Brake Light On Problems of Subaru Crosstrek

I had the brake lamp switch recall performed in may of 2019 and now all of a sudden my brake lights are turning on all of a sudden by themselves at night time. The car is parked, not running and locked. I think I have received a defective switch. When I notice this I must go outside and step on the brake to turn them off. This has happened 3 different times this month.

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There is a little space between the brake lamp switch and brake that has my brake lights constantly on. While I am driving if I don't keep my left foot under the brake pedal and pushing it up then the brake lights will constantly be on. If I don't keep my foot there then sometimes when I am going up a hill or driving the car will drop rpms and then I have to put my foot under the brake and push it up again. Also, when driving the hill assist light, on the dashboard will turn on and the car will roll down the hill any direction when in reverse or drive because of the switch. I had gone to Subaru to do the recall for the brake lamp switch and then a few weeks after this issue began to occur.

My brake lights came on while the car was parked and turned off. When I returned to the vehicle after work, the battery was almost completely discharged. I was able to call for roadside assistance through Subaru and received a jump start. (the same thing happened while I was backpacking the weekend of 9/21-9/22, but the battery was completely discharged. Another one of the members of our scout troop was able to give me a jump start. Previously, I had been having issues with the brake lights illuminating, but had been able to catch it in time before the battery died. In addition, while driving the car would lose the ability to accelerate for a couple of seconds, which could be remedied by me taking my foot off of the gas pedal. After the jump on 10/3, this loss of acceleration happened while I was driving home to the point where I had to pull over because the car would not continue moving. On a final note, I replaced the brake light switch the evening of 10/3 and have not experienced either problem since. ).

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The vehicle was losing power and getting close to the point of stalling but never stalled. It would periodically not switch gears as well. Seems like it could have been a faulty brake light switch. Apparently I was told that my vehicle was not covered under the recall put out earlier for this issue. So I had to pay out of pocket.

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This is a complaint about Subaru dealers not responding to a recall in what I would call a timely manner. I cannot tell where on your website to submit this. It is very confusing. It says to submit a complaint of this type, but doesn't tell where. I got a recall for the brake light issue. I consider this a very high priority. The dealer said they could see me in a week. That seems unreasonable considering the nature of the recall. I am very disappointed in Subaru, and in your call-in system which seemed to provide not help.

The car cannot move due to it is unable to shift out of park. The brake light doesnt come on --believe it is the brake switch sometime doesn't work dealer wont admit problem.

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Tl-the contact owns 2015 Subaru xv. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds or when trying to start the vehicle. The contact would attempt to depressed the brakes pedal to start the vehicle which failed to engaged properly. All warning light illuminated. The contact would have to turn the vehicle off for 30 min to 1 hour or more which then the vehicle would resume back to normal. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 19v149000(exterior lighting) about 1 year ago. At this time the vehicle was taken into the dealer Crosstrek a Subaru service - dick hannah Subaru 7407 ne vancouver plaza dr, vancouver, wa 98662 (360) 605-1520 for the recall repair, however, the repairs for the brakes light switch was replaced over 8 times by 2 different dealers. The failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but no further assistance was taken. The failure mileage was 3,000. Ck.

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Brake lights may not illuminate.