Cruise Control Problems of Subaru Forester - part 2

2008 Subaru Forester the drive by wire accelerator system surges between acceleration and deceleration when one tries to hold a steady highway speed. This is true whether it is being controlled manually or if cruise control is engaged. It also accelerates in cruise control when going downhill. Subaru has made an improvement in the computer engine control mechanism for the legacy model but have ignored the Forester customers. All dealerships are aware of the problem from customer complaints but do not have a remedy from Subaru.

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The contact owns a 2007 Subaru Forester. While driving approximately 65 mph on normal road conditions, the cruise control system failed to disengage the set speed from the previous day. The contact attempted several times to deactivate the cruise control by depressing the brake pedal. The cruise control automatically deactivated without assistance. There were no prior warnings to this failure. The contact felt that this was a life-threatening situation when the vehicle would not reduce speed until the cruise control was disengaged. Currently, the vehicle is not being driven and has not been repaired. The contact is in the process of notifying the manufacturer. The VIN and failure mileage were unknown.

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While driving 60 mph with cruise control engaged, I entered town limits and pressed switch to DE-activate cruise control; nothing happened; depressed brake pedal; nothing happened- car did not slow down; frantically tried everything several times more using clutch, brake and emergency brake. Had to take a turn at high speed to avoid a tractor trailer stopped at light; car eventually stopped after making the turn and yanking up emergency brake.

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The contact owns a 2003 Subaru Forester. The consumer stated when she placed the vehicle in reverse the vehicle accelerated rapidly . The consumer hit a pole the consumer stated the brakes did not work. The vehicle continued to rev and accelerated and crashed into a gated display of propane tanks and an ice-cream machine. The consumer stated she was going to the dealer because her cruise control was not working. Updated.

On several occasions while using the cruise control the vehicle deceleration lever, which Subaru labels "coast" was depressed. The vehicle slowed to the desired rate of travel and the lever was released. The cruise control system was supposed to maintain the same speed as when released, but the vehicle accelerated apparently back to the previous set point. I contacted Subaru of America by e-mail and they stated that I should take the vehicle into my local Subaru dealer. The dealer found nothing wrong with the system after performing their electronic tests. I asked them to contact Subaru of America to see if they had released any bulletins regarding this problem and the person contacted at Subaru (jody) stated to kent melchior of ed reily Subaru in concord, nh that they had never heard of the problem according to his report to me on 6/7/2006. As you can see from the NHTSA complaint website, there have been several complaints against Subaru for this type of an intermittent cruise control system failure. Therefore, Subaru of America is either incompetent or lying.

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We purchased this low-mileage vehicle (~11k miles) 2nd hand from local Subaru dealer mid-Feb 2006, & noticed only rough shifting when engine is cold- no other problems. Today, while turning left at low speed, the car suddenly accelerated, & seemed to do so for a short time after braking harder. I assumed I had inadvertently stepped on the gas & brake at the same time, & resolved to be more careful. After turning the car off & restarting, I turned right at low speed. As I rounded the corner (maybe as the wheel turned back to the left??), the vehicle again accelerated, continuing to rev as I stood on the brake. The car stopped after striking the bumper of the truck in front of me. Low-speed impact, no air bag deployment, no observable damage to either vehicle. Before I moved my feet, I looked down: my foot was not on the gas pedal. As the gas pedal is somewhat recessed, it would be quite difficult to hit it while braking. Cruise control had been on earlier in the day, but is supposed to shut off when the car is turned off, & so should have been off during both of these incidents. Afterward, I did not look at the cruise control to verify that it was off. The dealer will look at this in 2 days.

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Apparently, Subaru has gone to a ã‚??drive by wireã‚?? for at least 2006. The 2006 Forester I have has the surging problem. It is worst driving downhill and trying to maintain a constant speed in either manual or cruise control. The steeper the hill the worse the surge. I live in the colorado mountains and if there were snow or ice this surge would cause the vehicle to loose traction and go out of control. Actively accelerating or decelerating is not a problem. The surge occurs only when a constant speed is attempted. This problem has been reviewed by a Subaru dealer service department and reproduced on another 2006 Forester. Subaru said that this is not a problem and is expected with the drive by wire system. I feel that this is a safety problem as a driver could loose control with the severe surge problem.

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Vehicle was on expressway with cruise control set at 60mph. Vehicle malfuctioned, and wouldn't disengage when brakes were applied to slow vehicle down. Vehicle was going around a slight curb, and and was stopped due to crasing into a median. Subaru was notified for second time, and found no problem with the vehicle.

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Cruise control engaged at 66 mph and it would reduce speed to 50 mph, and momentarily lose acceleration. Dealer was not notified at this time. Please provide further details.

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The vehicle accelerated to 100 mph while engaged with cruise control because the cruise control is defective. Yh.

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Inquiry as to why the 2001 Subaru legacy cruise control recall didn't apply to the forrester. Consumer experienced the similar problem stated on recall on Subaru legacy.

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