On May 20, 2022, I was attempting to back into a parking space when my car lunged forward and crashed into two parked cars. I suffered a cracked sternum. No one else was hurt but I was just a few feet from the ground-level windows of a motel. Much body damage to my car (in excess of $13,000) and the other two cars. Police report was filed. Insurance claim filed. No reproduction of problem sought from manufacturer or dealer. No warning signals from car. Assumption made of driver at fault accident. However, please refer to Detroit Free Press article printed 4/22/23: https://freep-mi.newsmemory.com/?publink=0dd2ac172_134ab3a

- Warren, MI, USA

The contact owned a 2017 Subaru Forester. The contact stated while driving approximately 30 mph and making a turn, the vehicle hydroplaned as the contact lost control of the vehicle. The contact stated that the vehicle inadvertently accelerated while hydroplaning going across 3 lanes of oncoming traffic and hit a curve. The contact stated that the front driver's side tire detached from the vehicle. No one was injured, and a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a local tow lot where it was deemed as a total loss. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 28,959.

- Chicago, IL, USA

The contact owns a 2017 Subaru Forester. The contact stated that while applying the brakes at speeds slower than 5 mph, the vehicle surged forward. The contact stated that extra effort was needed while depressing the brake pedal to slow and stop the vehicle. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed nor repaired. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer were notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 23,000.

- Hammonton, NJ, USA

With car stopped and engine running brake pedal sinks to the floor if steady pressure is applied. Dealer saw this but told me "they all do that". if that is true than Subaru has a problem and it could be dangerous.

- Annapolis, MD, USA

I was driving straight at a speed of 35 mph in town. I was approaching a red light, as I went to break the car did not slow down but seemed to speed up. It took a lot of force on the break to stop completely.

- Cedar Rapids, IA, USA

When in motion coming to a stop on local street, hitting brakes, Forester makes sounds on both front wheels but more on front right wheel area needing to brake harder. Wife and son were on freeway in motion, hitting brakes made click click sound and having to brake harder coming to a full stop wife

- Rosemead, CA, USA

When breaking, the car acellerated on a city street and a second time in a very busy parking lot! fortuately there was no accident> had the car towed to the dealer who later reported that they found nothing wrong with the car. I will not drive this car untill more is investigated.

- Manlius, NY, USA

The contact owns a 2017 Subaru Forester. While reversing from the driveway, the brake pedal failed to respond and the vehicle crashed into another parked vehicle. A police report was filed and there were no injuries reported. The damaged was to the passenger side rear bumper. The vehicle was towed to a dealer yark auto group (6039 central ave, toledo, oh 43615 (419) 877-7725) but the brake failure was unable to be determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and offered the contact $1000 for a trade in. The contact does not want to drive the vehicle because he felt that the manufacturer made these vehicles was a design flaw. The failure mileage was 23,000. Correction: Owner requested quote for cost of replacing entire brake system. Quoted price was $8,500 at owner's expense. Repairs were declined. Owner picked up car after approximately 30 days and has driven with no issues...yet.

- Toledo, OH, USA

I am writing in regard to fbi alert number 1-031716-psa. My husband and I believe that our 2017 Subaru Forester is being remotely exploited. Sep. 29, 2018 we purchased our Forester from tucson Subaru (4901 N. oracle road tucson, AZ 85704). Oct. 3, 2018 we took car to tucson Subaru because car was braking when the brakes were not applied, and there was a diagnostic code in the power-train system. Dealer kept car and returned it to us Oct. 4, 2018 stating that they could not duplicate the problem. The brake problem increased after receivng our car back. The following anomalous vehicle behavior began to occur, intermittently and now daily. 1)car accelerates on its own and when brake is lightly pressed. 2) when turning, car stops momentarily and at other times accelerates into the turn from the rear wheels causing the car to almost fishtail. 3)car self accelerates from the rear like it's being pushed. 4)car brakes when no brakes are applied, and when gas pedal is lightly pressed. 5)speed does not register correctly on speedometer when car self accelerates and self brakes. 6)wheels lose traction at random times making it like driving a boat on water. It feels like all manual controls disengage. 7)during anomalies, something in car causes difficulty in concentration to near passing out. Exiting car decreases symptoms. 8)something at front floor in car causes feet to heat up, vibrate, go numb, swell, and form small blood clots beneath the skin surface making it difficult to hold on the brake or gas. 9)the anomalies occur when a car tails us or stays a specific distance behind our car. All anomalies have occurred when there are other cars in the vicinity of our car, during city and highway driving (cruise control is off). Nov. 17, 2018 and Apr. 23, 2019, we took the car to tucson Subaru. Dealership stated that they could not duplicate these anomalies.

- Tucson, AZ, USA

9/24/2017 pressing on brakes to slow down the car speeded up, I tried parking in front of a cement planter hoping the pre-collision brakes would stop me, it didn't it lunged after hitting the cement divider in the parking space, I turned the car off and put it in park, the wheels turned in the dirt hitting a tree, the car bounced back then went forward hitting the tree again, the car ran on it's own turned off, until it came to a stop.

- Coto De Caza, CA, USA

Accident 9/24/2017, 2017 Subaru Forester, 11,000. Miles. Driving slowly in a shopping parking lot, on a dry sunny morning, around 10 am, after pushing on the brakes my car accelerated. My car ran on it's own when turned off, then I put it in park, it lunged over a cement planter, on off and put in park, it hit a tree a few times before it stopped itself. There was bumper damage. Geico my insurer advised me to take it to prestige auto, in mission viejo, ca the brakes and cause of car acceleration was not worked on, the insurance company acted unethically, they didn't care if I got into another accident, they withheld information and urged me to take the car. I had it towed to the dealership I bought it from, they checked and would not take responsibility, I contacted Subaru of America, and I am waiting on them to inspect the manufacturer defect.

- Coto De Caza, CA, USA