2014 Subaru Forester

STARTED CAR ALL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND STARTED FLASHING OIL, AND,AWD, EMISSION CONTROL NEED TO BE CHECKED, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, CRUISE CONTROL INDICATOR STAYS ON. HAD BEEN DRIVING ON A HOT DAY STOPPED TO GET GAS WHEN I STARTED THE CAR ALL THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME I CHECKED GAS CAP IT WAS TIGHT, I STARTED DRIVING AND ALL THE LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY UNDER EXCELLENT CONDITIONS, THE ENGINE 'REVVED' AND THEN STALLED. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER AND PUT THE CAR IN "PARK" AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE. BEFORE I DID SO, THE INSRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS WERE (ALMOST?) ALL LIT. I TRIED TO RESTART = UNSUCCESSFUL. AFTER WAITING ABOUT 5 MINUTES, I TRIED AGAIN AND WAS ABLE TO PROCEED NORMALLY. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS OCCURED; PREVIOUS EPISODE ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO (UNREPORTED) UNDER SIMILAR CONDITIONS. THE ONLY "COMMON" ELEMENT I CAN SURMISE IS THAT THE GAS LEVEL WAS < 1/4 TANK IN BOTH INSTANCES. I WAS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE GAS AS THE GAUGE AND "MILES TO EMPTY" WERE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TO GET ME HOME. I DID REFUEL WITHIN TEN MILES OF THE TEMPORARY BREAKDOWN AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

I HAVE HAD ONGOING ISSUES WITH THE OIL CONSUMPTION ON THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF OIL CONSUMPTION TESTS RUN ON THIS CAR AND THEY CLAIM THAT IT PASSES, (EVEN THOUGH I CAN BARELY MAKE IT 4K WITHOUT HAVING TO ADD MORE OIL TO THE CAR) TODAY THE CAR IS BACK AT SERVICE TO FIX THE FRONT ENGINE COVER SEAL. ONE HAS TO WONDER IF THIS WAS THE OIL ISSUE ALL ALONG, HOWEVER IT WILL COST ME ALMOST A GRAND JUST TO GET THIS REPAIR DONE.

2014 SUBARU FORESTER STOPPED RUNNING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 70 MILES AN HOUR. ENGINE JUST QUITE RUNNING. LOST POWER. HAD TO PULL OVER IN MEDIAN. VERY SCARY. THIS IS SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. DID NOT THROW A CODE MESSAGE. DEALERSHIP CAN NOT DETECT PROBLEM. FIRST TIME WAS 4 YEARS AGO WHEN DRIVING AT 35 MPH ON CITY STREET COMING INTO TOWN. DID NOT THROW ERROR MESSAGE AT THAT TIME WAS TOLD TO DRIVE IT UNTIL IT DID IT AGAIN.

DRIVING 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY. CAR SUDDENLY NO LONGER RESPONSIVE TO ACCELERATOR AND SPEED DROPS. RECOVERED IN A FEW SECONDS. DEALER EXAMINED AND STATES IT WAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE CONDITION IN BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH THAT WAS INSTALLED 6 MONTHS EARLIER DUE TO RECALL. DEALER STATES CAR WENT INTO "LIMP" MODE. SWITCH CONDITION RESOLVED WITHOUT REPLACEMENT ACCORDING TO DEALER.

FIRST NOTICE THIS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BUT IS HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY NOW. STARTED WHEN YOU WOULD HAVE A LOW SPEED HARD LEFT TURN SUCH AS IN A PARKING LOT A/C WOULD STOP WORKING, POWER STEERING WOULD SHUT DOWN AND THEN EVERYTHING WOULD COME BACK TO NORMAL. MORE RECENTLY IT'S BEEN HAPPENING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. IT FEELS AS THOUGH THE ENGINE QUITS AND USUALLY AFTER A FEW SECONDS EVERYTHING COMES BACK ON. THE OTHER DAY I HAD 4 OR 5 OCCURRENCES WITH IN 7 MILES, THE LAST TIME WAS TURNING ONTO THE STREET I LIVE ON AND IT WAS MID LEFT TURN ALMOST RAN INTO THE STREET SIGN POLE WHEN THE POWER STEERING FAILED. I STOP BY A SUBURU DEALER AND THE SERVICE WRITER ACTED AS THOUGH HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT. IT IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET. THIS IS NOT SAFE AND I HAVE HAD TO MANY ISSUES WITH MY SUBURU.

JANUARY 2019. THE ISSUE STARTED AS CEL CAME ON. ROUGH IDLE, SURGE OF POWER AND THEN CAM TIMING BECAME ISSUE. WAS AT A STOP SIGN IDLING WHEN SURGE OCCURRED LURCHING VEHICLE FORWARD. TOOK TO DEALER WAITED WEEKS FOR A TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE TO GIVE ADVICE TO DEALERSHIP. TOOK TO OTHER DEALER TO CONFIRM. THEY REPLACED TIMING CHAIN., CAM PHASERS AND OTHER REQUIRED. DIDNT SOLVE ISSUE. NEXT STEP WAS INTERNAL OIL FILTERS THAT SUPPLY AVSC TIMING. NO FIX. REPLACED ECM AS FINAL STEP IN SUBARU MATRIX. RAN FOR 3 WEEKS AND SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS. AGAIN CEL, ROUGH IDLE, CAM ISSUES. SUBARU POINTS TO DEALER. DEALER POINTS TO SUBARU. AND I HAVE A INOPERABLE VEHICLE. I REPLACED ALL REQUIRED PARTS AND HAVE ONGOING ISSUE. SOA HAS BEEN INVOLVED BUT NOT RESOLUTION. IT HAS BEEN 8 MONTHS OF DISAPPOINTMENT. GREAT CAR BUT THIS IS TOO MUCH TO CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH. THE XT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE ISSUES, RECALL ON POSSIBLE CYCLINDER CRACKING AND ISSUES RELATING TO ENGINE PERFORMANCE.

SUBARU ENGINES ARE USING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL EVEN WHEN NEW, UP TO 1 QUART PER 1500 MILES. A 2014 LAWSUIT REQUIRED THEM TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, WHICH THEY ARE ONLY BARELY DOING. HUNDREDS OF OTHERS WITH THIS PROBLEM ARE BEING REQUIRED TO SIMPLY ADD MORE OIL AT $9 - $12/QUART 3-4 TIMES EACH OIL CHANGE. AS THE CAR AGES, THE CONSUMPTION CAUSES THE CAR ENGINE TO SEIZE WHEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, CREATING THE POTENTIAL OF SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. AGAIN, SUBARU HAS OFFICIALLY ACTED TO NOT ADDRESS THIS ISSUE IN THEIR TSB 02-157-14R, TITLED SURFACE TREATMENT CHANGE TO OIL CONTROL PISTON RINGS. PRIOR TO THIS, DEALERSHIPS WERE INSTRUCTED TO CHANGE OUT THE PISTON RINGS. THIS TSB STATES: "CONCERNS RELATED TO A POSSIBLE OIL CONSUMPTION CONDITION ARE GENERALLY INITIATED WHEN THE CUSTOMER BELIEVES THE ENGINE OIL LEVEL ON THE DIPSTICK HAS DROPPED SINCE THE LAST TIME IT WAS CHECKED OR WHEN THE LOW OIL LAMP ILLUMINATES. THESE TYPES OF COMPLAINTS BY THEMSELVES DO NOT DIRECTLY INDICATE A CONCERN WITH THE VEHICLE EXISTS."

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 70 MPH, CAR ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING, RPM'S WERE STILL UP AS IF CAR ON, COASTED OUT OF TRAFFIC, NO CHECK ENGINE, NO SPUTTERING, HAD GAS, BUT ACTED AS IF I HAD RUN OUT. TURNED IGNITION KEY TO OFF AND REMOVED IT, ATTEMPTED TO START THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES WITHIN AN HOURS TIME, IT ACTED AS IF IT WAS GOING TO START BUT DIDN'T. HAD IT TOWED TO MECHANIC, ON A FLAT BED TOW TRUCK. IT STARTED UP AND ALL SYSTEMS WERE CHECKED WITH NO EVIDENCE OF FAILURE. DIAGNOSTICS WERE RUN WITH NO ACTIVE CODES, ELECTRICAL WAS CHECKED, NO EVIDENCE OF FAILURE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE SAFETY EVENT, IF I HAD NOT BEEN IN AN OUTSIDE LANE AND WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC. I HAVE HAD THREE MECHANICS LOOK AT IT AND NO ISSUE FOUND, BUT IN FEAR OF DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. GUESSES HAVE BEEN FUEL PUMP FAULTY? CAM SHAFT SENSOR FAULTY? ELECTRICAL?