Table 1 shows one common unknown or other related problems of the 2001 Subaru Forester.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Unknown Or Other problems |
I was driving alone in a 2001 Subaru Forester around 3pm on a sunny August day in 2010. Heading south on a 2 lane road in tallahassee, FL, I approached a red stoplight ahead with two vehicles stopped in front of me. As I started to brake, the vehicle abruptly accelerated, I swerved into the oncoming lane to avoid the stopped cars in my lane as the vehicle continued to accelerate to about 40 miles/hr. A vehicle had just made a turn at the light intersection into the oncoming lane, so I had to steer the Forester to the left, up over a curb onto an embankment to get around the oncoming car to avoid a head on collision, then steer back onto the road to avoid a telephone pole. The vehicle careened back across into the orginal lane I started in while the traffic was still stopped at the light. I passed in front of the stopped cars and missed them . At that point I smacked hard against the other curve in the original southbound lane I was traveling in and the vehicle came to rest. Three of four tires were damaged from impact with the curbs on either side fo the road and had to be replaced. No one was injured and there was no property damage other than to the three tires on my vehicle and the front left wheel assembly. I had purchased this car with 98,000 miles on it, had had extensive repairs done on it and had driven it about 6,000 miles before this occurrence. I had noted no incidence of abrupt acceleration with this vehicle prior to this occurrence, nor in the additional 5,000 miles I have driven it since. I took the vehicle to the Subaru dealership who sent me to a body shop. I took the repaired vehicle back to the dealership and asked them to check the accelerator. They said nothing was wrong with the accelerator pedal or linkage system.
When I bought my 2001 Subaru Forester s. I noticed that there was a small paint chip on the hood. I asked the salesman if this would happen all over the car. He told me to check with the services department. They also told me that it wasn't going to be a problem. Well now I have lots of chipping on my car. I called Subaru of amarica,they sent a rep to look at it,he told me it was stone chipping. I pointed out the fact that I had a spot when I bought it,he told me to take it up with the sales person. I called Subaru back and expressed my dissatisfaction, with there rep and how he handled the situation. I was told that they will be calling me after they do some investigating. I took my car to several autobody shops and they seem to think that it is a paint defect . I'm looking for anyone else that may have the same problem or any info on this situation.
The tack that is in place to hold the driver's side mat in place does not work. The mat continuously falls off the tack. I first made the dealership aware of it and could find nothing to fix. We looked at other Subarus and they all had the same issue. I recently communicated this to Subaru via their web site with little interest on their part. The problem occurs when the mat slips off the tack it runs up into the pedals. This means the floating tack could actually cause more problems then not having one there at all. Our other car (Honda) had a tack that is firmly placed in the floorboard not tacked to the carpet only and as a result it does not have a problem.