2016 Subaru Outback Vehicle speed control Problems

“Upon slowing down & pulling into a parking space, to park my car in front of a business, my vehicle spontaneously accelerated forward, up over the sidewalk. The vehicle accelerated a 2nd time as I tried to stop the vehicle with the brakes. The vehicle did not stop until it impacted the wall of the building.”

“While sitting still at a red light with my foot on the brake and the gear in drive, the car will suddenly lurch forward several feet. It happens with such force that it feels like I was rear-ended. This has happened occasionally since I purchased the car in january 2016. Always when at a full stop on flat and sloped surfaces. At first I thought it only happened when the AC was on, but it has happened with the AC off.”

“After stopping at a stop sign on a city street, I tried to accelerate but there was a long hesitation followed by a surge of power. This happened on 2 occasions. I had the sales man drive the vehicle and also the service manager drove it for 1 week - neither times did this issue repeat itself. The dealership did not have any knowledge of this type of problem. I refused to drive this vehicle and returned it to the Subaru dealer in berlin, ct.”

“We bought this vehicle basically for the safety features eye sight and enhanced safety system.I.e. Cruise that automatically keeps you a certain distance from the vehicle in front of you and stops when the car in front stops - trouble is you are going along and there is a line of cars stopped at a stop light - the car does not act like it is going to stop and certainly does not keep the 4 car distance until you get scared and brake - not going to crash to see if it will actually stop.”

“I had experienced a shudder, pop, revving rpms of the vehicles before a sudden power loss at highway speed (65mph). I was unable to accelerate and had limited steering to get off the highway safely. The vehicle had stalled by the time I was on the side of the road. I was then unable to restart the vehicle after several attempts. A towing service was called to bring it to a local dealership. Within an hour time period the vehicle rapidly lost electrical power and hazard lights were no longer functional. This unfortunately was late at nighttime, making the visibility of the vehicle very minimal. …”