2019 Subaru Forester Brakes Problems

“I have experienced two instances of phantom braking, similar to reports I've read about nissan rogues. Once in july, and once last week. In both cases I was driving at low highway speed on a sunny afternoon. The car's object dectected warning flashed and beeped, and the car braked automatically, for no reason. I suspect bright sunlight and/or a shadow on the highway was to blame”

“There is a dangerous design that you need to be aware of. We had eye drops stored in the Subaru console in the nook by the parking brake button. While we were driving, the weight of a purse must have pushed down on the drops causing it to act like lever and pull up on the parking brake button. The brakes activated with the car coming to a very abrupt stop. The vehicle following us (too closely) rear ended us. $15,000 worth of damage to a 2019 Subaru. …”

“Driving down a side street I pulled into a parking space behind another vehicle I hit the brakes and instead lurched into the car in front of me. I pushed the vehicle in front of me about 8 feet and finally came to a stop. During this time I repeatedly pressed the brake pedal and had no response. After having the car repaired at the collision center they brought the vehicle to Subaru. Subaru ran a diagnostic test and said that there was nothing wrong with the car. …”

“I was parking at a busy ski center, car in drive as I was slowly pulling into an open space, car in first row of vehicles facing a small road. The road connects the parking lot with the ski shop . 5 MPH would be normal speed on this road, where pedestrian skiers walk from the lot to the ski shop. Before I could stop to turn off the car, the engine started revving crazily, the car lurched forward and accelerated on its own. Brakes would not respond. I was able to steer onto the road, car accelerating faster and faster, no brakes, no control. …”

“Saturday, dec 26, around 2:30-3pm I was leaving estes park colorado, driving down a windy mountain road. At this time I was applying my brakes around the corners and , constant on/off from the brake pedal. During one of these braking moments on a corner my car accelerated instead, as I'm applying the brake, for 1-2 seconds. It's like a lurch forward instead of a brake. Then it corrected itself and did not do this again. I also experienced this phenomenon when driving in the snow in 2019. It occurred 3-4 times when I was driving in the snow applying the brake frequently. …”