general problems of the 2015 Subaru Crosstrek

Several components' issues and scheduled to take back to Subaru dealer on 12/16/2022. Several times after parking car and getting back in, when shifting to 1st gear to take off, the car goes in reverse instead of forward. Rear backup camera sporadically works. Tire pressure light came on and won't turn off. Front end shakes when braking dealer said it was new brakes, but still happening. Front passenger seat belt locked and will not release, no one can sit in front seat. After purchasing the car, and having so many issues, checked the fluid and there was not a drop of oil on the dipstick. Nothing but problems with car from the date of purchase.

Driving at night on interstate approximately 70 mph using adaptive cruise control. Suddenly engine revs higher and car slows down. Cruise control deactivates. Applying gas cause the engine to rev but car continues to slows down. Pulled to side of interstate. Infotainment system screen flashes to black then back on. Turned car off and back on again and behaved normally. Was able to continue driving with no issues. This same sequence of events also happened approximately one year ago. So this is the second occurrence. The first time I knew I had a bad O2 sensor so thought it may be related to that but the sensor has now been replaced and the same issue has reoccurred.

I have owned this vehicle since 2018 and at random times on the highway the engine will lose power and the car will drift to a halt. No warning signs beforehand and this has happened at various stages of highway drives. Pressing the accelerator will only cause the car to slow more. After each time I have had it towed to the nearest Subaru dealership and they cannot find any issues. I have read several other complaints on here describing the issue perfectly. It seems either Subaru cannot figure out whats wrong or simply doesn't care. I have been very lucky to have gotten to safety each time this has happened but I feel serious harm can be caused by this problem. My vehicle has been inspected by several different Subaru dealerships and I get the same runaround every time. The service reps cannot find anything wrong with the engine and no codes come up when they plug it in. Subaru needs to figure this out as there is clear documentation here that this is a large problem. This has forced me to sell what otherwise would be a good car and find something else.

I noticed that when got to accelerate from stoping that car won't go. When I hit the gas the vehicle moves only a little and if I push my foot on the acceleration peddle harder and all the way down the vehicle actually slows down. It happened this morning on city street roads not going any faster than 45mph. The only way to get it to go again is taking my foot off the gas peddle and re placing it and it then will go back to accelerate as it should when I press the gas peddle. I have gotten it looked at suburu dealership and they were unable to figure out the problem. It happened to me twice this morning. Once when turning off my street taking a right trying to accelerate to 25mph and then another when trying to accelerate after a stop light on a 45 mph road. I will be reporting it from now on every time it happens. This is very unsafe, it could easily cause an accident. Thank goodness no one was right behind at those moments when I went to accelerate.

When I go to park and turn off the key it locks half way and won't come out. Have to reverse and pull forward sometimes several times before it will turn completely off. Subaru has a technical service date: 03/15/18 16-112-18r revised bulletin about an issue with the "shift selecter mechanism. " Subaru is aware of the persistent problem, but has not issued a recall.

I was driving my 2015 Subaru Crosstrek. I had been on the highway for an hour. I was going about 78mph. The car suddenly started getting loud and the tachometer was revving down. It went quickly from 3 to 0 and immediately shut down. When I realized it was revving down and getting louder I began to shift towards the lanes on the right to the break down lane. My car didn't make it. It was about 3 min from when I realized something was wrong. I got stuck in the lane right next to the passing lane with 2 other lanes on the right of me to get to the breakdown lane. My car had power, my hazards were on, my radio was on, my windows opened and the car wouldn't turn on. I got my car towed to my moms and it turned on at arrival about 14 min after it shut down on me. I was able to drive it home 14 min away and then drive it 35 min to a Subaru dealer. The dealer says its the battery but it doesnt make sense to me if the car ignition wouldn't go on but lights radio and windows worked and 15 min later the car turned on and drove like nothing happened.

Was unable to remove key from ignition. Unable to leave vehicle in a public palace and not able to lock the car because of a faulty gear park rang switch.

Tl the contact owns a 2015 Subaru Crosstrek. While driving 80-85 mph, the vehicle stalled on several occasions without warning. In addition, the tachometer increased to high and the speedometer decreased. When the vehicle was restarted, it performed as designed. The vehicle was taken to Subaru of kennesaw (905 ernest w barrett pkwy NW, kennesaw, GA 30144, (770) 419-9800) where it was diagnosed that the transmission valve body needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and provided case number: sr1-46572013025 and extended the warranty. The failure mileage was approximately 65,300. The VIN was invalid.

I was driving on the interstate going 75 mph, passing another vehicle, when the car rapidly lost speed and revved to 5500 rpm. The vehicle continued to lose speed and would not respond when I pressed down on the accelerator. I had to quickly pull to the left shoulder. Luckily, the car behind me was paying attention and was able to slow down and not hit us. I turned the car off and luckily the vehicle did restart. My fuel light had just turned on minutes before this but I still had 60 miles to go before empty. I was planning on exiting to refuel before this happened. I still do not know what caused this to occur. I left a message with the dealership and I am awaiting a return phone call to have the vehicle assessed.

Cv joints went bad around 100,000 miles when warranty expired. All freeway driving, even tho car was purchased for more off road/unpacked road use, which hasn't happened much. Guess if I did use it more off road this wld have happened earlier & be covered under warranty. Needs to be a recall on this issue.

My car has been leaking for a long while now. I didn't expect it to happen but when recently I saw small drops of oil, I took it to my local dealership. They said my cam box seal was leaking and then I went into more research. I found out that this is actually a common issue from my fellow Crosstrek owners. This isnt acceptable at all because this doesnt make these reliable anymore. It's now a headache and trouble on the road. This issue should be thought over in respect to us the consumers. The Crosstrek are a very popular car that people love including me but this problem gives everyone of us to complain to have it fixed.

Takata recall for the past year I have been checking my motor oil and refilling as needed. Learning to be a car mechanic is one of my hobbies that I like to do. In doing so, I always check my car and make sure its up and running with no issues. I have constantly notice that there was some oil under the engine whether old or fresh. Then just recently I went to my local Subaru dealership to finally get to the bottom of it. As a result I learned that the cam box seal is leaking. I then did my research on it and found out that it's a common issue among other Subaru owners and that other car brand uses gaskets in which it lasts longer. In my view, other owners may not know how or when to check under their car for these kind of issues and this can lead to the engine not having enough oil to burn and breaking down or similar situations. It may not be a short term effect but if it can be prevented it should be.

My car became stuck in park due to a defective break light switch. The dealership told me to have it towed, but luckily I checked the internet and learned I had to override the system by sticking a bolt into a port on the gear shift panel. Apparently this is a known issue. I know several people personally who have also had this problem, and the dealership was familiar with it. It is incredibly frustrating to be stuck in a parking lot unable to drive your car when its an issue that could easily be prevented. It was a 100+ degree day and luckily I was in town. But had I been stuck out at a trailhead or otherwise out of cell service this could be a serious safety issue.

I have a 2015 Crosstrek that has 31,000 miles on it and I have been having an issue when putting the car in park that you can not turn the key to the off position to shut the car down. I have had to play with the shifter putting the car in reverse and then in park again hoping this time I can turn the car off. Taking the car back to the dealer. These cars need to be recalled and fixed at Subaru's expense, clearly they have issues.

Car stalled and died while driving on freeway traveling 75mph. Felt like the transmission shifted into a low gear and the rpm's revved. Car immediately lost power and fortunately I was able to safely move to freeway shoulder. Car would not start and had to be towed but all electrical still functioned. I was low on gas but not out. I was on freeway at 11:30pm just outside detroit when this occurred. Ridiculously unsafe. Vehicle is currently at dealer and will be looked at 8/14/2018. Incident 8/9/2018. Exact same symptoms happened to the same vehicle 6 months ago. Car died on freeway traveling 75mph, rpm's revved, got safely to shoulder. Vehicle towed. Car started next morning and no error codes found. Even more compelling, the engine died 3 other times while driving at least 45mph, same sensation of engine going into lower gear, rpm's increased to 5000+, car dies, electrical works. Car was able to restart after 10-15 minutes of rest. These 3 incidents are not documented because I was not towed and did not take the vehicle in for service. I wish I had. I am reporting for the most recent incident of 8/9/2018. (I feel like I'm shouting with all caps. I am shouting because this needs to be fixed!).

I have random but consistent problems with my 2015 Subaru Crosstrek in regards to the cvt, stalling and acceleration issues. I have complained to the dealership on many occasions. When coming to a stop and then accelerating again it feels as if the car is about to stall and in some situations I felt it did for a second. Its a very frightening situation when merging into traffic or driving defensively and the car just doesn't respond. I have come very close to being hit because the car did not respond. Another way to explain it is this: when starting from a complete stop, its like the car shifts from 1st to 4th in a split second and the car fails to accelerate and it takes about 5 seconds for the car to respond and slowly pick up speed like it was accelerating starting in the wrong gear (4th). I have been dealing with this for over 2 years now and I'd like to get this fixed ASAP. Please issue a recall for these cvts and have the manufacturer fix them. Just extending the warranty to 100k does no good because I brought it to the dealership last week and times before and they didn't fix anything, they just collected data and sent it to Subaru but I still have the issue. I also noticed the problem more prominent when the weather is warmer which leads me to also suspect an air/fuel issue or something else adding to the problem.

Since I bought this 2015 Crosstrek in 2015 there have been multiple times where I have pulled out and the vehicle pauses. Like there is no power or it is taking a breath. No matter the pressure on the accelerator it does not go. Then like a gasp it starts to pick up speed. Does not shut off but zero power. It happens regardless the weather, length of time car has been running. It has caused me a narrow miss before because I could not get into my lane. I was pulling into traffic from a slow speed most times. Once it happened while in traffic driving.