NHTSA Complaint #10649680 — 2006 SUBARU OUTBACK

SUBARU OUTBACK/LEGACY 2006 - INTERMITTENT ISSUE OVER A FEW MONTHS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, CRUISE CONTROL FLASHES AND CAR GOES LIMP, GAS PEDAL STOPS WORKING. AFTER CAR GOES LIMP, ENGINE NEEDS TO BE TURNED OFF, BUT ONCE CAR IS PUT IN PARK FOR IT TO BE TURNED OFF, THE ENGINE REVS TO APPROX. 2000 RPMS ON ITS OWN. THE CAR THEN HAS TO SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES TO ATTEMPT TO TURN THE CAR ON AND THE GAS PEDAL TO WORK AGAIN. THIS PROBLEM HAS THROWN THE CODE P2138. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, EVEN MORE SO AS IT HAS HAPPENED WHILE ON THE FREEWAY, WHERE THE CAR WILL LOSE SPEED DUE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL NOT WORKING AND THE CAR HAS ESSENTIALLY BECOME A ROADBLOCK IN THE MIDDLE OF FAST ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THIS COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY CAUSED SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM ONLINE, IT APPEARS THAT MANY OTHERS WITH THIS EXACT CAR MAKE/YEAR HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE AND IT IS PREVALENT TO THIS PARTICULAR CAR. SUBARU NEEDS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION AND OFFER A SAFETY RECALL OF THIS VEHICLE - AT THE VERY LEAST, THE COST OF REPAIRS TO FIX THIS KNOWN AND PREVALENT ISSUE WITH THIS CAR NEEDS TO BE COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *TR