general problems of the 2011 Subaru Forester

Thousands of Subarus are developing leaking cam carriers which can cause the vehicles to stall due to oil loss. There are online threads with many, many owners reporting their vehicles developed this problem - many with low mileage. My vehicle developed the problem with about 40,000 miles on the odometer. This vehicle should be recalled. Dealerships are making a fortune fixing these vehicles, often charging close to $3,000.

As I drove into my driveway smoke started coming out of engine compartment. Behind and under vehicle was a massive leak of either oil or transmission fluid. No warning lights were observed and vehicle was running fine while we were out. The entire vehicle was quickly engulfed in flames and burned to the ground before firefighters arrived.

A fire started in the engine compartment after a few minutes of apparently normal driving. The fire eventually destroyed the vehicle. The cause(s) of the fire was not determined.

While parking in a store's lot with my foot on the brake, my vehicle suddenly accelerated. I kept applying the brakes but the car wouldn't stop I ended up crashing through a fence and falling down a 10 foot embankment.

I was pulling slowly into a parking space (braking) at a shopping center when my Subaru suddenly accelerated rapidly, taking my car over the curb through a hedgerow and into another parked vehicle, at which time it stopped. Witness confirmed the sudden rapid bolting of the car forward from an almost stopped position.

Our Forester has been burning an excessive amount of oil. Thought it was leaks at first and have spent about 2500 fixing those. Keeps losing oil so must be burning it. Took an oil consumption test at dealer which lasts 1200 miles. Failed because it didn't make it 650 miles before it ran out of oil. Subaru did nothing to help with this problem. Soon after it is now starting to throw check engine lights. Twice now the engine has also died while I am in the middle of driving. Once was on the highway and the other was luckily before turning into a parking lot.

Sensor light issue. Check engine, skid control, cruise control warning lights repeatedly come on. I have repaired it 3 times to no avail. On line there are 7 years of complaints regarding this issue. My cruise control, skid control are non functioning.

The vehicle stalls in traffic and at a stops, problem began in December 2017 and the battery was replaced immediately. In January 2018 it was taken to an authorized Subaru dealer for repairs. The 60000 mile service was performed, it continued to stall and was returned to the dealer. The catalytic converters were replaced and it stalled in traffic when it was picked up from the dealership, it was returned. The wiring harness is now being replaced. Subaru field technicians and dealership technicians have tried to diagnose the issue.

While driving down the road, the sun visor on the passenger side fell on its own, obstructing my view. When I pushed it back up it promptly fell back down - it would not stay in any other position but hanging straight down. I had to pull over and get a screw driver to remove the visor to keep it from obstructing my view. Now my driver side visor is starting to not stay completely up against the ceiling. This is a safety issue in two ways, one because it does not stay up and obstructs my view, and two it can not be used as a sun visor (as intended) to keep the sun from blinding me. My vehicle is only four-years old; I did contact the dealer and they told me there was no recall, and it is not covered as a safety issue. Since both of my visors appear to be bad, I believe there is a design flaw and a lot of vehicles will start having this problem.

I called boardman Subaru regarding recall issued on brake line and spoke to their service dept. Manager. He said they are not recalling Subaru's because of the brake line issue that this is just the national safety and they aren't doing anything to correct the problem at this date!!!he told me my car was safe. I am very concerned.

Car was brought to dealership on June 3rd for knocking sound,I was told it needed a new engine which was replaced, car picked up June 10 after repair was completed. While driving on June 10th in the evening, the car began to buck and kick and not respond to pushing on gas pedal, at one point started to accelerate and then slowed down, pulled over to the side of the road and noted that black smoke and flames were seen coming out from hood. Car burned significantly while firefighters tried to put it out.

My wife's car locked itself with keys and baby inside on two occasions. The first time was in winter (don't remember the date) and our baby was locked in the cold car for more than an hour while we waited for aaa. My wife thought she had somehow kneeled on the key/remote in her handbag while putting the baby in his car seat. Since then she has taken care not to touch the key (and remote) before she gets in the car to drive. Today she placed the key/remote on the front seat, then put the baby in the car seat (in back), closed the back door, and the car locked itself with her outside and the baby inside. Aaa arrived quickly and opened the car. The aaa guy said he has had more Subarus with drivers locked out than any other make. I also spoke to the service department of the Subaru dealer who sold us the car about this incident, and I was told that this model year had experienced this problem fairly often, and that the problem had been fixed in subsequent models. I have reported this incident to Subaru corp customer service--their case number is 1-5389802675.

Brake switch went bad. No tail lights, brake lights, or 4 ways. During a 300 mile trip, part of which was in the dark. Was stopped by state police and towed to dealership (Toyota of scranton) where I purchased the car.

While backing up (car in reverse) at about 5 mph, acceleration occurred making the car go backwards very fast. Pressing the brake pad to the ground had no affect. The car, reversing out of control, side-swiped another vehicle and a piece of equipment. Car finally backed up into a huge forklift which went through the rear window and stopped the car. Luckily no one was hurt but the Subaru Forester was totaled.

Driveway across from two way streets, church and main sts. Cars parked on either side of driveway, making exiting difficult and precausions must be taken.

Tl- the contact owns a 2011 Subaru Forester. The contact stated that his vehicle oil consumption was excessive and that the engine oil would be gone multiple times a week. The failure occurred multiple times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the oil consumption was normal. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. Pp.