2007 Subaru Forester Air bags Problems

“Approaching a traffic light which was turning yellow at a t-junction, I tried to step on the brakes. Perhaps I hit the accelerator with the force I intended to use on the brakes, but when I thought I stepped on the brake, I lurched forward rapidly. I could not correct in time and hit 2 poles and a wall. I don't know my MPH. The 25 MPH listed above is a guess, but the front end collision was so substantial the car was totaled. The air bags, however, did not deploy. The police, tow truck driver and witnesses could not believe that the air bags had not gone off. …”

“Our Subaru Forester 2007 was in a front end crash and the air bags did not deploy. Driver was alone in car, there were no passengers. Damage to car was considered total loss by insurance company (assessed damage was at least $7500 with just a visual inspection). Front of car had severe damage, and was pushed in. Subaru was traveling west and hit side of a large toyota minivan that was traveling north at about 40mph (and had gone through a red light in intersection). Force of Subaru hit to toyota was enough to cause toyota to swing around and hit another car sitting at stoplight. …”

“Problem 1: date in: 5/22/07date out: 5/23/07 problem: brakes or transmission locked up; I had to have the vehicle towed to the dealership. Problem 2: date in: 6/22/07date out: 6/22/07 problem:brakes or transmission locking up. The way that the dealership handled this issue is by disengaging the hill holder function. Additionally, the driver's side frontal airbag did not deploy during a front-end collision; yet the impact of the collision was serious enough to cause $9,200 worth of damages. …”

“The contact owns a 2007 Subaru Forester. When the brake pedal was depressed, the vehicle accelerated independently without warning. As a result, the contact crashed into a building. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed and no injuries were reported. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, but was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 108,000.”

“The contact owned a 2007 Subaru Forester. While exiting a car wash facility, the vehicle independently accelerated, sped across the street, and struck a curb. The vehicle crashed into a cement divider. The air bags failed to deploy. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent repair facility where it was determined that the vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 67,000. Updated 01/25/2017 updated 7/2/18”