2005 Subaru Forester Brakes Problems

“On july 28, 2014 I was pulling into my parking space at my condo.the brakes wouldn't stop the car and the engine seemed to surge forward. The passenger with me looked down and said the gas pedal looked to be all the way to the floor. The car had to be towed, and I am still awaiting for the damage estimate from my insurance company.”

“This is a 1 owner car with only 65400 miles on it. I drove down a 30mph road and there was such a loud screeching sound . No light came on, I went to stop there was loud grinding . And 0 brakes out of the blue. The car wouldn't stop. I went threw the stop sign and into traffic before grinding to a stop..this car has been maintained regular. I took it right away to a local repair shop.. They said the brakes are carroded and frozen. Requiring calipers ,rotors,pads on each front wheel. Just for the front the cost was over $950.00 . …”

“The rear brake lines rusted through and failed without notice. One several model of Subaru, brakes lines were replaced for corrosion due to a recall. When ordering the replacement part I noticed it applied to some of the cars covered under the recall and some that were not. It seems to my that my forrester had precisely the same lines that were recalled on other models and should have been included in you original settlement with Subaru. We have many older cars in the family and not one of them has ever experienced a brake line failure due to corrosion. …”

“The brake light came on two days prior. Checked fluid and was a bit low. I hadn't noticed and fluids under car so did not give it a second thought. I was driving on sunday and had loss of pedal and the brake light came on and I nursed it home. I added fluid and pumped pedal in driveway. The pedal went to floor. I pulled it up on the internet and found some Subaru vehicles same age had brake line issues that were involved in a recall. I to a local shop and the service manger told me it would be very expensive. …”

“Sudden loss of brake pedal pressure - shop evaluation shows master cylinder failing - original master cylinder replaced with new part at 31858 miles due to failure (brake fluid bleeding back into reservoir). Will have to replace master cylinder again. [note : vehicle was purchased new from dealer]”