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2017 Subaru Forester engine complaints
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I have a total of electrical power lost for 7 times. 2 times while driving I experience all electrical lost while driving on the highway. I was able to pull over to the side and was able to jump started the car with a jumper battery 5 minutes later. Other 5 times it happened when I try to start the car and I did not get any electrical power at all. I took the car to the dealer twice and they change/fix the car ground the first time that I lost electrical power. Then they change the battery after 5 electrical power failures. I am about to bring it in for the 7th time for them to look at it. I am totally lost confident and no longer feel comfortable or feel safe driving my two boys on this car.
Extreme hesitation from standing stop going straight ahead and turning. At 5 separate instances the car came to a complete rolling stop with no acceleration. After 5 to 7 seconds the car finally accelerated . When turning with plenty of room, for them, oncoming cars blared their horns, missing me by a few feet. Someone is shurely headed for a hospital or funeral home on this problem. Both the federal safety agency and subaru have been warned numerous times with no result for recall,repair or replacement. Dealers are saying they can't find a problem. This problem has been ongoing for years now. Maybe everyone's first stop should be at your state attorney generals office if we don't get results from either of you soon.
Upon starting, RPM surged to over 4500, and there was loud grinding noise, sounded as if the engine was destroying itself. Sounded like severe metal to metal slapping with vibration that stopped when key turned off ignition. Subsequent start appeared normal. Vehicle had been sitting for approximately an hour at 30f, date of occurance 11/22/2017, 4930 miles since new. Car was in a parking lot and was stationary. Factory approved dealer service result "no problem found at this time". I feel as if its dependability has been compromised.
I was merging on I-95 at 4pm and it was raining, I was accelerating into the traffic pattern in the right lane when suddenly the accelerator would not respond, the car panel went black,no lights or info showed. I coasted off to the side of the road,the car was in drive,ignition on. The emergency light wouldn't go on, nor the bluetooth or sos call line. I shut the car down and into park and waited a couple of minutes and restarted the engine without a problem. If I had been in the middle lane or no where to pull off it would have been catastrophic . I took it to the subaru dealer the next day and they couldn't find a problem. Told me it was probably a glitch, you can't afford to have a glitch at 70 MPH. I no longer feel safe in this car, especially when I have my grandkids in the car.
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 subaru forester. While driving various speeds, the vehicle lost power without warning. The vehicle was able to restart itself after a few minutes. The contact mentioned that the failure occurred on several occasions. The vehicle was taken to profile subaru (1323 nh-16, conway, nh 03818 (603) 447-3845), but the failure could not be duplicated. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 1,500.
Car stalls when making hard left turn with less than 1/4 tank of gas car was stopped and lurked left. Could eaily repeat the problem in an empty parking lot. Filled gas tank and problem dissapeared.
Forester - 500 miles - consistent and continuing problems: car lurches forward on its own in first gear. - in motion engine not only has excessive (can last 5 seconds or more) "rev-hangs" shifting up from any gear but actually increases by 700-900 rpms. This has caused difficulty in slowing down (reducing speed with downshift). When using brake to reduce speed when this occurs, the engine will begin to race, increasing up to 1500 or more rpms, difficult to control vehicle. - in motion 4th gear - stick shift vibrates excessively - so much so it is visible to the eye and seems like it will have to wear out from the friction, - in motion (intermittent) when vehicle dynamics control engages on upward incline a very loud (multiple) banging occurs at the rea car lurches . - turning, in motion. Engine noise is extremely loud compared to other 2017 foresters I have driven.can sound like it is ready to throw a rod in the near future - in motion and stationary subaru states all is normal. Service manage at dealer states loud engine is definitely not normal for the 2017 model and he experience the excessive rev-hang but doesn't know what to do these things because subaru says this is normal are normal.
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