back is not a manual working brake system but seems to be a non-working brake system.
Problem is with the subaru "eyesight" system on this vehicle. The system has been sutting itself off more and more over the past few weeks until now, it shuts down the system and cruise control multiple times daily even at night.daytime or whenever it wants to. The local dealer checked it and found no problem that he could see for it.
When I stop my car, put it in park and shut off the engine I can not open the driver's side door using the in-door silver door latch. The door stays locked and will not open. The door will not open even when I try to unlock it using the unlock rocker switch on the driver's door arm rest. The door can only be unlocked and opened when I unlock it using the black in-door locking latch. There is an apparent electrical or software problem which can cause someone to get trapped inside the car. This needs to be corrected before someone is killed. Thank you.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While driving approximately 70 MPH, the instrument panel illuminated and the engine failed. The vehicle was able to restart; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but the failure could not be duplicated. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure the approximate failure mileage was 27,000. The VIN was not available. Updated 02/16/17*lj updated 7/3/18*jb
2015 subaru forester. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle hesitation/acceleration issues. *smd the consumer stated at low speeds, the vehicle would buck slightly as she/he accelerated. In stop and go traffic, the vehicle would lurch forward unexpectedly, or when she removed his/her foot from the accelerator pedal, the vehicle seemed to slow down abruptly. When the consumer attempted to accelerate, the vehicle would often hesitate before revving up. Subaru informed the consumer they were aware of the problem and there was a fix. However, within three to four weeks of the fix, the problem returned. There was an odd hesitation as if the vehicle did not want to go forward at idle after braking. When the accelerated was pressed, there was a delayed reaction and a lurch. Also, several lights including the engine light illuminated on the dashboard. The consumer went to another dealer and soon after the repair, the previous problems returned.
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