2013 Subaru Outback Fuel system Problems

“On a clear dry morning I pulled into a parking space on a slight incline in front of a brick office building. When I released the service brake (having reached the end of the parking space) the car bolted forward, jumped the curb, crossed a sidewalk, went thru shrubs, and hit the brick wall, causing severe damage to the car and building. The distance traveled was about 10 feet.”

“Issue: occasional non-response when depressing the accelerator. 1st occurrence about three weeks ago happen when I stopped for a light and then attempted to accelerate. Depressing the pedal has no response, attempted this three times. The RPM gauge reflected it was running. I turned on the car and started it again and it worked. 2nd occurrence happened again after a stop. Same as above. 3rd occurrence may 6 2017 returning from bwi in baltimore on the interstate, I was in heavy traffic. …”

“On a freezing day in november 2019, while running an errand first thing in the morning, my 2013 Subaru Outback revved and tried to accelerate when I was driving that I had to push the brakes down all the way to control the speed. I put the car in neutral while pulling up to a stoplight. It quit revving so much, so when the light turned green, I put back in drive and was controllable. I let the car sit for an hour and drove again towards our local Subaru dealership. While en route, it revved and accelerated as before. I was able to put in neutral and it quit revving. …”

“Oil light came on and had to add 1 quart of oil after about 4000 miles since previous oil change. The car takes synthetic oil and is supposed to go 7500 miles between oil changes. Since then, we have had to add oil in between oil changes several times, approximately 1-2 quarts every 1500 to 3000 miles. Subaru dealer says this is normal; however, we have never had this problem with any other vehicle. We are concerned about damage to the motor by this continuing to happen. The car was bought new and only has 23,000 miles on it.”

“After stopping at a stop sign, I attempted to drive off, but the car did not accelerate on application of the throttle pedal. The engine remained at idle, and the car rolled slowly into the intersection. Nothing I did corrected the problem until I placed the transmission in park, turned off the engine, then re-started the car. The car then performed normally until I reached the next stop sign, where the problem repeated. In all, the problem occurred seven (7) times on this day, apparently at random. …”