NHTSA Complaint #10925618 — 2006 SUBARU OUTBACK

DRIVING IN BUSY TRAFFIC ON FREEWAY, HIGHWAYS, AND STREETS, CRUISE AND ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON, NO RESPONSE WHEN APPLYING GAS PEDAL, CAR COASTED INTO SLOW CRUISE, EVENTUALLY DOWN TO ABOUT 15 MPH. AGAIN, NO RESPONSE TO APPLYING GAS PEDAL. THAT HAPPENED SPORADICALLY. HAD NEAR FATAL ACCIDENTS A COUPLE TIMES THEN IT STOPPED AND TWO OR THREE WEEKS LATER THROTTLE TURNED ON REVVING UP TO 500 IN IDLE, OVER 300 WHEN DRIVING. TRYING TO STOP AT INTERSECTIONS, BRAKE MALFUNCTIONED, NEARLY HIT SEVERAL PEOPLE TRYING TO GET HOME. ENGINE RACING OUT OF CONTROL. THIS STOPPED BRIEFLY, DROVE ERRAND, AND WITHNO FOOT ON GAS PEDAL, CAR WAS SPEEDING UP ON HIGHWAY UPHILL AND STILL ACCELERATING AT 78 MPH. BRAKES DID NOT WORK CONSISTENTLY, JUMPED A CURB, WHEN TRYING TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF ENGINE. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED. REPAIR OF THROTTLE SENIOR $365 AT LOCAL DEALERSHIP IN PORTLAND, OR. I ASKED THEM TO REVIEW ALL THE DOCUMENTATION I FOUND HERE AND ELSEWHERE SHOWING THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THEY IGNORED ME ENTIRELY. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY. I FEEL SUBARU SHOULD PAY THIS REPAIR. IT EASILY COULD HAVE KILLED ME AND OTHERS HERE, AND OTHERS IN THE FUTURE. PARK YOUR SUBARU IF THIS HAPPENS AND YOU CANNOT AFFORD REPAIR. FILE A COMPLAINT WITH SUBARU. DON'T DO WHAT I DID OUT OF DESPERATION AND DRIVE IT, BECAUSE IT COULD REALLY COULD KILL YOU. FIND ANOTHER WAY TO GET TO WORK. TRUCKS ON ROADWAYS CANNOT AVOID YOU IF NO ENGINE POWER WITH NO NOTICE AND NOWHERE SAFE TO PULL OFF, WHICH HAPPENED TO ME.