Brake Electric Antilock Problems of Subaru Forester

: the contact stated while driving at 35 mph on a gravel road a deer ran out in front of the vehicle. The contact tapped the brake pedal to miss the deer; this in turn caused the contact to lose control. The vehicle hit a double post head on, then slid down an embankment and stood on its nose. It then flipped onto the driver's side, rolled onto its top and then rested on its wheels. Seat belts were in use, but did not restrain the occupant. Frontal and side airbags did not deploy, injuries were sustained. The insurance company inspected the vehicle, but they could not determine why the air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was totaled, the manufacturer has been consulted.

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The abs stuck on the vehicle on September 27, 2005. The consumer was driving down hill slowly and had to stop to wait on another vehicle. It took a while, she put on the emergency brake and turned off the engine. When the other vehicle moved the consumer started the engine, then put vehicle in first gear, and released the emergency brake. When starting to go down hill and trying to use the brake it would not work. It was stuck in the up position. She was able to coast safely to a parking lot. She had turned the engine off for a little while and then it worked fine. The transmission is manual. The vehicle has a hill hold. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but they were unable to duplicate the problem. The problem has not recurred, the consumer hasn't been in the same situation since the day of the initial incident.

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While applying the brakes pedal went to the floor. Consumer pressed the accelerate pedal on numerous occasions, causing vehicle to stop and accelerate at the same time. Consumer was concerned this could become a potential dangerous situation. Consumer drove the vehicle to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that this vehicle was operating as designed.

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When the consumer applied the brakes to avoid another vehicle, he driver lost control of the vehicle and hit a median wall head on. The driver and passenger sustained head and back injuries and was transported by ambulance to the hospital. The vehicle was totaled by the insurance company.

Had started to brake in order slow down vehicle and felt the brake pedal going to the floor. Vehicle failed to stop right away. Had been in contact with dealership concerning brakes. Problem had not been resolved.

When applying brakes vehicle continues to accelerate until consumer pushes the brake pedal to the floor, causing extended stopping distance. Dealer notified.

When parking and brakes applied vehicle surged forward. This has happened 3 times. On 27 June 2002 while parking vehicle surged forward, brakes were applied, and vehicle hit a post, consumer suffered minor injury. Vehicle at dealer at this time.

The triggerring mechanism for the abs seems too delicate. The car starts skidding even in very light snow. This has caused 3 incidents of run-off-road crashes onto the curb with minimal property damage. The car gets out of control very easily in slippery conditions which defeats the purpose of a 4wd vehicle with abs.

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Vehicle was on a side street and was traveling about 20mph, another vehicle jumped in front of consumer's vehicle, consumer applied brakes and pedal went all the way down to the floor. Upon impact, airbags didn't go off. Dealership was aware of problem. Mechanic looked at the vehicle three times already.

While driving 35 mph applied brakes, and vehicle slowed down to 25 mph. Then, brakes locked up. Pedal felt soft. Dealer found no problem with the brakes. Left rear tail light bulb burned and was replaced.

While driving about 50 mph applied brake, braking distance was normal. Brake pedal stayed on floor, had to be pulled up. Dealer could not find problem.

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Parking with foot on brakes and vehicle suddenly accelerated over cement block. Had hit a few bushes and then a building. Upon impact, air bags failed to deploy. Had vehicle towed to a mechanic based on referral from dealership.

Brake pedal was going to floor on several occasions, used toe of shoe to lift pedal back up before vehicle would stop. This was a momentary incident. Dealer notified, and was unable to duplicate problem.

At slow speeds or when coming to a stop brake pedal feels mushy, then, it goes to the floor. This happens intermittently. Vehicle not taken to dealer yet.

All wheel drive rebulit 2/00,after complaing to service center the wheels feel as if they are not working in unison. Ythe car does this on dry road (not a much),on wet roads more frequently,in sonw not at all the car does not respond to change in road conditions and does not stop in normal time,even after applying brakes hard. The car does intermitten stopping beforee it came to a full stop. This haapened in 1/00 and again 2/01. The car is presently in for repairs,but I am not confident with this problem will not occur again. I may not be as lucky if it occurs again. When I first inquired if any one else has reported difficulty with the brakes responding 10/99 and was told no. Then when the car did not repond to stopping in 1/00 I was told it was the antilocking brakes working becaue I was on sno,but when the car slipped down and could not make it up a small incline they told " I find that had to beleive. That was when I took the car in and it was found the vehicle had no all wheel dirve. I took the vehicle in again for them to check the brakes and was told they worked fine according to the specification for this vehicle. This car is stated to have all wheel drive all the time this is not true. I have expressed my concerns as to my safety which has not been taken seriously. I did complain again and they check the car in 3/01 and told me the tire pressure in the rear was low,but I tried to explain I have my tire rotated and check by sears every 6000 mile and I check the tires myself because I know this will affect the ride & milage. When my husband was taking the car to have the brakes changed the oil temp light started to falsh which indicatres there is a problem with the transmission. The diagnostic read code;38 torque control singnal; the service tech then performed tran service,put 4 quarts of tranmission fluid in the car and replaced the gasket(charging me for this). I called them back to inquire why this was done when I had this same service performed when they did this.

Driving on fast downhill section of mountain 2 lane highway, on ice / packed snow, tapped brakes while entering curve . . . 2 seconds later with absolutely no warning the vehicle lost adhesion, oversteering dangerously. I recovered with considerable oppposite steering lock and slight application of power (car is all-wheel-drive. ) it happened so fast, I knew not what had caused the car to slide out of control. Today, I learned the cause of the problem. With the gearshift selector in drive, trailing throttle and application of brakes, the computer will occasionally (automatically) down-shift the car into 3rd. Gear. This software bug, completely unexpected and totally dangerous in marginal traction conditions causedg a vicious skid from which most drivers of average experience would have not recovered. We put abs on cars so that braking can be more predictable when driving under marginal coefficients, than we design software with a bug which has the potential to throw the car totally and unpredictably out of control on ice. Nice work, Subaru !.

New vehicle became uncontrollable, veering from side to side, then going off the road, within first 7 miles of driving at 60 mph. *** 7 purchased a new Subaru Forester l on June 24, 1999, and drove 200 miles in city and suburban traffic, maximum speed 55 mph. *** 7 left rochester for family vacation on July 2, 1999, travelling east on I-90. The car contained two adults and two children. Driver and passengers were wearing seatbelts and all luggage was in the luggage compartment. The weather was hot and the roads were dry. *** 7 near milepost 343, between 10:30 and 10:45 a. M. , while driving at 60 mph, a normal steering correction led to a sharp veer by the vehicle, followed by 4 or 5 uncontrollable side-to-side oscillations, each increasing in magnitude. The driver had the sense that the wheels were not responding to her conscious attempts to bring the steering under control. She had her foot off the accelerator and was not braking. This occurred within 7 miles of the first time the vehicle was traveling more than 55 mph. *** 7 the car went off the road to the right, down a bank into a ditch containing mud, water, and vegetation. It hit the ditch at an angle, bounced, and came to a stop in the grass on the other side. *** 7 during these events there was no sound from the anti-lock brake system and the car was not skidding, but tire tracks were visible on both the paved and gravel shoulders where the car left the road. *** 7 we had no phone and the car was operable, so we drove it slowly through mowed grass until we passed the ditch and were able to pull onto the shoulder of I-90. We left I-90 at exit 43 (3 miles) and slowly drove several miles along route 96 to van bortel Subaru where we had purchased the car. *** 7 we called the state police and insurance company to report the accident. *** the child in the seat behind the driver was treated in hospital emergency room for elbow injury.

When brakes are applied the vehicle under many conditions will tend to accelerate, this also happens on a 2001 version of the sabru Forester s we also have. The dealer has no explaination.

Erratic problem with vehicle braking system: dealer turned rotors for the second time, instead of replacing the. ; seeking NHTSA help or provide additionalinformation.

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Security system goes off when hazard lights are engaged/abs brakes squeak. In addition, while pulling out of parking spot, vehicle lunged forward unexpectedly, and engine check light comes on.

Brakes are so weak the abs can be activated on dry pavement.