2005 Subaru Forester Vehicle speed control 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.”

“I was backing up my 2005 Subaru Forester in a downtown, street-level corner parking lot. When I put my vehicle into reverse, a sudden unintended acceleration propelled my vehicle backwards across the parking lot, across a two-lane downtown street, up onto the opposite sidewalk and culminated in my vehicle crashing into a city light pole, which stopped the vehicle. I estimate I was traveling at 25-30 MPH when I hit the light pole. I missed two pedestrians by mere inches and fortunately missed hitting any other cars. …”

“After buying it new and owning it for two years with no problems, in 2007 we had spontaneous acceleration problems with our 2005 Subaru Forester, resulting in 2 low-speed crashes into buildings and one that I managed to stop before hitting anything. No one was injured, but we had repair costs and insurance premium increases. The dealer said they found no problems, even though when I tested it with them, we reproduced a similar event. …”

“While driving, the car experienced: -loss in power (stuttered a couple times), then completely stalled -we had to coast it to the side of the road -a few hours later we tried starting it again and it ran fine -immediately before the problem, the car had been driven for ~15 minutes with no issues, there was no rain, it was a dry day, no other potential causes to be noticed -this exact issue occurred about a year ago and the problem could not be identified, it has been driving fine ever since, except in the winter the idle will sometimes fluctuate (unsure if this is related) this stall…”

“My 2005 Subaru Forester suddenly accelerated as I approached a stoplight. The car was in neutral, the clutch was not engaged and my foot was on the brake. The acceleration subsided after I placed the car in first gear and slightly pressed on the gas pedal moving the car forward about a foot. This sudden acceleration occurred over a dozen times in the course of 24hrs. The car was taken to the local Subaru dealer where several test runs were performed as well as a monitor test. …”