11 problems related to car stall have been reported for the 2011 Subaru Legacy. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2011 Subaru Legacy based on all problems reported for the 2011 Legacy.
My 2011 Subaru Legacy is experiencing shuddering and stalls when coming to a stop resulting in the engine shutting off. I can describe this condition similar to coming to a stop in a manual transmission equipped vehicle without depressing the clutch. It is seem similar to like the vehicle is stalling or cause it to stall.
When driving at a high speed on the highway and then coming to an abrupt stop the car stalled. The car is an automatic. Apparently Subaru distributed a bulletin noting that this was common in Legacy and outback models made before 2013 (see attached) and is due to a torque converter problem. This seems dangerous as it can happen while driving on the highway with other cars moving at high speeds. Apparently this is over $1500 to fix, but I believe Subaru should cover some if not all of the cost. The car is not under warranty and has 147k miles.
My Subaru has a stalling problem. It will stall at hard stops or when I roll to a stop. It can be very dangerous when going up a hill where you need to slow down or if someone stops hard in front of me. It shudders like it wants to stall many times throughout the day. Subaru need to look into this cause many people have this problem and it is very unsafe.
When coming to stop sign or sudden stops the car will stall. You have to be quick and restart car or your going to get hit, you lose all control. This has been happening since we bought the car in April of 2019.
Very routinely when coming to a stop from the car moving when you decrease your speed when stopping for a light, traffic, or anything that would require a quick stop, the car will stall out as your speed is less than 10-20 mph and you loose control of the steering, brakes. Ect. This is a huge safety issue and needs to be addressed by Subaru immediately. This can occur on any street, highway and will do this while turning as well. This happens daily in my commute and is a danger to myself and others. It occurs when coming to a stop from a moving position.
When car is coming up to a stop sign it stalls and dies on me and I have to put it in park and start it back up. I had a time where it idled like it was going to die and didn't but it does this 4 to 8 times a day. Not sure what is going on but I almost got hit by a semi truck due to it stalling. Please help this needs to be fixed it is not safe especially when I have small children in my car . I need answers.
Car sputters & stalls when braking.
Whenever the brake is pressed hard to a complete stop, the car stalls and all electrical shut off. It doesnt seem to happen when you brake very slow before coming to a full stop. But if you brake slowly and then pressed the pedal full, the problem will occur. This can cause panic and also delay on cars running behind the car. It appears this is similar problem reported under 10395739. I also found a number of similarly reported problems online with Subaru cars.
For the past 2 months my Subaru Legacy has been stalling and losing power when I roll to a stop and/or when suddenly braking. Almost got rear ended by semi truck on the freeway and multiple times at stop lights in foggy situations. Subaru dealership said if it was an annoyance I should bring it in. Almost dying in a Subaru with my daughters is more than an annoyance. Dealership has known about it but performed a throttle body service, which was futile. Online forums suggest a faulty torque coverter and a service#16-90-30. Qutoes for replacing it are around $2000. Subaru knows it is due to faulty design of torque converter. . . This should be recalled. I used to luve Subarus and this car, I am now forced to take a loss financially and buy a safer car. Completely unsafe.
6 speed manual transmission. Vehicle stalls, and rough idles intermittently while at stop light or other traffic control. Vehicle also stalled while on highway twice disabling power steering, and power braking. Brought back to dealer and they were unable to replicate issue. Issue occurred again, brought back to dealer 2nd time same results. 3rd time issue was replicated while I was in vehicle with tech. Technician stated that they will address it. Left over weekend. Tuesday dealer notified me that the vehicle was experiencing a power draw after the window or electronic brake were used, and the factory advised that the computer would need to be "re-flashed" but currently, there is no re-flash program developed, and there is no time line as to when it would be. Contacted Subaru America cust. Serv. District manager test drove and was unable to replicate. So as far as the dealer and Subaru are concerned, there is no issue. Vehicle still stalls intermittently. Filed complaint with CT dvm lemon law, and now with NHTSA.
I started vehicle in driveway as usual. Put vehicle in reverse, slowly letting foot off brake, engine began to sputter and sounded like it was about to stall. Braked and put in park to let engine warm for a few more minutes. I proceeded to drive without incident.