Noticed a clicking sound when turning right. Took it to Subaru and they replaced the right front axle in December 2018. Almost a year later, I noticed a clicking sound when turning left. Took it to a different mechanic and they replaced the left front axle. There was never anything leaking from my car. It is my understanding that axles typically last the lifetime of your vehicle.

- Satellite Beach, FL, USA

Two times, while driving on the highway at about 65 mph, my car lost the ability to accelerate. It was as though the car slipped into neutral. I pushed the accelerator pedal and the RPM's would increase, but the car wouldn't accelerate. It simply slowed down. Both times the highway was empty enough that I was able to drift into the shoulder. Once I pulled over, I turned off the car and waited a few minutes. When I turned it back on, the car started and acceleration worked as normal. Both times I brought it to a local Subaru dealership, and after running some tests said they couldn't find any issues, and couldn't help me any further. I've found other people who have experienced very similar problems, but it seems like no one has found a solution.

- Providence, RI, USA

Subaru 2015 Forester 2.5L at cvt transmission no turbo engine revs to 4-6000 RPM transmission slams into gear car takes off accelerating without driver input. The driver must slam on brakes place the car in neutral to regain control. The car does this intermittently both at low and high-speed travel.. this car has been at dealer several times for diagnosis without success. This is dangerous in that the driver is at risk of loss of control due to high engine RPM and sudden acceleration with slamming transmission engagement requiring hard brakeing and placing the car in neutral to regain control. I believe this is long standing problem with this car and the origianal buyer traded in this vehicle because of this defect. I believe this is a problem with the electriclal engine control system that will only be diagnosised documented by 24/7 monitoring of engine functions. In order to catch the events as they occur no codes are being thrown or recorded. The dealers have refused to provide this service to diagnosis this intermittant problem.

- Liverpool, NY, USA

While driving on highway at 70mph, the vehicle suddenly lost power. The engine revved but no response, like it was in neutral. The engine did not completely shut off, and I was able to get over to the shoulder. While coasting on the shoulder, the car sputtered as if it was out of gas, but I had 1/4 tank. It then began to run normally. I pulled off to a gas station, filled it up, and continued my trip without a problem. The occurrence was very dangerous on a congested highway.

- Brevard, NC, USA

Car stalled while driving, with no lights lit up on the dashboard. Happened twice, once at 5 mph and again at 25 mph. The two times it happened were about three minutes apart this morning. Then I drove three hours on the highway without a repeat of the issue. When it stalled, it felt like the wheels and engine became disconnected from the gas pedal. No engine revving was audible. It did not completely stop, but slowed to a crawl coasting totally on momentum, then started moving again on its own. This is what happened both times.

- Wenham, MA, USA

While driving my wife noticed a loss of power to the car on her way to work and luckily didn't get rear ended but after a bit the car drove normally. About two weeks later driving on the highway the car started to rattle at normal highway speeds but only while car veered left and not on normal city speeds. Took the car in and was told that the transmission is the issue and has to be replaced which I have no choice but to replace and avoid something more serious. I have looked up this issue and found that there are a lot of complaints regarding transmission issues with some people having very close calls. There was an extension to the warranty provided by Subaru but problem has coincidentally started after the warranty ended. Even though I got lucky and nothing happened to the vehicle or anyone I still think this is a serious issue that should be addressed before something worse happens to someone. Subaru seems to have known there was an issue and instead of doing something they offered a limited extended warranty that expired before the true problem began to occur.

- Spring Valley, CA, USA

On July 28, we were driving at ~70 mph on a freeway when the car lost momentum. The engine and electrical system seemed to still be operating, but the accelerator had not effect and we had to coast and brake to a stop next to the meridian. Due to dense, high speed traffic, we could not safely cross two-lanes of traffic to reach the shoulder. Brakes and steering continued to function and the car had fuel, although was close to empty. We could not restart the car, nor could the tow truck operator who reached us ~35-min later. The car started normally the next day, the dealer had no theory of why this occurred, and a mechanic who examined the car could not reproduce the problem, and said the fuel system was operating normally. We've owned the car since June 2018 with no previous problems and this was the first time this situation occurred. On July 7, we had the car serviced for a recall related to a brake lamp switch, I.e., safety recall: Wue90|NHTSA campaign: 19V149000.

- Portland, OR, USA

Takara recall wue-90 safety issue with grand forks nd Subaru has unreasonable two week wait time to replace brake lamp switch failure and rendering consumer at unreasonable safety risk or unusable car. Car locks in park or ABS lights and hill start electrical malfunctions during driving unpredictably. Car was serviced for exact same safety issue previously (7/22/2016 : service dept stated "found brake lamp switch faulty and not working") and grand forks nd Subaru's failed to repair defect succussfully. Grand forks nd Subaru disregards driver safety again by failing to service same defect in a timely manner, in regards to customer safety complaints and in accordance with consumer protection safety regulations and laws.

- Thief River Falls, MN, USA

My car dash lights, hill assist and engine light, remote not functioning. Thought it was the brake switch recall. The code read a secondary pressure code. Not covered for repair, 132,000 miles. Other cars failed early, 50 to 90 thousand mile. Appears to be an issue, even with the extended warranty. Not reliable, 45 years never lost a transmission, and at the tune $7000 to repair.

- Ferndale, NY, USA

Vehicle won't start unless gearshift lever is moved forward while already in the park position - with just hand pressure on the handle.

- Blasdell, NY, USA

When stopped in traffic car hesitates, stalls and stumbles to accelerate for a few seconds. Unable to shift from 1st to 2nd smoothly (stuck in 1st gear?). was rear ended when unable to accelerate at light. Dealer did software update that did not fix problem, still ongoing

- Malverne, NY, USA

When using light acceleration such as in a parking lot or at a red light or stop sign to start going the vehicle bucks forward it will literally make you jerk back in the seat. Also while pulling onto a street it jerks forward but has hesitation which isnt to safe if you ask me when trying to get out on the road if cars are coming...

- Hallsville, TX, USA

Excessive oil loss, 1 qt per 3,000 miles. Started around 90,000 miles. Mileage now 129,000 miles. At 129,000 miles, major engine and transmission issue. Found oil in coolant. At oil temperature light flashing. Evaluating cost of repair this week of Feb 12 2019. At 126,000 miles, both front axles were replaced. Heard clicking at 125,000 miles. At 100,000 miles, upper and lower front suspension arms replaced.

- Fair Lawn, NJ, USA

About 2 weeks ago my car did some bucking and shuddering and the transmission light came on when taking off from a stopped position so I took it into the dealership and they said it needed new transmission that's gonna cost $9000 my vehicle does have a 150000 miles on it but it's never been off road and all the miles on it have been highway miles driving on the interstate not city stop and

- Silver City, IA, USA

Car has jerky acceleration with hesitation, momentary power loss when accelerating from stop or at low speed.

- Ridgecrest, CA, USA

Car hesitates when starting to move. Have had near misses because of the delay in moving out for a turn onto another street. Car just sits there for 2 - 3 seconds. Not a long delay but critical in city driving. Problem is ongoing. Car has 98000 miles. It has a cvt transmission.

- Traverse City, MI, USA

Sudden onset of rubbing noise from left front wheel, worse when turning to right, varied directly with speed. Inspection by Subaru confirmed bad wheel bearing.

- Oakland, CA, USA

When driving at speed and constant acceleration the car will jerk and the rpms appear to bounce up and down. Last weekend when merging onto the highway the car did not accelerate normally. The rpms spiked, but there was limited acceleration/response. This happened several times before and their seems to be no way to predict when this will happen.

- San Mateo, CA, USA

My vehicle has been exhibiting a low RPM when vehicle comes to a complete stop(ie red light or stop sign) and the vehicle shudders and almost stalls, and once actually stalling. The vehicle has been to the dealership several times for service for this issues. I have received information in the mail from soa in July 2017 concerning this issue and other know issues with the the cvt transmission equipped in the vehicle stating that it is an issue with the a solid bushing in the torque converter causing the converter clutch to stayed locked up and not release pressure. The dealership tells me that a case has been started with their technical assistance and Subaru of America, that they do not have enough data(ie recorded stalls or dtc) to approve a repair on my vehicle for said issue, and that the vehicle would need to have a stall event for any futher repairs. Being a fully certified ase automotive master technician, I did my own checking and found tsb 16-107-17 which covers my vehicle and outlines that they have a extended the warranty period on the vehicle/cvt transmission for several issues, which outlined in the bulletin, shows multiple issues outlined in bulletins for diagnostic reference and the first(16-90-13R) is regarding a design change to lock-up torque converter- customer may experience sensation like coming to a stop in a manual transmission equipped vehicle and failing to depress the clutch. After obtaining and reading tsb 16-90-13R, which in no way states that a stall event is required and only low RPM at stops, I informed the dealership as such and was told that a stall even was required. I asked for that to recorded on my repair order and have yet to pick my vehicle up from the dealership. I would like to report S.O.a. for hiding a known issue that can cause a stall event which can cause a safety issue and should generate a nationwide recall.

- Big Rapids, MI, USA

Vehicle in motion from a stop on city streets is experiencing hesitation, slippage, faulty acceleration from 0-25 mph. Afraid of making a left turn across traffic and a possible stall. Problem is exaggerated on any grade of incline. Called service company who said it sounds like a transmission issue that may be covered by a recent transmission recall. It appears my model is not included in the recall even though it's having the same reported problems.

- Wakefield, RI, USA