2010 SUBARU FORESTER Power Train Problems

The contact owns a 2010 Subaru Forester. The contact stated that as she attempted to park her vehicle, the vehicle independently accelerated forward at a high rate of speed without warning. The contact stated that the vehicle stopped on its own before hitting another vehicle. The contact was able to drive the vehicle home but had not driven the vehicle since the failure. The contact called the manufacturer and they informed her to tow the vehicle to a dealer for an inspection. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it remained in their possession and was not yet diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 73,000.

TRANSMISSION OIL COOLING PIPING RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID WITHIN MINUTES RESULTING IN A TOW TO THE SERVICE GARAGE. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE TO SUBARU AS THEY ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN - SB-10056871-1025 - ON SEPT. 2, 2014 (#16-92-14). FORTUNATELY, THIS HAPPENED WITHIN ABOUT 5 MINUTES OF MY HOME WHILE DRIVING <25 MPH AND I SAW THE PUDDLE IN MY DRIVEWAY AND A STREAM OF FLUID ON THE ROAD LEADING TO MY DRIVEWAY. THE RESULT WAS A LOT OF SPILLED FLUID AND NEARLY A $500 REPAIR BILL TO REPLACE THE COOLING LINES. MY CONCERN, HOWEVER, IS THAT THIS ISSUE IS NOT DETECTABLE WHILE DRIVING AND WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN NOT ONLY LOSS OF THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION, BUT I SUSPECT COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT AND POTENTIALLY LOSS OF LIFE. IF THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE TO SUBARU AND RESULTS IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF TRANSMISSION...

2010 SUBARU FORRESTER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SUBARU OF AMERICA FAILING TO PROPERLY DIAGNOSING VEHICLE ISSUES. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION LINES NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE STALLED AFTER REACHING 40MPH. ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO REIMBURSED. *JS

ON NOVEMBER 2ND I STARTED MY CAR AND BEGAN PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHEN MY CAR STALLED OUT, AS IF I HAD STALLED A MANUAL. THE BRAKE LOCKED UP AND THE CAR WAS STILL ON BUT WOULDN'T MOVE. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT STARTED WORKING FINE SO I DROVE IT BACK TO MY HOUSE. MY DAD SAID IT PROBABLY HAPPENED BECAUSE IT WAS COLD OUT AND I DIDN'T LET MY CAR WARM UP ENOUGH. I LET IT WARM UP FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND WHEN I LEFT I DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES. WHEN I LEFT MY STUDIO LATER THAT DAY, MY CAR STALLED OUT AS I WAS PULLING OUT ONTO THE MAIN HIGHWAY WHICH IS MORE LIKE AN INTERSTATE. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT WORKED FINE AND I DROVE STRAIGHT HOME. I TRIED TO DRIVE...

TRANSMISSION LINES RUST OUT PREMATURELY, RESULTING IN MAJOR LOSS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT CAME ON 10 MILES OUTSIDE OF MY DESTINATION TO BALTIMORE,MD (65 MILE FROM HOME TO DESTINATION) HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP. I WAS INFORMED THAT MY TRANS COOLER LINE HAD RUSTED OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.($707.86). PICKED UP VEHICLE ON 9/15/2015 AND DRIVE APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES AND ISSUES REOCCURRED AND I RETURNED THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY RAN A SECOND SCAN OF THE VEHICLE AND TOLD ME THAT THE 3 AND 4TH GEAR HAD GONE OUT AND THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION ($7000.00) AND THAT MAY NOT FIX THE ISSUE.

WHEN DRIVING OUT OF A PARKING LOT AT A LOW SPEED, THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINE SPLIT, CAUSING THE CAR TO LOSE DRIVING CAPABILITY. I DROVE AT LOW SPEEDS UNTIL I COULD STOP IN A SAFE PLACE. *TR