2012 Subaru Impreza Vehicle speed control Problems

“On three separate occasions (april 10, 2016, june 13, 2016 and august 5, 2016),suddenly and without warning, the car stopped responding to gas pedal input, stopped running, and coasted to a stop. The engine would continue to run, but the car would not move. Fortunately the incidents occurred while on city streets, and not on the freeway. Had I been on the freeway, I would have been rear ended. That would have had tragic, perhaps fatal consequences. The car is currently at the dealer's for repair after the third and latest incident. …”

“1. 5/12/17. Random surge from stop or slow speed. Stopped at light, gently stepped on gas to pull ahead, car surged hard and quickly into the car in front of me. $1500 damage to my car. 2. 1/11/18. Stopped at light, gently stepped on gas to pull ahead, car surged very hard and quickly into the car in front of me, that was quite some distance away! As I knew the car has an issue with surging. This time $9500 damage to my car, unknown amount to other car. State farm should have totaled car, said interior was in great condition. So now we have to keep driving a car that is not safe. 3. …”

“I was driving on the highway and I was accelerating to pass someone when all of a sudden my car revved up very high and accelerated very fast to an unintended speed. I braked with no effect. I put all my weight on the brake, almost standing up, for about 10 seconds, then I heard a loud snap under the car, like I just unstuck something, then it revved back down to a controllable speed. If it wasnt for the fact it was early morning and there weren't as many cars around me on this highway I would have surely been hit or hit somebody else. Very scary. …”

“Driving about 30 - 35mph when all of a sudden the car lost power. The car did not stall, but engine went down to idle speed and my accelerator pedal had no throttle control. The check engine light came on as well as the traction control light. I drifted to the right shoulder of the road and turned engine off. After opening the hood to check engine - observed nothing unusual - I re-started the car. The car seemed back to normal, but the engine code lights stayed on. The warning lights eventually turned themselves off - 3 or 4 re-starts later. …”

“Upon entering a parking garage and parking, the car accelerated on its own and crashed into a cement wall. I was driving slowly having just made several turns within the garage and then aligned, as usual, with the lines to park. The car revved extremely high and took off straight into the wall throwing me back in to the seat. I only needed to softly tap the brakes to break normally, but it took off. After the incident, I made sure to check the foot pedal area to see if anything was interfering with the gas, but nothing was near. The mats are cut well away from the pedals. …”