general problems of the 2015 Subaru Forester - part 1

Unknown. Often when I attempt to accelerate after stopping at a stop sign, the car hesitates, sometimes lunges ahead and then sometimes practically dying before accelerating normally. There have been times when it simply feels like a fuel pump problem and I know that toyotas with this same denso fuel pump have had documented problems similar to mine. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

This is the fourth time we have had the same problem. We were on a long drive (more than 1 hour on the road) on the freeway going 65-70mph. The fuel gauge showed 2 or 3 bars left and the estimated mileage left was 40-70 miles left when the car lost forward power, the lights still worked and electrical systems were functional but it was as though there was not gas left. We had to call a tow truck to bring us gas. As soon as they put a couple gallons in the tank the car started and continued without issue to the nearest gas station. This was extremely dangerous as we had our children in the car and had a loss of power on the freeway and had to sit on the side of the freeway in a dangerous area waiting for gas to be delivered. We took it to our mechanic who could not detect any problems with the sensors, or other systems, there were no codes generated and no warning before it lost power, the low fuel light hadn't even gone on.

On six occasions since 2020, our Subaru Forester has lost engine power at highway speeds after being driven for 2 hours on an interstate. On each occasion, we had to pull to the shoulder of the road with no engine power and restart the car. On the last three occasions it has taken 15 minutes to restart. Losing engine power at highway speed could have endangered our family or nearby drivers. We have taken the car to multiple dealers who have not been able to reproduce the failure, but after the latest incident in August 2023 our local dealers now recommends replacement of the fuel pump.

I was on the MA pike in the middle of three lanes going 70mph and all my red lights came on, the engine revved high rpm, then seemed to be getting no gas and next stalled out. The trip computer said I had had 60 miles of gas left until empty, and I still had a bar of gas left showing on the odometer. There were no warnings lights or messages prior to the failure. It was an extremely unsafe situation, as I had to pull into the “slow” uphill truck lane, lane one of three lanes. There was no shoulder to get on. Trucks were whizzing by me at 70mph. Aaa was not able to assist me, as I was in an unsafe location. They called the MA state troopers who showed up immediately, and frankly probably saved my life, while risking their lives. They ordered gas, as they indicated they had seen this problem before. Two gallons of gas and the car started right up even though it still had gas in the tank. The problem has not been reproduced by a dealer, but it has been written about my many other 2015 Forester owners. Others have reported the same exact problem, sometimes resulting in accidents. How has Subaru gotten away without a recall on this extremely dangerous problem. They definitely are aware of it.

Suddenly lost acceleration and engine stopped - without any dashboard signal of low gas or engine issue. Car was able to start after couple of minutes. At the time of losing acceleration and stopping gas indicator was showing two bars - and car was not running with low fuel indicator. My whole family was in the car and stopping in the middle lane of a busy national highway of 65 miles speed limit on a Saturday late in night was very scary!.

We had driven up mt washington in nh (about 6000ft high) and were returning back. We had used the x mode (hill assist) intermittently on the way down. Had driven almost 150 miles back to home, when the car suddenly lost power and started to shudder. We were able to coast to the side. We tried to start again and again the same problem. We noticed that the brakes seemed quite warm. After about 5 minutes we tried again and were able to drive slowly to a gas station, but no one to help since it was late. Since fuel was low at 1 bar (60 miles distance to empty). We filled up the tank and made our way home driving slowly on the back roads. We are not sure if it could be a problem with the fuel, electrical system, brakes or the hill assist. While the car seems to run fine on short trips of a few miles, have not taken it out on any longer drives.

I was driving with cruise control going around 70 when the car started slowing down suddenly. Not wanting to slow down even more, I turned off the cruise control by hand using the cancel button on the steering wheel (rather than tap the brake) but when I then hit the accelerator, the engine felt like it was in neutral, revving past 6000 rpm on the tachometer. At that point, I realized I had no control over the drive train so I pulled off the road onto the center median of the highway, just as the engine died - fortunately, there wasn’t anyone following close behind. We had been driving for about 1. 5 hours with the ac blasting and the gas tank at that point was low, with less than 1/8 remaining. All this happened without any dashboard warning lights turning on. This was the very last leg of a ten-day, 2,000 mile road trip. I tried restarting the engine but only got clicking. Since I thought we’d be struck a while and it was so hot, I turned the key to the accessory position and was able to roll down the windows. We sat there for a couple of minutes wondering what to do. It took another minute to find my aaa card. Before calling for roadside assistance, I tried starting the engine again and this time it turned over. We did not have any further problems in the remaining 100 miles of our trip (though I was very anxious about it happening again). I took the car in to a Subaru service center this morning (36 hours later). They did a multi-point inspection and road test but did not find any issues and were not able to replicate the problem.

I was driving into the sunlight, and was slowing down due to utility pole work ahead. The car stalled, and engine shut off. The dash light indicated the eyesight was disabled. I was able to restart, but the incident was very concerning.

Sudden accelerations.

The contact owned a 2015 Subaru Forester. The contact stated while driving 70-75 mph, the vehicle began to lose motive power. The engine revved and made an abnormal loud sound. Several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The contact engaged the hazards lights and veered to the side of the road. The vehicle then shut off. The contact was able to restart the vehicle after several attempts. The contact was able to continue driving. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where the failure could not be duplicated; however, the dealer advised that the failure could be caused by condensation and moisture in the fuel lines. The contact stated that the failure recurred while driving. The vehicle failed to start and was towed to a second dealer west herr Subaru (3559 southwestern blvd, orchard park, NY 14127). The dealer informed the contact that they had test-driven the vehicle on a 80 miles travel; however, they could not duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and offered the contact a coupon for the purchase of another vehicle; however, the contact declined and traded the vehicle for a different make. The failure mileage was approximately 90,000.

The 2015 Subaru Forester accelerated unexpectedly while slowly turning into a a walgreens parking lot. The acceleration could not be stopped by stepping on the brake, and the car crashed into the brick building. The vehicle is at phil's auto body shop in rosemount, mn. The estimate on the car is complete, and waiting on state farm insurance to approve. The police were at the scene of the accident. Walgreens has video of the accident from their security cameras.

I was traveling on the freeway going 65mph, when with no warning my car's engine stop. I tough it was out of gas, but the computer was telling me I had 30 more miles of fuel. At the time of this accident there was no shoulder to park because of construction on the freeway. This unfortunate event cause 3 other cars to be involved in a car accident. Some how my car was ok, I drove the car back to my house praying that it would not happen again. My husband drove it for a little to see if it will be ok to drive. Same thing happen to hem, but this was in a much controlled way.

Fuel gauge sending unit not functioning causing car to over report remaining gas mileage. Car runs out of gas though gas gauge still reports roughly 20% tank capacity remaining and ~60 miles or range left. This has happened to me multiple times,racing me stranded on highways at least 6 times.

I was driving on the highway at about 60mph and suddenly the gas pedal seemed to lose pressure. Then all of the lights came on the dash as the car stopped. I had to wait about 10 minutes and try restarting 10+ times until it finally would stay running and allow us to get off the highway. This occured with 80 miles left until empty. This is the 3rd time it has happened on a trip. We had only been driving 1. 5 hours.

My vehicle lost power while driving today on the interstate. I had cruise control set and the car was accelerating up a hill. It was like my car shifted into neutral. I was able to safely get to the shoulder and initially my car would not restart. I did get it to restart after a couple of tries and drove it home. I see a recall for a similar issue: 19v-856, but my car is not included. I have replaced the pcv already and this is the second time my car has done this toward the end of a long road trip (1000+ miles).

While driving in the highway at 75 mph with cruise control on the car suddenly went to 5000 rpm and at the same time started to brake all the lights in the dashboard came on I pulled over and the car's engine shut down. I tried to started about 5 06 times the car wouldn't star and after that the car was completely dead. I had it tow to a shop. The next morning it started like nothing the mechanic at the shop said it was the battery. After changing the battery I took it to the gas station after putting gas it wouldn't start again after several tries it started. At this point I don't think the battery was the issue but I am glad I got home. This happened in starkville ms 200 miles from where I live.

We were driving down the road approx 65 and the eye sight disabled, abs disabled, traction control and hill assist stopped, cruise control stopped at transmission oil started flashing and then check engine light all came on we were driving down hwy 61 in az. Power to the vehicle slowed and we could not go faster than 40mph. The brake light switch was on recall and replaced 10/2019 and the 3xacr same thing happened except the check engine light didnt come on.

Subaru 2015 Forester 2. 5l at cvt transmission no turbo engine revs to 4-6000 rpm transmission slams into gear car takes off accelerating without driver input. The driver must slam on brakes place the car in neutral to regain control. The car does this intermittently both at low and high-speed travel. . This car has been at dealer several times for diagnosis without success. This is dangerous in that the driver is at risk of loss of control due to high engine rpm and sudden acceleration with slamming transmission engagement requiring hard brakeing and placing the car in neutral to regain control . I believe this is long standing problem with this car and the origianal buyer traded in this vehicle because of this defect. I believe this is a problem with the electriclal engine control system that will only be diagnosised documented by 24/7 monitoring of engine functions. In order to catch the events as they occur no codes are being thrown or recorded. The dealers have refused to provide this service to diagnosis this intermittant problem.

Same problem as NHTSA id#'s 11299582, 11297748 & 11297188. Dealer first did diagnostic check and found nothing wrong. Two weeks later same issue. Replaced throttle pedal/position sensor ($600) and problem fixed.

Two times, while driving on the highway at about 65 mph, my car lost the ability to accelerate. It was as though the car slipped into neutral. I pushed the accelerator pedal and the rpm's would increase, but the car wouldn't accelerate. It simply slowed down. Both times the highway was empty enough that I was able to drift into the shoulder. Once I pulled over, I turned off the car and waited a few minutes. When I turned it back on, the car started and acceleration worked as normal. Both times I brought it to a local Subaru dealership, and after running some tests said they couldn't find any issues, and couldn't help me any further. I've found other people who have experienced very similar problems, but it seems like no one has found a solution.

Tl-the contact owns a 2015 Subaru Forester. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 70-75 mph, without warning the gas gauge indicator showed approximately 50 miles to empty and the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to harvey Subaru located at 3351 benton rd, bossier city, la 71111, (888) 232-4109, to be diagnosed. The mechanic was unable to retrieve a fault code or to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure recurred once. The manufacturer was not contacted or informed of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 50000. Ah.

We were driving in the freeway at 65mph, we had been driving about an hour, on the freeway with some traffic but mostly moving normally. Suddenly with no warning nor engine lights, the car reved but didn't respond to the gas pedal. As though it had run out of gas. The low fuel light had gone on already, it turns on around 70 miles to empty, but we still had 50 miles to empty. We pulled over and called roadside assistance to deliver gas since that's all we could figure had happened. After about 30 minutes waiting we decided to try it and just see if it would start and it did! we drove to the next exit and got gas with no further problems, and continued on home after. This was very scary and left my family sitting stranded on the side of the freeway. No engine lights, no codes, nothing obvious to fix. Now I'm nervous to drive with my kids in the car in case it happens again.

When driving normally (vehicle in motion) and attempting to accelerate, vehicle would not accelerate when accelerator is depressed. Happened twice in 24 hours. Both times, vehicle did not respond and accelerate when accelerator was depressed, forcing the driver to pull over (vehicle stationary). Vehicle then responds normally when resuming driving after pulling over for 3-5 seconds.

Drivers are not seeing my brake lights off and on and pulling me over to telling us to get our lights fixed. I just looked up recalls to find out that we have a recall that no one notified us of for the brake lights. We always have our grand kids and everyone elses in the car on a daily basis which can be a deadly situation. . . Please assist.

Twice in the last four months vehicle has run out of gas while traveling on a level highway despite gas gauge indicating that there was 70 miles still to travel and the gas gauge reading one bar. Low fuel warning indicator did not display.

Several times when I slow to turn or slow in traffic then try to accelerate, the car doesn't respond. When I depress the accelerator again, it bucks and surges forward in a jerking motion. Its dangerous because someone following behind me in a turn could run into me or in traffic , I could suddenly surge into someone else's car. When I took it to the dealer, the only report I got when I picked it up was that they had re-programmed the computer and test drove it. That was 2 months ago and now I am having the same problem again. Every incident took place on city streets. I am alarmed about the other reports I am seeing on this and similar loss of control issues.

When driving at highway speeds, the engine will shut down. This has created very dangerous situations when having to cross heavily trafficked lanes without power to enter shoulder. Issue has happened 4 times in the past 2 months. Unknown cause as no codes are thrown. . Read more...

Car surges at start up and low speeds. Neither the car dealership or Subaru of America can fix it. I sent an email in about my complaint to you. This has been going on for a few years. It randomly happens. They refused to fix it many times due to no code even though they drove it and could see the issue. When it did code they fixed it but always a surge different codes. They have replace fuel sensors, values, electronic components, my key, fuel line, spark plugs, etc all for this same issues. There are several lawsuits in other states about this same issue. I just want them to purchase my vehicle back or replace it with one that works properly. Please help.

When you step on the gas to pass another auto, occasionally the auto surges forward at a high rate of speed, not 5-10 miles an hour but more like 25-30. Taking your foot off the gas does nothing as the car continues to get faster and faster. Applying the brake pressed all the way down barely slows the car. When you let up on the brake it surges forward again at the high rate of speed. I thought maybe it was the 19 degree weather as it did it 3 times on the way to work one day this week. Last night it was 41 degrees when I drove home and it did it every time. I almost rear ended someone as I couldn't get it to slow down to a normal speed even with the brake applied. I am afraid to drive the car. Happened on a major freeway and on rural county roads when going straight.

The car lost all power in the middle of interstate 95 heading south approx 17 miles north of the GA FL state line. The fuel indicator showed 30 miles until I had to refuel. This was on 12/3/2017. I was at speed(75 mph) and managed to go through traffic and go to shoulder. There was no power and the engine had quit. I waited a couple of minutes and the car restarted. I drove to the second exit and refueled. A few days later on 12/06/2017 on the way back to atlanta on I-95 south of savannah and the fuel gage reading 30 miles until I had to refuel, the very same thing happened. Except, this time it would not restart. I called aaa and continued to try to restart. After 45 minutes, the car restarted. I drove approx 10 miles and refueled. I have had no incident since but, I have not driven the car with low fuel. This could have had a very different result if I had not been able to get through the traffic on a busy interstate. Both me and my wife could be dead. I believe there is a flaw in the low fuel warning software and something shuts the power. I have driven this car with lower fuel levels. The instrument panel shows miles to you have to refuel, I. E. , 50 miles, 40 miles, 30 miles, 20 miles then ------. You have access to data on these cars, I don't. Please have some advise me what is your thinking on this matter.

I bought the car and less than a month later the engine light came on. I took it into the dealership that I bought it from and they told me to take it to the Subaru dealership if the engine light came back on. It never came back on. Four days later I was driving and the gas pedal quit working. I looked down to see if any lights were on and they weren�t. I pulled over to the side of the highway to turn the car off. Before I could turn the car off I saw flames coming out of the front passenger side of the hood near the lights. Then all of the warming lights came on. I quickly turned off the vehicle. Before I could get out of the vehicle the whole front end of the vehicle was in flames.

Twice the Forester surge forward --once it stopped before hitting a tree and the second time it hit a building. Both times pulling in to a parking space from a road and from a parking area.

Engine hesitates on acceleration, especially from a dead stop, leaving me stuck in the oncoming lane for several seconds. This is a recurring problem and is very dangerous! it?s virtually impossible to accelerate without feeling hesitation and surging. It feels like the car is very slow to go into gear and then lunges to catch up. This happens in all weather and all driving conditions, it happens every day. Very disappointing performance for a car I bought brand new.

Tl- the contact owns a 2015 Subaru Forester. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 mph the vehicle suddenly would not accelerate when pressing the accelerator pedal. During the incident the dashboard warning lights illuminated and the message check engine displayed. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer jones junction Subaru located at 1317 belle aire rd. Belle aire, MD. Who diagnosed that the accelerator pedal was faulty. The accelerator pedal was replaced and the failure was remedied. Approximately 2 years and 12,000 miles later the same failure occurred. The vehicle was again towed to the local dealer who diagnosed the accelerator pedal had failed and needed to be replaced again. The contact was informed that the replacement pedal was a new and improved version. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 24,000/44,000. Jft.

I was approaching a light that turned green, and when I touched the accelerator, no gas. Pulled around the corner, and put in park, engine revved high rpm. Check engine light, xmode light, and another ¿car on hill¿ light came on dash¿. . Messages on display window ¿hill start assist system¿ and ¿emission control system¿ messages flashed. We turned everything off, started engine again, same thing, same messages. Turned off again, restarted, and this time the gas pedal worked, but dash lights stayed on with warning lights. We were able to drive it about 5 more miles, then stopped for dinner. An hour later, the car started fine, no warning lights, no gas pedal issues. Took to Subaru west 2/25/16 where the technician hooked up his hand held computer thing to place near hood release. He said there was just one signal that told him it was probably from the fact I hit the gas and brake at the same time, and the vehicle senses this and shuts off the throttle. Safety issue? I am a one footed driver, so not sure how that happens, but he said he cleared the computer and all should be good, but to bring it back in ASAP if the ¿check engine¿ light goes on. Hmm.