Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2005 Subaru Forester

I was backing up my 2005 Subaru Forester in a downtown, street-level corner parking lot. When I put my vehicle into reverse, a sudden unintended acceleration propelled my vehicle backwards across the parking lot, across a two-lane downtown street, up onto the opposite sidewalk and culminated in my vehicle crashing into a city light pole, which stopped the vehicle. I estimate I was traveling at 25-30 mph when I hit the light pole. I missed two pedestrians by mere inches and fortunately missed hitting any other cars. I had my foot hard on the brake the entire 4-5 seconds of the incident, and almost broke the gear shift, madly trying to shift into park. My vehicle is totaled and I am totally freaked out by the entire nightmarish experience! this was a deadly sequence of events which easily could have changed my life and others' lives. I will never own another Subaru. This occurred on Thursday, April 26, 2018.

Tl - the contact owns a 2005 Subaru forest. The contact stated that while driving 2 mph, reversing out of a parking space and the vehicle suddenly accelerated without any warning. The contact mentioned that the vehicle crash into a tree. The vehicle was destroyed. A police report was filed. The passenger sustained whip lash and required medical assistance. The dealer was contacted. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 110,000. Pm.

The contact owns a 2005 Subaru Forester. The contact stated that while attempting to exit a parking lot an unknown speeds, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The contact mentioned that the vehicle went across an intersection and jumped a side walk before it finally came to a complete stop. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 25,000.

After buying it new and owning it for two years with no problems, in 2007 we had spontaneous acceleration problems with our 2005 Subaru Forester, resulting in 2 low-speed crashes into buildings and one that I managed to stop before hitting anything. No one was injured, but we had repair costs and insurance premium increases. The dealer said they found no problems, even though when I tested it with them, we reproduced a similar event. My detailed communications with Subaru of America (including information from the internet about other earlier similar Subaru problems) resulted in their denying any problem. I had a class-action attorney in juneau, ak write Subaru of America with the same results of denial by Subaru. All of this occurred in alaska (our main home). The dealer was very kind and in 2008 took it as a trade for a Honda fit since we could not sell it with that history. I assume that other Subaru owners have had similar problems, which should begin to surface now. Thank you, and I look forward to hearing from you.

My 2005 Subaru Forester suddenly accelerated on its own while my foot was on the brake. I had to push really hard on the brakes to avoid surging ahead into traffic.

My 2005 Subaru Forester suddenly accelerated as I approached a stoplight. The car was in neutral, the clutch was not engaged and my foot was on the brake. The acceleration subsided after I placed the car in first gear and slightly pressed on the gas pedal moving the car forward about a foot. This sudden acceleration occurred over a dozen times in the course of 24hrs. The car was taken to the local Subaru dealer where several test runs were performed as well as a monitor test. No codes showed up so I took the car for a test run with one of the service advisors and the car accelerated several times within 10-15min. I took the car for a second test run with a mechanic who believed the throttle was improperly opening. The mechanic then inspected and cleaned the pin connectors at tps and map sensors. He then road tested it several times to determine if the problem had been resolved and found no more sudden acceleration problems. It was determined that the problem most likely was a sticky throttle. The car now runs well.