On April 22, 2018, my 2017 Forester with 22,000 miles on it stalled in the carpool lane of a busy la freeway (the 405 southbound near lax) at 4:20 P.M. traffic in the lane had come to a complete stop and when it picked up again, the engine stalled. I immediately called 911. Chp arrived 20 minutes later and pushed me to the side of the road. A tow truck then towed my vehicle 47 miles to irvine Subaru where the following day I was advised that their mechanics found nothing wrong with the car in spite of the loss of power which jeopardized my safety and that of my passenger. It should be mentioned that when this event occurred, my low fuel light had not alerted me to the fact that my fuel level was low; my on-board computer indicated I still had 80 miles until empty and the fuel gauge displayed one bar. In addition, I can state with 100% certainty that my tank was not empty as the tow truck driver was able to restart the engine and in fact drove it up on the flatbed of his truck when he loaded it there. As a result of this incident, I have lost faith in the safety of my vehicle and am leery of driving it long distances from home; a result that is unacceptable to me given that this vehicle is only a year-and-A-half old. The only photo I have is one of my vehicle loaded on the tow truck at the time of towing.

- Trabuco Canyon, CA, USA

After backing up, I removed my foot from the brake, put the car in drive and lightly touched the accelerator (I was in a small parking lot). The accelerator left my foot and fully depressed by itself which caused an accident.

- Lilburn, GA, USA

Car stalls, mostly in intersections when we turn either left or right, mid-turn. Also, the steering wheel, plastic, is dangerously-slippery, expecially during those stalls in heavy traffic when panic sets in.

- Troutdale, OR, USA

07/03/17 first oil change. Several days after car hesitates upon acceleration. 07/14 car stalls while merging into roundabout. Restart car & it runs ok. 07/15 car stalls multiple times while entering intersection. Turn off eyesight & car runs. Do not drive car for several days. Bring car to dealer 07/20. 07/26 pick up car. No satisfactory resolution. Stalling perhaps due to mouse's nest or an oil overfill. 08/02 car stalls multiple times while pulling into traffic. Won't run with or without eyesight. Car towed to dealer. Problems reported to Subaru main office. 08/14 car still at dealer with no resolution yet. Unless a specific cause & fix to this problem is found I will not feel safe driving this car again. I have a word document with all the details but am unable to attach it to this form.

- Ballston Lake, NY, USA

When closing rear power lift gate, a stroller fell partly out of the trunk. I instinctively grabbed it, and the gate hit the back of my head and started to slam me into the car before I could pull my head out. The door did not stop closing. According to the Subaru instruction manual, the rear gate can cause serious personal injury by entrapment. The door did not stop when encountering resistance (my head). The dealer says that I cannot change this to a manual control rear hatch without destroying the struts that hold the door up. I can close it manually as long as I remember to take the height control off with a button on the front dash every time I use the car outside the garage. When height control is on, which is the only way to stop the rear door before it opens fully and therefore must be used in our garage, you cannot close it manually. Since it closes slowly (8 seconds -- long for closing a door), you have to be very aware of children's movements, which are often rapid, and suppress your own reactions if something starts to fall out. The door should stop readily if it encounters an object even as small as a finger or else it should be manual and you should be able to stop it at different heights when opening it manually.

- Boulder, CO, USA

While driving on the highway yesterday 2/9/17, the car was severely vibrating at the speed of about 60- 65. It was unbearable. My whole body was shaking and stuff on the passenger seat was almost falling down. Fuel vs mileage gauage on digital screen was visibly shaking. Steering wheel was so severely vibrating that my hands and arms remained shaking even after I arrived my destination. It was about 30minute drive on the higyway. I felt I was in vibrating massage chair all the way. It was snow day but the highway was perfectly cleared of snow. I was not speeding. I bought this car 8/6/17. It started giving me problem since September, first air conditional didn't work at 1000miles then I received a recall letter saying transmission fluid might not be filled enough on October. Of course they found it wasn't filled enough when I brought it to the service. They sold defective car and called it great product.

- Fort Lee, NJ, USA

Since purchase the" radio/computer" hands-free phone communication system has not worked. Hands-free phone communication is not possible. You can call from the car but the person on the other end cannot hear what is said. It was checked and it is not the microphone that is the problem. The entire system needs to be replaced. Replacement system is not currently available from the manufacturer.

- Kirlkland, AZ, USA

Cvt transmission fluid was not filled with the specific amount from the factory. This is the second issue with this brand new car. First they didn't fill enough freon for ac so it started blowing off hot air at 1400miles a month after I bought. And at two months not enough transmission fluid. I'm worried what else they did not put enough or is thei quality checking good enough to put the cars like mine on the market

- Fort Lee, NJ, USA

Driver side vents are blowing warm air when air conditioner is turned on. Only 1400 miles on since I bought a brand new last month 8/6/16.

- Fort Lee, NJ, USA