I was driving into the sunlight, and was slowing down due to utility pole work ahead. The car stalled, and engine shut off. The dash light indicated the eyesight was disabled. I was able to restart, but the incident was very concerning.
2015 Subaru Forester fuel system complaints
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The 2015 Subaru Forester accelerated unexpectedly while slowly turning into a a Walgreens parking lot. The acceleration could not be stopped by stepping on the brake, and the car crashed into the brick building. The vehicle is at Phil's Auto Body Shop in Rosemount, MN. The estimate on the car is complete, and waiting on State Farm insurance to approve. The police were at the scene of the accident. Walgreens has video of the accident from their security cameras.
Fuel gauge sending unit not functioning causing car to over report remaining gas mileage. Car runs out of gas though gas gauge still reports roughly 20% tank capacity remaining and ~60 miles or range left. This has happened to me multiple times,racing me stranded on highways at least 6 times.
I was traveling on the freeway going 65mph, when with no warning my car's engine stop. I tough it was out of gas, but the computer was telling me I had 30 more miles of fuel. At the time of this accident there was no shoulder to park because of construction on the freeway. This unfortunate event cause 3 other cars to be involved in a car accident. Some how my car was ok, I drove the car back to my house praying that it would not happen again. My husband drove it for a little to see if it will be ok to drive. Same thing happen to hem, but this was in a much controlled way.
I'm writing every office I can think of. This is about the automobile industries decision to put soy in the plastic of all makes and model cars after 2012. Who ever the genius is that thought this would be a good idea should start paying for all the damage the rats are doing to the wiring systems, wiring harness and fuel lines. I bought a 2015 subaru forrester in june of 2015. By sept. I had my first of 7 visits to the dealer to repair the damage done by rats. I understand rats have been chewing on wiring ever since cars were invented. But the rats have never chewed on the fuel lines because they use to be made of steel belted cable covered in thick rubber. Now, your fuel lines resemble plastic drinking straws. I've had my fuel lines replaced 3 times, my wiring harness 2 times and I've had a litter of new born rats born in a nest made on the drivers side door hinge! I've put out every rat or mice trap know to man but the rats go right around it and get into the fuel line box. I understand the reasoning behind the soy plastic. More economical, more lightweight and cost less to use. That's fine but you should pay for my damage. You see what's happened??? We, the consumers are stuck with your bright idea. We have to pay for it. This is not fair and I'm angry. I can't sell my subaru and buy a toyota or ford or nissan because they all are using soy. There are hundreds of class action lawsuits against every maker. Something has to be done. Someone has to pressure the car makers to do the right thing and come up with a solution. Honda at least has recognized the problem and come out with rat tape soaked in capsaicin. I bought this to wrap around my fuel lines. Why should I have to pay 40 to 50 dollars a roll when it's not my fault? I also spray my engine and top of tires with coyote urine. Rat problem started in 2015 and still going on to this day.
Fuel gauge malfunctioning, it takes couple minutes before it goes up after full tank. Sometimes it's hard to crank after you turn the key. Vehicle was stationary sometimes it feels like it's going to stall scary. Also left side driver window malfunctioning, the auto down not working and when your press up the window goes up 2 inches at a time takes awhile to go up.
On 3 separate occasions, my car has shutdown on the highway at speeds around 75-80 MPH. They all happened during road trips while my car was between 1/8 and 1/4 tank. The car has a noticeable drop in power, which feels like the transmission disengages and applying more gas doesn't help. This is incredibly dangerous!!!! Luckily I was in the middle of nowhere on all 3 locations so I was able to pull over without incident. The car will not start, until more gas is put in the car. It's not out of fuel though because I tracked how much gas is in the car and how much I filled up after towing. This only happens after driving for multiple hours. I can run the car to empty if I'm just driving around town. A recall needs to be issued for this issue. I can see there have been tons of complaints around this issue.
I was driving on the highway at about 60mph and suddenly the gas pedal seemed to lose pressure. Then all of the lights came on the dash as the car stopped. I had to wait about 10 minutes and try restarting 10+ times until it finally would stay running and allow us to get off the highway. This occured with 80 miles left until empty. This is the 3rd time it has happened on a trip. We had only been driving 1.5 hours.
Car surges at start up and low speeds. Neither the car dealership or subaru of america can fix it. I sent an email in about my complaint to you. This has been going on for a few years. It randomly happens. They refused to fix it many times due to no code even though they drove it and could see the issue. When it did code they fixed it but always a surge different codes. They have replace fuel sensors, values, electronic components, my key, fuel line, spark plugs, etc all for this same issues. There are several lawsuits in other states about this same issue. I just want them to purchase my vehicle back or replace it with one that works properly. Please help.
While driving on the highway at 65mph the car lost all power. The rpms went up like it was in neutral (car was still in drive). Fuel tank was down to a little less than 1/4th of a tank but still had 100 miles until empty. Adaptive cruise was engaged at the time (automated cruise applied accelerator that rose the rpms to 4500). This was in the middle of a 4 hour road trip on a flat straight road. Car exhibited no warning or lights until complete power was lost. I was able to safely pull over to the shoulder. All lights came on in the dash after I was stopped. I turned the car off and I was able to immediately start it again. Shortly after I filled up the tank and the car drove fine for the next hour until I was home. This was a scary incident that could be very dangerous. I noticed that this car has about a dozen other reports that are much like this in the past year.
My vehicle lost power while driving today on the interstate. I had cruise control set and the car was accelerating up a hill. It was like my car shifted into neutral. I was able to safely get to the shoulder and initially my car would not restart. I did get it to restart after a couple of tries and drove it home. I see a recall for a similar issue: 19v‑856, but my car is not included. I have replaced the pcv already and this is the second time my car has done this toward the end of a long road trip (1000+ miles).
While driving in the highway at 75 MPH with cruise control on the car suddenly went to 5000 RPM and at the same time started to brake all the lights in the dashboard came on I pulled over and the car's engine shut down. I tried to started about 5 06 times the car wouldn't star and after that the car was completely dead. I had it tow to a shop. The next morning it started like nothing the mechanic at the shop said it was the battery.after changing the battery I took it to the gas station after putting gas it wouldn't start again after several tries it started.at this point I don't think the battery was the issue but I am glad I got home. This happened in starkville ms 200 miles from where I live.
We were driving down the road approx 65 and the eye sight disabled, ABS disabled, traction control and hill assist stopped, cruise control stopped at transmission oil started flashing and then check engine light all came on we were driving down hwy 61 in az. Power to the vehicle slowed and we could not go faster than 40mph. The brake light switch was on recall and replaced 10/2019 and the 3xacr same thing happened except the check engine light didnt come on.
Same problem as the federal safety agency id#'s 11299582, 11297748 & 11297188. Dealer first did diagnostic check and found nothing wrong. Two weeks later same issue. Replaced throttle pedal/position sensor ($600) and problem fixed.
Two times, while driving on the highway at about 65 MPH, my car lost the ability to accelerate. It was as though the car slipped into neutral. I pushed the accelerator pedal and the RPM's would increase, but the car wouldn't accelerate. It simply slowed down. Both times the highway was empty enough that I was able to drift into the shoulder. Once I pulled over, I turned off the car and waited a few minutes. When I turned it back on, the car started and acceleration worked as normal. Both times I brought it to a local subaru dealership, and after running some tests said they couldn't find any issues, and couldn't help me any further. I've found other people who have experienced very similar problems, but it seems like no one has found a solution.
Subaru 2015 forester 2.5l at CVT transmission no turbo engine revs to 4-6000 RPM transmission slams into gear car takes off accelerating without driver input. The driver must slam on brakes place the car in neutral to regain control. The car does this intermittently both at low and high-speed travel.. This car has been at dealer several times for diagnosis without success. This is dangerous in that the driver is at risk of loss of control due to high engine RPM and sudden acceleration with slamming transmission engagement requiring hard brakeing and placing the car in neutral to regain control . I believe this is long standing problem with this car and the origianal buyer traded in this vehicle because of this defect. I believe this is a problem with the electriclal engine control system that will only be diagnosised documented by 24/7 monitoring of engine functions. In order to catch the events as they occur no codes are being thrown or recorded. The dealers have refused to provide this service to diagnosis this intermittant problem.
While driving on highway at 70mph, the vehicle suddenly lost power. The engine revved but no response, like it was in neutral. The engine did not completely shut off, and I was able to get over to the shoulder. While coasting on the shoulder, the car sputtered as if it was out of gas, but I had 1/4 tank. It then began to run normally. I pulled off to a gas station, filled it up, and continued my trip without a problem. The occurrence was very dangerous on a congested highway.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While driving approximately 70-75 MPH, the fuel gauge indicator displayed approximately 50 miles to empty and the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to harvey subaru (located at 3351 benton rd, bossier city, la 71111, (888) 232-4109) to be diagnosed, but the mechanic was unable to retrieve a fault code or duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure recurred once. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000.
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.
We were driving in the freeway at 65mph, we had been driving about an hour, on the freeway with some traffic but mostly moving normally. Suddenly with no warning nor engine lights, the car reved but didn't respond to the gas pedal. As though it had run out of gas. The low fuel light had gone on already, it turns on around 70 miles to empty, but we still had 50 miles to empty. We pulled over and called roadside assistance to deliver gas since that's all we could figure had happened. After about 30 minutes waiting we decided to try it and just see if it would start and it did! We drove to the next exit and got gas with no further problems, and continued on home after. This was very scary and left my family sitting stranded on the side of the freeway. No engine lights, no codes, nothing obvious to fix. Now I'm nervous to drive with my kids in the car in case it happens again.
Twice while driving on the interstate on a 3-4 hour trip going approximately 70 MPH using cruise control with approximately 1/12 - 1/6 tank of gas, my engine began to rev and at the same time lost power and speed. The first time I pulled off the road, shut the engine off, waited approximately 10 minutes and was able to restart the engine and finish my trip. It happened the second time with mostly identical circumstances. I pulled off the road, turned off the engine, waited and was unable to start the engine. I had to tow my vehicle to a dealership. They ran diagnostics with nothing turning up. They were however able to start the car when they tried. This was extremely dangerous being in 70 MPH traffic and having no speed control. I have the dealership paperwork from the service. Now the engine does not seem to have the normal power it usually does when accelerating. *tt
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.
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.
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.
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.
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