NHTSA Complaint #10355908 — 2010 SUBARU OUTBACK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 SUBARU OUTBACK. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. HE TOOK HIS FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE PEDAL BEFORE REACHING A STOP SIGN AND ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE MOMENTARILY HESITATED BEFORE ACCELERATING. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHENEVER HE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKES. HE ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH HE TOOK HIS FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT BEGIN TO DECELERATE FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 SECONDS. THIS FAILURE ALSO RECURRED WHENEVER HE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED TO OPERATE IN THAT MANNER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 8,000.