2015 Subaru Forester

EXCESSIVE OIL USE BETWEEN OIL CHANGES REQUIRING ADDING OIL. OIL LIGHT COMES ON UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSING DRIVER TO HAVE TO CARRY OIL ON BOARD AND TO PULL OVER TO ADD. SHOULD NOT HAPPEN IN 2 YEAR OLD CAR. SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO PULLING OVER IN BAD WEATHER, UNFAMILIAR AREA. I WAS ALONE AND APPROACHED BY SUSPICIOUS W/M WHILE ADDING OIL.

I HAVE HAD EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION SINCE THE FIRST 3K MILES DRIVEN ON THE CAR. I HAVE GONE THROUGH A SLEW OF CONSUMPTION TESTS, HAD THE SHORT BLOCK REPLACED AND I AM CONTINUING TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. SUBARU'S ONLY OFFER IS TO GO THROUGH MORE CONSUMPTION TESTS AND A POSSIBLE 2 MOTOR REPLACEMENT. OR, THEY WILL UPGRADE ME TO A NEW MODEL. THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE ACCORDING TO THE NUMEROUS SUBARU OWNERS THAT ARE POSTING ONLINE - AND IT IS FRUSTRATING THAT THEY WERE SUED FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE, YET CONTINUE TO MANUFACTURER CARS WITH DEFECTIVE MOTORS, AND OFFER LITTLE RESOLUTION TO THE CONSUMER. WHY WOULD I WANT TO UPGRADE TO A NEW SUBARU TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUES I HAVE HAD SINCE THE FIRST 3K MILES ON THE ONE I HAVE NOW? I FEEL THEY NEED TO REFUND THEIR CUSTOMERS AND DISCONTINUE THE MANUFACTURING OF THIS MOTOR! IT IS NOT NORMAL TO BURN THROUGH OIL AT AN ALARMING RATE (1 QUART EVERY 2000-3000 MILES) - IT ISN'T JUST CONSUMING THE OIL, BUT THE OIL IN MY CAR IS BLACK AFTER JUST 1200 MILES ON THE NEW MOTOR THAT HAS LESS THAN 12K MILES ON IT. I CAMP AND TRAIL IN THIS VEHICLE, AND TO BE STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE WITH AN OIL LIGHT ON AND NO WHERE CLOSE BY TO PICK UP SYNTHETIC OIL, OR ANY OIL IS VERY BOTHERSOME. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CARRY OIL IN MY 2015 CAR THAT I GOT BRAND NEW! HOW DO THEY GET AWAY WITH RIPPING OFF SO MANY CONSUMERS AND NOT ISSUING A RECALL?

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AT 70 MPH ON EXPRESS WAY. SUDDENLY POWER DECREASED WHILE MY FOOT WAS ON ACCELERATOR. CAR LURCHED FORWARD FOLLOWED BY A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER WITH NO STEERING CONTROL. I COASTED INTO EMERGENCY LANE. NO WARNING LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD BEFORE INCIDENT. CAR INDICATED 60 MILES LEFT IN GAS TANK. MILEAGE AT TIME OF INCIDENT 15,888. CAR IMMEDIATELY STARTED UP AFTER STALLING. TOOK TO SUBARU DEALERSHIP FOR CHECKUP AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPLICATE INCIDENT. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW FROM DEALERSHIP.

I FILED TWO EARLIER COMPLAINTS BUT FAILED TO RECORD THE COMPLAINT # ON THE FIRST ONE. THE SECOND ONE IS #11003831. THE PROBLEM CONCERNS ENGINE STALL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IT OCCURRED TO ME ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS (JULY 2016 SALINA, KS AND 6/17/17 ON I-44 OKLA TURNPIKE NEAR CLAREMORE. BOTH TIMES I WAS GOING ABOUT 70 MPH, CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON AND THE A/C. COULDN'T RESTART THE CAR. HAD IT TOWED TO TULSA DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC SAID IT WAS BAD/DIRTY GASOLINE. THE TORQUE CONVERTER ON THE CVT TRANSMISSIONS APPARENTLY MAY ALSO BE A CAUSE. FORBES MAG RECENTLY DID A ARTICLE ON THIS PROBLEM. MY CAR YEAR/MODEL WAS INCLUDED IN THE ARTICLE, WHICH ALSO MENTIONED THAT FEDERAL REGULATORS HAVE RECEIVED 100 COMPLAINTS FROM CONSUMERS. I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL RECEIVE A LETTER FROM SUBARU OR WHAT MY NEXT STEP IS. I PLAN ON SHOWING THE FORBES ARTICLE TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL FORCE ANY ACTION.

ENGINE HESITATES ON ACCELERATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS FROM A DEAD STOP, LEAVING ME STUCK IN THE ONCOMING LANE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM AND IS VERY DANGEROUS! SERVICE MANAGER SAYS IT'S DUE TO APPLYING BRAKE AND GAS AT THE SAME TIME WHILE WAITING FOR ONCOMING CARS TO CLEAR, BUT IT HAPPENS EVEN WHEN I'M CAREFUL NOT TO DO THAT. NEARLY BEEN HIT SEVERAL TIMES. IT'S VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT FEELING HESITATION AND SURGING, EVEN IN A STRAIGHT LINE.

IN AUGUST OF 2015 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE. ALL DASH LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE BECAME INOPERABLE AS A RESULT. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS SHE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, AFTER ABOUT 150 FT ALL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN SAYING THAT IS WAS DISABLING SEVERAL SAFETY FEATURES (ABS, EYESIGHT, HILL ASSIST, ETC.). SHE AGAIN PULLED OVER, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RE-START (FLAT-OUT WOULD NOT COME ON, THE POWER WOULD COME ON BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START [HAS A KEY LESS IGNITION SYSTEM]). SHE CALLED ROAD SIDE ASSIST AND THEY CAME TO TRY AND HELP HER WITH THE CAR. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET IT STARTED AND SHE DROVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOOK THE VEHICLE IN AND LOOKED AT IT. THEIR SERVICING NOTES INDICATE THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE, HOWEVER, WHILE MY WIFE WAS THERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE AS WELL. IN REVIEW OF THESE NOTES THEY INDICATE THE FOLLOWING ERROR CODES WERE PRESENT P1531 AND B2809 AND THEY ALSO REPLACED THE FOLLOWING PART [83311FJ000]. ON JUNE 25, 2017, THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING. ALL SAFETY FEATURES DISABLED, ALL SYSTEMS SHUT-OFF. ONCE I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF I WAS UNABLE TO START IT AGAIN. IT SEEMED AS IF I WAS UNABLE TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL FAR ENOUGH TO TRIGGER THE KEYLESS START FEATURE. SO, THE VEHICLE WAS UNUSABLE AND UNSAFE. I CONTACTED SUBARU AND THEY HAVE TOWED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AS ALL ATTEMPTS TO START THE VEHICLE HAVE FAILED (ALL POWER WORKS, BUT NO START AND ALL SAFETY FEATURES INDICATE THEY ARE DISABLED). I SPOKE WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND EXPRESSED ALL OF THESE CONCERNS AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHERS. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME. IN ALL INSTANCES WHEN THE VEHICLE HAD ISSUES WE WERE EITHER DRIVING ON A CITY STREET, A LOCAL HIGHWAY, OR UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE DUE TO THESE PROBLEMS. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS.

MY 2015 SUBARU FORESTER XT WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED SUBARU DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS VISITS TO THE FOR AN ISSUE IN WHICH THE CARS ENGINE LIGHTS AND WARNINGS WOULD DISPLAY, VIOLENTLY SHAKE, SHUDDER AND LOSE POWER WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEED. AM AUTHORIZED SUBARU MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE, THEY DID AN ECM COMPUTER UPDATE...UNFORTUNATELY, THE PROBLEMS DID NOT GO AWAY AFTER THE UPDATE. I RE-VISITED THE DEALERSHIP EXPLAINING THAT THE PROBLEMS PERSISTED, AT WHICH POINT THEY DECIDED TO TRY TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. AFTER A WEEK, THE SUBARU DEALER SENT ME HOME IN THE CAR, SAYING THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. LESS THEN 4 DAYS LAYER, WHILE ON MY MORNING COMMUTE TO WORK, THE SAME PROBLEMS WHICH HAD PLAGUED THE CAR STARTED TO OCCUR, HOWEVER THIS TIME, I HEARD A LOUD POP/BANG AND SMOKE FILLED THE CABIN OF THE CAR. VERY SHORTLY AFTER SMOKE ENTERED THE CABIN, I WITNESSED FLAMES COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND ABOVE THE WINDSDHIED. I EXITED THE FREEWAY LANES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AND WITHIN 10 SECONDS THE CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. I HAVE PAPERWORK FROM THE DEALERSHIP WITH MY EXPRESSED CONCERNS, AND THE SUABARU MECHANIC'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 SUBARU FORESTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY AND BRAKE SENSORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000.