Sudden acceleration. Was driving at a slow speed due to light traffic at a red light. Car started to feel not normal and I knew something was wrong. I pressed on the brake but the car kept jumping forward, not wanting to stop. I was afraid I would hit the car in front of me. Luckily I was going very slow. Right after the car started accelerating for no reason. I kept my foot on the brake, my foot was never on the gas. I had taken my foot of the gas before the car started acting up, since I needed to slow down for the red light. The rpms were going very high. I was unsure what to do because I never experienced this kind of situation. I panicked and put the car in neutral, and then in park and turned the car off. I called for help and was lucky my step father was around the corner. He pushed the car to a safe spot. Then he turned on the car while still in park and it was still accelerating very high. It went down and went back to normal acceleration. He then drove the car to the mechanic which was about 200 feet away. I am now having a diagnostic done to see if they can figure out a solution to why the car had sudden acceleration. I know for a fact I did not press on the gas instead of the break, and I also know it was not the subaru floor mat. This issue needs to be looked into as it could have been very dangerous.
2000 Subaru Outback: sudden unintended acceleration
5 of the 207 complaints about the 2000 Subaru Outback describe sudden unintended acceleration.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 2%
- recalls
- 0
Sudden unintended acceleration by model year
What owners say
Unintended acceleration in subaru outback (2000) caused serious accident.
The automatic transmission has delayed engagement when changing from park to drive. The transmission will not engage for up to 10 seconds then it will engage abruptly causing the vehicle to lunge forward uncontrollably in an unsafe manner. Subaru has deemed the problem a transmission failure requiring a new transmission. Problem has occurred at 74,000 miles despite regular maintenance. This situation has been described in complaint# 10074032, 10090065, 10106683, and 10122566. Subaru of america denies that there is a pattern of complaints/problems.
Vehicle suddenly accelerated on its own. Consumer has to pull over and restart the vehicle in order to keep it from increasing speed.
Engaged car into reverse and immediately the car suddenly accelerated at full throttle. I was able to stop car after approximately 10 feet of movement. Fortunately, there were no injuries to occupants or pedestrians. Brought to dealer, no evidence of problem found on car computer systems. Filed formal complaint with subaru of america. Found this problem has been thoroughly documented by other outback owners. Something must be done!
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2000 Subaru Outback sudden acceleration
Is sudden unintended acceleration a common problem on the 2000 Subaru Outback?
5 of 207 owner complaints about the 2000 Subaru Outback (2%) mention sudden unintended acceleration. The model year with the most reports is 2015.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2000 Subaru Outback?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2000 Subaru Outback
Tire blowout 13Fuel smell 10Check engine light 8Overheating 8Fuel leak 6Fire or smoke 5Transmission failure 5
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