I turned into a parking space covering the brake and came to a stop. I went to shift into park and when the gearshift lever started to move the car accelerated uncommanded and ran into the building.
2018 Subaru Forester acceleration complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2018 subaru forester. The contact stated while driving 8 MPH, the vehicle accelerated without warning which resulted in the vehicle crashing into a parked vehicle. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer (subaru white plains 258 e main st, elmsford, ny 10523, (844) 338-8731) where it's awaiting diagnosis. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of failure. The failure mileage was approximately 18,000.
Upon entering a parking space, with break peddle engaged, the vehicle lunged forward at extreme speed hitting a protective barrier. After a rest period, the vehicle was put in reverse and with break peddle engaged lurched backward at the same excessive speed hitting another object. After a long period with engine turned off, the operator was able to drive the car slowly. The vehicle is to be examined to determine the problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 subaru forester. The contact stated that while attempting to switch from drive to reverse, when they pressed the brakes the vehicle suddenly accelerated forward. The vehicle crashed into the contact's garage door through the garage door and partially through the cement wall inside the garage. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed however it was still being determined whether the vehicle would be deemed totaled. The contact's wife received injuries the hip and leg area. Medical attention was needed. The contact had spoken to the dealer (castle subaru burnsharbor mi) who referred the contact to the manufacturer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who requested the black box and opened a case regarding the matter. The vehicle had not been repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 47,000.
A few incidents have happened since the latter half of 2020: while at a stop light that turned green, my car stopped moving for a few seconds despite pressing on the gas pedal and the RPM went up to 6/ loudly revved. I was almost rear ended at this light.the car has also had this lack of movement issue on the freeway while in traffic. My car jerks several times on slight inclines especially after surpassing 40 MPH. Often times, I cannot accelerate past 40 MPH regardless if the drive is on a flat surface or an incline. The RPM will increase, but the gear feels like it will get stuck and the car makes a loud noise. This is the most noticeable going from 40 MPH to 50-55 MPH. These incidents are on city streets. However, power often gets lost going on to freeways for the same reason. I cannot surpass 40 MPH when entering a freeway and was almost sideswiped on the driver's side by an impatient person entering too early where the on-ramp merges with the freeway because of this. While on a freeway, the car will continue to accelerate despite attempting to slow it down by pressing on the brake or coming to a complete stop. This has also happened on city streets and poses a safety issue. The acceleration when this happens is much faster than when I try to manually accelerate the car myself in other contexts, like mentioned above. I believe it is the CVT as this seems to be a common problem with cars of my make, model, and year.
As it stands in p (park) it has a really high idle even in neutral as if it wants to go. Then in drive it will lurch really fast. Or I have my foot on the break and it starts to rev high then after 3-5sec of seeing rev cycle in the 2000-3000s it calms down. I almost rear-ended a car yesterday. If you slightly pull off the brake the car will want to jolt forward. When it revs high and I take my foot off the brake it jolts forward then slows as if it recognizes I never had my foot on the accelerator. In all of these times I never had my foot on the gas pedal. I don't have pictures because obviously it's scary and I'd rather focus on the driving then my car acting strange. But I realised that when this was happening more and more frequently my brakes completely wore out. I went from a 7/10 to a 1/10 in between a 3000 mile service! It all became more apparent after the 30,000 mile mark
I had my foot on the break (riding the break and was slowing down to take a left turn onto a residential road, and as I left off the break to start turning because I was now going slow enough, the car accelerated for a second. Rpm randomly shot up and the car jumped forward. It happened quickly and subsided just as quickly.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 subaru forester. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, with the cruise control activated, the vehicle would accelerated independently without warning. The contact stated that the failure occurred for approximately 3 seconds before resuming normal operation. The vehicle was taken to mark miller subaru (3535 state st, south salt lake, ut 84115) and an unknown dealer in austin, texas, however, neither dealer were able to provide a conclusive diagnosis of the vehicle. The manufacturer had not been notified of the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 31,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 subaru forester. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 5 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed and the vehicle independently accelerated. The vehicle was taken to mark miller subaru south towne service located at 10920 state st, sandy, ut 84070, (888) 791-4530, to be diagnosed which was still pending. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted nor informed of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 26,457.
On several occasions while driving on the highway, my eyesight feature suddenly disengages and my cruise control ceases to work and no lane assist or other safety features contained with the "eyesight package" work for extended periods of time. This has occurred when it is raining or snowing.
As I was easing into a parking space in my townhome community in front of my neighbor's house, the car suddenly accelerated on its own and jumped the curb, landing on the sidewalk and pushing in the wall of the house. Airbags did not go off and luckily nobody was home or standing on the sidewalk. I was not injured. The car sustained minimal damage (bumper was askew) but the house wall needed to be replaced and the tenants were unable to live there for two weeks.
While parking in a lot: when pulling into a space, hit brake pedal and car accelerated resulting in minor damage to my car and others cars. I believe the car malfunctioned resulting in this accident.
I was in stop and go traffic. I don't remember if I was taking foot off brake, or gas pedal. This happen within seconds. Car started to accelerate, I slammed on brakes still moving, I pulled emergency brake, still moving, I hit back end of pick-up truck. By then I had put car in park and turned off ignition.
2018 forester with 1100 miles first episode (february 2 ,2019)approaching a red light at low speed (10 to 15 m/h) at intersection with heavy traffic ; car suddenly accelerated , had to brake forcefully to prevent advancing into traffic second episode (februarunuy 4,2019); in parking garage at no more than 10m/h) sudden and unintended accelaration ; I was able to forcefully brake ,car stopped just inches from concrete wall ' . No damage to driver , car or other people or property. Car towed to muller subaru ,highland park il I notified subaru headquarters. Second episode (february 4,2019
Vehicle was turning right into residential garage. Driver experienced sudden unintended acceleration and struck the wall of the garage, causing extensive damage to the structure and the vehicle. The airbags did not deploy, despite the fact that the vehicle struck the residence with sufficient force to shear several 2x6 studs and 1/2" osb siding. The front end of the vehicle sustained approximately $15k in damage the driver was well-rested and had 20+ years experience driving a similar size japanese SUV with no accidents.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 subaru forester. While depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle hesitated before suddenly launching forward. The failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer and local dealer (fc kurbeck subaru, 200 w. Decatur ave, pleasantville, nj) were notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 4.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 subaru forester. While driving 20 MPH in stop and go traffic, the vehicle jerked and decelerated. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to johnson subaru of cary (5010 old raleigh rd, cary, nc 27511, (833) 287-8912) to be diagnosed, but the failure could not be duplicated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 7,000. The VIN was not available.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 subaru forester. While driving over 40 MPH, the vehicle shook violently and vibrated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer (suburban subaru, 1821 maplelawn dr, troy, mi) where it was diagnosed that the failure was caused by a build up of dirt and debris in the wheels and wheel wells. The contact was advised to power wash the wheels and wheel wells to prevent the failure from recurring. In addition, the engine idled while the vehicle was on a slight incline. Suddenly, the engine began to rev high and the vehicle erroneously drove forward. The failure occurred as the driver was getting back into the vehicle and the accelerator pedal had not been depressed. On several occasions, while on a slight incline with the engine idling, the vehicle would suddenly roll backwards once the brake pedal was released. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer who found no failures with the vehicle. The manufacturer was informed of the failures and did not assist. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 2,500. *tt consumer stated violent vibration and shaking at 45mph or greater especially in winter months with snow and mud build up. Automatic brakes slam frequently when in reverse. While at a stop sign, when car is in drive on an incline engine starts revving. Vehicle went backwards while foot was on the brake. Updated 11/19/18
I was driving on I-95 in fairfield ct and started to accelerate to merge with traffic when my car started to race. I immediately tried to brake, I needed to press very hard on the brake peddle for the car to stop accelerating. As soon as I took my foot off the brake, the car accelerated again at a very high speed. When I was braking, I could not control the brake speed, it seemed like the car was shutting off so I removed my foot from the brake. This happened four more times until I was able to get over to an off ramp and shut the car down. The car smelled like something burning. I had the car towed to subaru dealer.
When attempting to accelerate to make a left-hand turn the car stopped - the engine would not get above idle, even when the accelerator was pressed to the floor. The car stopped in oncoming traffic. It did accelerate after completely removing pressure from the pedal and pushing it partially down again it began to pick up speed.
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