2011 Subaru Outback: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Mar 27, 2023 · Transmission · 100,000 miles · MA

The contact owns a 2011 Subaru Outback. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 MPH and depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle inadvertently lunged forward. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that the transmission had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer was not notified of the failure. The contact notified the manufacturer of the failure and provided information per manufacturer's request, but no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000.

Filed May 19, 2020 · Acceleration, Airbags · 80,000 miles · PA · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 subaru outback. The contact stated that while his wife was attempting to parallel park the vehicle suddenly accelerated colliding with the vehicle in front. The contact stated that his wife shifted to drive, the engine revved and she lost control the vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an auto body repair facility. There were no injuries sustained. The vehicle was then taken to rafferty subaru (4700 west chester pike, newtown square, pa 19073 phone: (610) 353-6900) who stated they were unable to find a cause for the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and offered apologetic gestures regarding the matter, however, a case was not opened. The contact stated they found that there was a class action lawsuit in his state of residency regarding the same failure his wife had experienced. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000. *bf

Filed Mar 1, 2018 · Acceleration · CO · crash

The contact owns a 2011 subaru outback. There was unintended acceleration while driver was pulling into a parking space. Driver slowed down to pull into parking space and put car in park when suddenly the car accelerated and sped over cement parking block and crashed into the concrete base of light pole. There is no known recall. Police were called and a report was filed. *tt

Filed Oct 18, 2017 · Acceleration · 42,000 miles · CA · crash

On june 9th, 2017: was pulling into a parking space in church parking lot at 11 am in the morning. It was a clear day. As I eased into the space, I took my foot off the brake, and instead of coasting into the parking space, the car suddenly surged forward (my foot was not on the accelerator at all). There was nothing I could do!! Car lunged forward, jumped the parking curb and hit the tree that was in the median. There was major damage to the front end ($7500). After repair, the dealer and subaru corporate tested out the car and could find no errors in the code results but did note that there were double floor mats on the driver's side (one carpet and one rubber). They think this might have contributed to the problem and they recommend that only one floor mat be in place. Of note is the fact that the car came with the two floor mats installed. We did not add an extra one.

Filed Jul 22, 2014 · Driver assistance, Fuel system · 34,576 miles · NY

I backed out of a parking spot, stopped and, with my foot on the brake, shifted to drive to pull forward. The car surged forward rapidly. I stood on the brakes, the surge continued very briefly and then the car finally stopped. This was the first incident of this kind in the three years I have owned the car.

Filed May 13, 2014 · Acceleration · 39,000 miles · NJ · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 subaru outback. The contact stated that while entering a parking a parking spot, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and the contact crashed into a pole. There were no injuries. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 39,000. The VIN was not available. Updated 7/31/14*cn the consumer no longer owns the vehicle. Updated 08/05/14

Filed Nov 8, 2012 · Acceleration, Brakes · IL

2011 subaru outback. Consumer states unintended acceleration *tgw the consumer stated the sudden acceleration problems started shortly after he purchased the vehicle. On two occasions, he came close to having an accident. The consumer believed there was an issue with the pedal arrangement. He stated he realized he was crossing his right leg over his left leg to apply pressure to the brake pedal. The brake power assist amplified the applied force very well, but at times the brake pedal seemed to get too close to the floor board. He found the brake pedal was high when the engine was off and sank to a lower level when the engine was started. The level could get close to the operating plane of the accelerator pedal. On one occasion, he flipped off the cover on the brake pedal and was braking on a bare steel plate. He discovered he was using more natural ergonomic motion and got too close to the right edge of the brake pedal. The distance between the edges of the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal was about three inches. The width of the sol of his size 12 shoe was about 4 1/2 inches. The consumer believed the problem was an engineering design problem that involved the vacuum braking system, the accelerator linkage design and ergonomic.

Filed Sep 10, 2012 · Fuel system · 6,575 miles · OH

While pulling into a parking space, there was sudden acceleration as if the choke had turn on, similar to when starting the vehicle. It lasted only a short while, but I did have to put the vehicle in neutral. This also occurred once before approx. One month prior this , while pulling into my garage. Am curious if any other reports of this type have been reported.