2015 Subaru Forester

WHEN HIGHWAY DRIVING MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHTS ARE ILLUMINATED ON DASH, TRACTION CONTROL, EYESIGHT, CRUISE CONTROL OFF, HILL ASSIST. THE EYESIGHT SYSTEMS ARE DISABLED SHUTTING OFF CRUISE CONTROL. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE REAR BRAKES LIGHT ARE NOT WORKING. WHEN THE CAR IS THE SHUT OFF THEN RESTARTED AND THE BRAKE IS DEPRESSED THE CAR WILL NOT COME OUT OF PARK AFTER STARTING. THIS HAPPENS WHEN IT IS RESET AFTER THE CAR SITS OFF OVERNIGHT. THE LAST TIME I COULD NOT GET IT OUT OF THE PARK I WENT BEHIND THE BRAKE PEDAL AND MOVE THE BRAKE SWITCH AND PRESSED THE CONNECTION ON TOP IN. THIS RESET THE SYSTEM AND I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR OUT OF PARK AND ALL THE WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH DISAPPEARED. THE STOPLIGHT SWITCH/BRAKE SWITCH PART #83311FJ001 IS DEFECTIVE. ON 3/1/19 SUBARU ANNOUNCED A RECALL NOT SURE IF IT'S THIS PART/ISSUES BUT I AM HOPING IT IS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 SUBARU FORESTER. WHILE DRIVING, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND NOTICED IT WAS STIFF. THE CONTACT HAD TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ALREADY LOGGED. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED WARNING LIGHTS FOR ABS, EYE-SIGHT, DYNAMIC VEHICLE ASSITANCE, HILL-START ASSISTANCE COME ON. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET IT CHECKED OUT. THEY REPLACED THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH AND SAID THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. UPON DRIVING, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED, THIS TIME WITH THE BRAKES BEING APPLIED BY THE VEHICLE ITSELF WHILE IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY MOVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED DESPITE MY FOOT NOT BEING ON EITHER THE BRAKE OR GAS PEDAL. WITH THE DECREASE IN SPEED, I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE TO NO AVAIL. AT THIS TIME I PULLED THE VEHICLE OFF TO THE SHOULDER, PUT IT IN PARK, AND THEN BACK INTO DRIVE TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN CORRECTED. I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE ULTIMATELY THE DRIVE REENGAGED. ONLINE THERE APPEAR TO BE NUMEROUS OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES: HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/SUBARU/FORESTER/2015/BRAKES/SERVICE_BRAKES.SHTML

HELLO, SUBARU NEEDS TO ADD FORESTER MODELS TO ITS RECALL OF 72,000 VEHICLES DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH THEIR AUTOMATIC BRAKING SYSTEM (ABS), FAULTY BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH SENSORS. I JUST HAD TO HAVE MY SUBARU FORESTER'S BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH REPLACED FOR THE 2ND TIME IN 2 YEARS! BOTH TIMES, I WAS DRIVING ON OPEN HIGHWAYS FAR FROM HOME DOING 55MPH ON FLAT TERRAIN WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE 3 LIGHTS CAME FLASHING ON MY CAR'S DASHBOARD: HILLSTART ASSIST SYSTEM, ABS, & VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONTROL SYSTEMS. I WAS EXTREMELY ALARMED BOTH TIMES THAT MY VEHICLE MIGHT NOT BE SAFE TO TRAVEL, ESPECIALLY SINCE I WAS ON HIGHWAYS AND FAR FROM HOME. COULD IT BE THAT WHEN THE PART WAS REPLACED 2 YEARS AGO IT WAS REPLACED WITH YET ANOTHER FAULTY PART?? TWO YEARS AGO, THE REPAIR COST WAS COVERED UNDER SUBARU NEW-CAR WARRANTY. THIS SECOND TIME, MY EXTENDED WARRANTY PAID SOME, BUT I AM NOW OUT OF $100. DEDUCTIBLE, --- ($160. LABOR COST(?!), TO REPLACE A $16. PART! TOTAL BILLED WAS $175.68) I AM NOT CONFIDENT IN THE REPLACED SENSOR, AND AM SCARED TO DRIVE MY FORESTER FOR LONG-DISTANT TRIPS FOR FEAR IT MAY HAPPEN AGAIN, SINCE IT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED TWICE IN 2 YEARS. I BELIEVE THAT SUBARU SHOULD REFUND MY $100. SINCE SUBARU HAS KNOWN ABOUT FAULTY BRAKE SENSORS FORMALLY RECALLED IN OTHER MODELS. UPON SEARCHING THE INTERNET, I DISCOVERED THAT FAULTY BRAKE SWITCH SENSORS HAVE BEEN A WELL-KNOWN PROBLEM WITH SUBARU FOR MANY YEARS, AND RECALLS FOR THIS PART SHOULD APPLY TO THE FORESTER AS WELL AS OTHER MODELS. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT SUBARU NEEDS TO ADD FORESTER MODELS TO THEIR LIST OF RECALLS FOR FAULTY BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH SENSORS. I/WE FORESTER OWNERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO KEEP PAYING FOR KNOWN FAULTY PARTS, NOR SHOULD WE BE SCARED FOR OUR SAFETY TO DRIVE OUR NEWER MODEL VEHICLES. PLEASE HELP! R/ MS. KOTSIRAS

WHILE BACKING UP A WINDING HILL ON A HARD PACKED GRAVEL DRIVEWAY I BACKED INTO A SEVEN INCH DIAMETER TREE ON THE EDGE OF THE ROAD. DID NOT HIT IT HARD ENOUGH TO DAMAGE THE BACK BUMPER. I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND IN AN INSTANT THE MOTOR WENT WIDE OPEN. I HIT THE BRAKES, BUT NO NOTICABLE EFFECT. I NARROWLY MISSED THE CORNER OF THE GARAGE. THE CAR DUG FOUR DEPRESSIONS IN THE DRIVEWAY WHEN IT TOOK OFF. AND THREW GRAVEL ALL THE WAY DOWN THE HILL AND ON THE FLAT UNTIL IT HIT A LARGE TREE, THE MOTOR STILL RACING. THE RUNAWAY HAPPENED IN SECONDS. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. MY WIFE SUFFERED A BADLY BROKEN RIGHT WRIST. I WAS NEARLY KNOCKED OUT. I HAVE BEEN A SAFE DRIVER FOR 60 YEARS. DROVE PROFESSIONALLY FOR ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF YEARS. I ALSO HAVE OVER 175,000 MILES AND COUNTING ON MOTORCYCLES. THIS CAR DEFINITELY DID MALFUNCTION. FORTUNATELY THE HOUSE SECURITY CAMERA CAPTURED THE ACTION. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN UPLOAD THE VIDEO TO YOUR SITE. PLEASE ADVISE. SABARU CANADA AND THE MY SUBARU DEALER IGNORED MY COMPLAINT, WITH THE DEALER REP SAYING, 'THE FLOOR MAT WAS PROBABLY ON THE GAS PETAL.'

I STARTED DRIVING AND FOUND THAT MY HILL HOLDER, MY VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONTROL SYSTEM, MY ABS, MY SUBARU EYESIGHT AND MULTIPLE OTHER WARNING LIGHTS WERE ALL LITE UP. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE CAR AND WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR I COULDN'T PUT MY CAR INTO GEAR. IT WAS STUCK IN PARK ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. AFTER A FEW MORE TRIES I WAS ABLE TO GET IT INTO GEAR AND CONTINUED DRIVING WITH ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS ON. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES YESTERDAY AS I ATTEMPTED TO GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP.

SOFT BRAKE FADE. BRAKES FADE, IN PARTICULAR, WHEN VEHICLE IS WARM AFTER DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, BRAKES SINK ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WON'T STOP THE VEHICLE. THIS SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE AS VEHICLE AGES. HAPPENS REGULARLY. DEALER AND SUBARU SAY THIS IS NORMAL BEHAVIOR. THERE ARE SERVICE BULLETINS ABOUT THIS SAFETY ISSUE ON MANY OTHER SUBARU MODELS, BUT NOT ON THIS MODEL. DEALER AND SUBARU ARE INCORRECTLY TREATING THIS AS A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ISSUE, NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. I RECOMMEND AN INVESTIGATION OF SUBARU BRAKE ISSUES ON ALL MODELS.