2006 SUBARU OUTBACK Vehicle Speed Control Problems

The engine will randomly loose power. This has happened three times now. You must coast to a stop, turn the key off and try to restart the car. Sometime it will take several tries to restart. I see this as a real safety concern in heavy traffic. Especially so if heavy traffic makes it impossible to reach the side of the road safely. The service code points to the throttle peddle position sensor. Reading some of the internet forums it seems to be a fairly common issue. Of course internet forums must be considered carefully. However with the above said I see this issue as a real safety concern. Not only for my safety but those around me if this happens in heavy traffic. Thank you

The accelerator pedal position sensor is faulty. It is prone to wear in these vehicles based on my research. This caused my car to go into limp-mode on the highway, rapidly cutting my speed in half. The accelerator provides no response until vehicle was restarted. The ECU put out the code P2138 for loss of voltage in throttle system.

I EXPERIENCED MY GAS PEDAL NO LONGER WORKING WHILE DRIVING, CAR WAS DRIVING WELL, ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET GOING ABOUT 25 MPH, THEN THERE WAS SUDDENLY NO GAS/ACCELERATION, HAD TO COAST TO A STOP. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT WAS FLASHING. ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER THE CAR WAS RUNNING NORMAL AGAIN. THE DIAGNOSIS CODE GIVEN WAS P2138 THROTTLE/PEDAL POSITION SENSOR/SWITCH D/E VOLTAGE CORRELATION. IT IS VERY SCARY AND UNSAFE TO SUDDENLY NOT HAVE POWER WHILE DRIVING, WILL BE DRIVING ON THE OUTSIDE LANE UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS FIXED TO I CAN GET OUT OF TRAFFIC SAFELY.

I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 50-60 MPH AND OUT OF NOWHERE MY THROTTLE PEDDLE FAILED TO WORK. MY CAR IMMEDIATELY SLOWED DOWN TO A CRAWL AND I HAD TO QUICKLY FIND A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER ON A ROAD WITH BARELY ANY SHOULDER. LUCKILY NOT MANY CARS WERE ON THE ROAD SO I DID NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A PILE-UP ACCIDENT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON WHILE THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH ON AND OFF. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND WAITING A FEW MINUTES I DECIDED TO TRY AND DRIVE THE CAR AGAIN SINCE I WAS IN AN AREA WITH NO SERVICE AND IT WAS BELOW FREEZING OUTSIDE. THE CAR STARTED AND I COULD USE THE THROTTLE PEDDLE AND THE CAR DROVE WITH NO PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 5 MILES BEFORE THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPENED. LUCKILY SOMEONE...

AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SOLID WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT BLINKING. THE CAR DID NOT RESPOND TO ANY INPUTS FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND BEGAN TO DECELERATE. UPON STOPPING AND SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL THE CAR HELD ITSELF AROUND 2800RPM WITH NO ACCELERATOR INPUT FROM THE DRIVER. AFTER READING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CODE, THE CAR GAVE A P2138 INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE PEDAL POSITION SENSOR.

THREE TIMES THE ENGINE RPM'S SPEED UP AND THE THROTTLE PEDDLE FAILS TO WORK, THE ONLY WAY TO RESET THIS IS PULL TO THE SIDE TURN CAR OFF AND IT USUALLY BUT NOT ALWAYS RESETS. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE WHILE CAR WAS IN MOTION AND ONCE WHILE CAR WAS IN PARK. LUCKILY I WAS IN A 40 MPH ZONE WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND NOT ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT AND IT HAS A ENGINE CODE THAT SAYS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE SYSTEM. IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME THAT THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION AND THROTTLE PEDDLE IS UNRESPONSIVE AND UNABLE TO PULL TO SIDE OF ROADWAY.

THE SAME PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, RANDOMLY, WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, BOTH ON HIGHWAY AND ON AUXILIARY ROADS AT LOWER SPEEDS. ON 01/20/2020, WHILE DRIVING ~65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, SUDDENLY, THE CAR LOST POWER--ALTHOUGH MY FOOT WAS ON THE GAS PEDAL, NO ACCELERATION WAS POSSIBLE. THE CAR "LOCKED UP," AND BEGAN TO DECELERATE, SINCE NO GAS WAS AVAILABLE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, WITH THE FLASHING CRUISE LIGHT SIMULTANEOUSLY ON. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE CAR ACROSS THE HIGHWAY AND STOP ON THE SHOULDER. THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF, AND I RE-STARTED AND DROVE AWAY. WHEN THIS SAME TYPE OF EVENT OCCURRED ANOTHER TIME, ON 02/01/2020, THE CAR WAS IN MOTION ON AN AUXILIARY ROAD, ~30 MPH, IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE CAR AGAIN LOCKED UP, NO GAS WAS AVAILABLE--THE CAR WAS ONLY ABLE TO DRIFT VERY SLOWLY. I WAS...

P2138 CHECK ENGINE CODE. VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER WHILE TRAVELING 55MPH IN 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC. GAS PEDAL DIDN'T WORK AND THE ENGINE WAS RACING. THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER INTO THE LEFT TURN LANE. THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY MOVE FORWARD WHILE IN DRIVE AND AT A SLOW CRAWL. I WAS ABLE TO GET A LARGE ENOUGH WINDOW TO CRAWL ACROSS THE OTHER 2 LANES AND CRAWL INTO A PARKING LOT. I ENDED UP GETTING TOWED FROM THERE. WHEN CHECKING FOR REPAIRS I HAD A SMALLER 'SUBARU ONLY' REPAIR SHOP TELL ME THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND I AM LUCKY NO ONE WAS INJURED. THEY SAID THEY REPAIR 1 TO 2 OF THESE EACH MONTH. MY LOCAL SUBARU DEALER SAYS THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF THE ERROR CODE OR MY SPECIFIC PROBLEM. THEY DON'T EVEN STOCK THE PART I NEED. THE INTERNET HAS MANY REPORTS OF MY...

ERROR CODE P2138, LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW SUBARU IS NOT FIXING OR CALLING OUT THE DEFECT IN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL POSITION SENSOR. ISSUES WITH CONNECTIONS OF THE PLUG, WATER/DIRT CAUSING CORROSION TO NOT ALLOW IT TO WORK, AND DEALERS NOT FIXING THE REAL ISSUE. I WAS DRIVING AND SLOWING DOWN AS LIGHT WAS RED BUT THEN IT CHANGED TO GREEN. I PUSHED GAS AND WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO ACCELERATE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. 30 SECONDS LATER PRETTY MUCH ALL OF MY INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON. CRUISE LIGHT WAS EVEN BLINKING. VIDEOS I'VE BEEN WATCHING TALK ABOUT FLY BY WIRE PEDALS AND HOW IT PUTS CARS INTO LIMP MODE. WHICH IS WHAT IT WAS DOING WHEN I FIRST TRY TO ACCELERATE. I CLEARED A LOT OF CODES BY DOING THE CRUISE BUTTON RESET WHICH FOR NOW TURNED MOST LIGHTS OFF BUT STILL HAVE LIMP MODE ISSUES...

REPEATED PEDAL SLIP CODES 'P2138' HAPPENS ABOUT ONCE A DAY NOW AND HAPPENS FROM STOP TO START POSITIONS AT RANDOM TIMES.

CAR WILL SUDDENLY GO LIMP. WITH NO WARNING OR ANYTHING THE CAR IS STILL RUNNING BUT THERE IS NO THROTTLE OR THROTTLE PEDAL RESPONSE. YOU CAN FLOOR THE GAS PEDAL AND NOTHING HAPPENS. IT HAS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING DOWN A ROAD AND ALL YOU CAN DO IS HOPE THAT YOU CAN GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I WAS DRIVING DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD WHEN THIS LAST HAPPENED. I CAME TO A TURN WHERE YOU EITHER HAVE TO STOP OR MERGE TO THE RIGHT ONTO ANOTHER ROAD. AS I WENT TO ACCERERATE THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE CAR. I LOOKED DOWN AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AS WELL AS THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT IS NOW FLASHING. I TRIED TURNING THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON SEVERAL TIMES. I FINALLY SHUT THE CAR OFF FOR 3-5 MINUTES BEFORE THE THROTTLE WOULD RESPOND. IF THIS HAPPENED ON THE...

WHILE IN MOTION, RAPIDLY APPLYING THE BRAKES CAUSES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON, THE CRUISE CONTROL INDICATOR FLASHES AND CONTROL OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL LOST. THE CAR ESSENTIALLY BECOMES LIMP AND IS NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE INPUT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT THIS TIME. TURNING THE CAR OFF AND LETTING IT SIT FOR 30 SECONDS AND THEN TURNING THE CAR BACK ON RE-PROVIDES CONTROL TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. AT THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL ON. AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOES OFF. MY LOCAL AUTHORIZED SUBARU SHOP TRACED THE ISSUE TO A FAULTY ACCELERATOR PEDAL SENSOR. THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED AND THE CAR IS OPERATING NOMINALLY. TWO TWO INSTANCES WHERE THIS CAUSED A SERIOUS CONCERN WAS WHEN I WAS LEFT STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WHEN A CAR IN FRONT OF ME SLAMMED ON IT'S BRAKES AND CHOSE TO...

THE CRUISE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS FLASH. CAR LOOSES POWER AND STALLS WHILE DRIVING.

NO GAS PEDAL RESPONSE

WHILE DRIVING CAR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT WILL FLASH. CAR GOES INTO LIMP MODE AND THE ACCELERATOR WILL NOT LONGER RESPOND DROPPING THE CARS SPEED DRASTICALLY. THIS CAN HAPPEN ON ANY ROAD, AT ANY SPEED, AND ANY WEATHER CONDITION. TEMPORARY FIX IS TO STOP AND CYCLE THE CARS POWER THREE OR FOUR TIMES. MORE PERMANENT FIX IS TO REPLACE THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY-ACCELERATOR AT A COST OF $199. HAPPENED A FEW DOZEN TIMES BEFORE I FINALLY GOT THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY REPLACED. ISSUED STARTED EARLY 2016, AND REPLACED THE ASSEMBLY IN 2018.

ACCELERATOR PEDAL GOES LIMP AND UNRESPONSIVE AT RANDOM MOMENTS INCLUDING HIGHWAY DRIVING. IT HAS HAPPENS MORE AND MORE OFTEN AND OTHER SUBARU OWNERS HAVE SAID THE SAME. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN THE MOST DURING COLDER WEATHER AND THE CARS GAS PEDAL BECOMES COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE AND REQUIRES THE CAR TO BE PULLED OVER OVER AND TURNED OFF TO SIT FOR A SOME TIME. WHEN PUTTING THE CAR INTO PARK THE RPMS JUMP UP AND REV HIGHER TO AROUND 4000, UNSURE OF WHAT'S CAUSING IT.

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE GAS PEDAL QUITS WORKING AND CAR GOES INTO LIMP MODE, THIS IS WHERE CAR TRAVELS AT 30 MPH WITH NO CONTROL FROM THE GAS PEDAL, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT FLASHES, THE ONLY WAY TO RESET THE FUEL PEDAL IS TO PULL OVER, SHUT CAR OFF FOR 1 MIN. AND RESTART PEDAL WILL WORK BUT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT WILL FLASH UNTIL ERROR CODE IS RESET. CODE IS P2138 . THIS MAY FIX PEDAL TEMPORARY BUT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. WHEN PEDAL QUITS WORKING THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO THE CAR AT LEASED 20 TIMES, HAVE NOT FOUND A PERMANENT FIX YET. NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND REPAIRED

ON STREET, FROM PARK WITH ENGINE IDLING, CAR IN DRIVE, ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEAD AT FIRST, THEN HIGH RPM 3000+ WITH PEDAL RELEASED. NO CONTROL OF ENGINE RPM. CEL AND CC ILLUMINATED ON INSTRUMENT PANEL. PUT TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL. KILLED IGNITION SWITCH. ENGINE SHUT DOWN. RESTARTED ENGINE AND RPM WAS NORMAL. VERY FRIGHTENING! FOUND DTC P2138 ACC PEDAL SENSOR FAILURE. CALLED SUBARU SUPPORT, NO SUCH RECORD OF FAILURE. CALLED DEALER FROM WHICH CAR WAS PURCHASED, ANSWER WAS BRING CAR IN AND WILL TRY TO REPAIR. THIS IS A SERIOUS FAILURE AND DANGER. PLEASE SEE THIS FAILURE ON GOOGLE. MANY PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THE SAME ISSUE. I AM APPREHENSIVE TO PUT THIS CAR ON THE ROAD ESPECIALLY WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN IT. AN INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE PURSUED IN THESE DRIVE BY WIRE VEHICLES AS THIS CAR IS. PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.. THANK YOU

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR WENT LIMP AND LOST ALL ACCELERATOR FUNCTION. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT WAS FLASHING.THANKFULLY, WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT INCIDENT. DIAGNOSED WITH CODE P2138 AND FAILED PEDAL POSITION SENSOR. BASED ON SUBARU OUTBACK FORUM SEARCHES AND IDENTIFIX DATABASE, THIS ISSUE IS VERY COMMON FOR 2005 AND 2006 MODEL YEAR SUBARUS. THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY WAS REDESIGNED IN 2007 BUT IS NOT REVERSE COMPATIBLE. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE WHICH SUBARU OF AMERICA REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE.

MY CAR HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING EPISODES WHERE IT SUDDENLY STOPS ACCELERATING WHILE I AM DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENING BOTH ON CITY STREETS, AND ON THE HIGHWAY. IT'S MOSTLY ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER I INITIALLY TURNED THE CAR ON, BUT NOT ALWAYS. I WILL BE DRIVING NORMALLY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS AND CRUISE CONTROL LIGHTS WILL COME ON AND THEN THE CAR WILL INSTANTLY STOP ACCELERATING WITH NO ADDITIONAL WARNING. THE MOST RECENT TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, MY CAR ACTUALLY SPED UP WITHOUT ME PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE CODE READS P2138. AFTER TURNING MY CAR OFF AND WAITING A FEW MINUTES IT DRIVES FINE (ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES THE LIGHTS ARE STILL ON). I HAVE HAD A SUBARU DEALERSHIP CHECK OUT THE PROBLEM AND AFTER LOOKING AT THE CAR FOR ABOUT ONE WEEK THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THIS ISSUE APPEARS...

UPON PUSHING THE ACCELERATOR TO ENTER TRAFFIC, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE THROTTLE. THE ENGINE REMAINED RUNNING AND THE CAR IDLED INTO THE STREET AND DRIVER WAS ABLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT AND COAST TO A STOP. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT DIAGNOSED THE CAUSE AS FAILURE OF THE ACCELERATOR POSITION SENSOR COMPONENT OF THE THROTTLE BY WIRE SYSTEM.

ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, I WAS DRIVING MY OUTBACK, WHEN IT WENT "LIMP". THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE WHEN I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR. MY CAR CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD AT THE SPEED I WAS DRIVING. WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKE, IT SLOWED BUT, WHEN I LET UP ON THE BRAKE, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV AND MY CAR CONTINUED IN FORWARD MOTION BEFORE TOTALLY DYING OUT FROM UNDER ME. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ON A SIDE STREET NEAR MY HOUSE. ON THE FIRST OCCASION, AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, THE ENGINE STOPPED REVVING AND I COASTED TO A STOP. ON THE SECOND OCCASION, I WAS PULLING IN MY DRIVE, AFTER A TWO MILE TRIP, WHEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THE MOTOR CONTINUED REVVING WITH THE CAR MOVING FORWARD AND I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE ACCELERATOR. WHEN I TRIED TO BRAKE, THE...

WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC ON I-95 THE ACCELERATOR STOPPED RESPONDING AND I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER I PULLED OFF THE NEXT EXIT, I HAD TO PUT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO BRING IT TO A STOP. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT. LATER, I CHECKED FOR OBD2 CODES AND CAME UP WITH "P2138". AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, IT APPEARS THAT MANY SUBARU OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WHICH APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY THE "PEDAL TRAVEL SENSOR" PART # 36010AG021. THAT PART WAS REDESIGNED AFTER THE 2006 MODEL YEAR. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND I AM VERY FORTUNATE THAT NO ONE WAS HURT THROUGH THIS PART FAILURE. *TR

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION BOTH IN PARK, AND IN MOTION, AND WHILE BOTH TURNING AND GOING STRAIGHT, THE THROTTLE INTERMITTENTLY STOPPED RESPONDING TO ALL INPUT, AND THE VEHICLE ONLY RAN THE ENGINE AT OVER IDLE RPMS (ABOUT 2100RPM IN NEUTRAL). THE PROBLEM WOULD USUALLY PERSIST THROUGH SEVERAL RESTARTS. EVENTUALLY THE CAR WOULD RESTART AT NORMAL IDLE, AND THE THROTTLE WOULD BE RESPONDING AGAIN. THE VEHICLE CODE INDICATED TO MY MECHANIC THAT THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR NEEDED REPLACED, HOWEVER AFTER REPLACING IT, THE PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED. I HAVE READ MANY ACCOUNTS OF THIS ISSUE ONLINE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, AND ANY ISSUE REGARDING VEHICLE ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SERIOUS PROBLEM. SUBARU NEEDS TO ISSUE A RESPONSE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THIS PROBLEM.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING ABOUT 70 MILES PER HOUR IN THE MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO WHEN MY CAR'S ACCELERATOR STOPPED WORKING. I WAS ON A SHARP DOWNHILL CURVE WHEN I WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO ACCELERATE MY CAR TO KEEP UP WITH TRAFFIC. THIS WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS I WAS ALMOST HIT BY THE CARS BEHIND ME. THERE WAS NO WARNING PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUBARU OUTBACK. WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,341.

JUST RECEIVED "TAKATA RECALL" LETTER STATING THERE ARE NOW SUFFICIENT PARTS AVAILABLE. AT THE SAME TIME MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND CRUISE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE RECALL WORK AND TO HAVE THE CAR CHECKED OUT. I GOOGLED THIS AND FOUND THAT A CODE P2138 IS FOUND WITH THIS OCCURRENCE AND IT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING WITH MANY OF THESE VEHICLES. MY WIFE CALLED ME ON HER WAY HOME FROM WORK AND SAID THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. SHE PULLED OFF OF THE HIGHWAY INTO A PARKING LOT. I DROVE TO HER LOCATION. SHE STARTED THE CAR AND GAS PEDAL SEEMED TO BE OPERATING AS IT SHOULD. I FOLLOWED HER HOME AND WAS THANKFUL THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS GETTING BACK. I WILL DETERMINE WHETHER TO DRIVE VEHICLE OR HAVE IT TOWED TO DEALER FOR SCHEDULED APPT. NEXT WED.KIND OF MAKES SENSE NOW BECAUSE WHEN...

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY AND CITY STREET SPEEDS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON/THE CRUISE CONTROL FLASHES AND GAS PEDAL STOPS WORKING. A CODE THAT HAS SHOWN UP IS P2138 "THROTTLE/PEDAL POSITION SENSOR/SWITCH VOLTAGE CORRELATION". VERY DANGEROUS AS I NO LONGER CAN CONTROL THE SPEED OF THE CAR. HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. *TR

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...

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY AND CITY STREET SPEEDS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON/THE CRUISE CONTROL FLASHES AND CAR GOES LIMP, GAS PEDAL STOPS WORKING. A CODE THAT HAS SHOWN UP IS P2138.VERY DANGEROUS. WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL THE ENGINE REVS TO A CONSTANT 3,000 RPM. IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME ON 3 OCCASIONS.

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AS WELL AS A BLINKING CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESPOND TOPRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL AND I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. I COASTED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE AGAIN, I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE OFF THE FREEWAY AND WENT STRAIGHT TO MY MECHANIC. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS TROUBLE CODE P2138 FAULTY THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR IN THE GAS PEDAL LEADING TO NO ACCELERATION. THE GAS PEDAL ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED.

ON THREE OCCASIONS WITHIN A TWO WEEK PERIOD I WAS DRIVING ON CITY STREETS AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. ON THESE OCCASIONS I WAS STARTING FROM A RED LIGHT OR JUST AFTER I HAD BRAKED FOR SOMETHING, DEPRESSED THE GAS PEDAL AND THE SPEED DID NOT CHANGE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT FLASHED AND THE CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE. I LIMPED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. ON THE FIRST TRY TO RESTART THE CAR IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER. AFTER WAITING AND TRYING AGAIN THE CAR TURNED OVER AND THE GAS PEDAL WOULD WORK. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE FLASHING CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT REMAINED ON AND WENT OFF AFTER STARTING THE CAR A COUPLE/FEW TIMES. I WENT TO MY MECHANIC TO CHECK THE CAR AND HE FOUND P2138 THREE TIMES...

WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND STOPPED AT A LIGHT. LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I RELEASED THE BRAKE PEDAL, CAR STARTED FASTER THAN NORMAL WITH NO PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL. I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL REPEATEDLY BUT IT DID NOT RESPOND. I PULLED OVER AND PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE STARTED REVING HIGH LIGHT THE PEDAL WAS STUCK. I TRIED PRESSING THE CANCEL BUTTON ON THE CRUISE CONTROL, THINKING THAT IT MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN STUCK BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK SO I PUT IT IN PARK AND TURNED IT OFF. TRIED TURNING IT BACK ON ONCE AND IT DIDN'T TURN OVER. TRIED IT AGAIN AND IT TURNED ON, BUT THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL INDICATOR WAS BLINKING. COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE IF THIS WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT GOT STUCK AT A HIGH SPEED, OR IF I WAS TRYING...

THROTTLE FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING THROTTLE COMPLETELY FAILS. NO ACCELERATION, CAR WILL ONLY MOVE AT AUTOMATIC IDLE SPEED. CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT FLASHES, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS -- VERY LUCKY IT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN AN INTERSECTION OR WHILE PASSING ANOTHER CAR. TURNS OUT TO BE COMMON FOR THIS MODEL -- AND MINE HAS ONLY 93,000 MILES. I AM ATTACHING A SAMPLE FROM AN ONLINE COMPLAINT SITE. THIS REQUIRES A RECALL.

ACCELERATOR RANDOMLY STOPS WORKING. ONCE YOU STOP THE VEHICLE AND WAIT ABOUT 10-15 SECONDS THEN RESTART I SEEMS TO WORK FINE. ALSO CHECK ENGINE AND CRUISE LIGHTS FLASH WHEN THIS OCCURS. SO FAR THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED RIGHT AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE WHILE LEAVING A DRIVEWAY OR PARKING LOT SO AT SLOW SPEEDS. IF THIS HAPPENS ON A 6 LANE FREEWAY SYSTEM, IT COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS!!!!!!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUBARU OUTBACK. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE DRIVER HAD TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER AND TURN THE IGNITION TO THE OFF POTION AND BACK ON IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 155,000.

LOSS OF POWER, NO ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. TROUBLE CODE P2138 FAULTY THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR IN THE GAS PEDAL LEADING TO NO ACCELERATION. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (70 MPH OR SO). SUDDENLY THERE WAS NO POWER WHEN PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL AND WE HAD TO MAKE IT TO THE SHOULDER ON A BUSY FREEWAY WITH NO ACCELERATION WHAT SO EVER. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL! PEOPLE CAN DIE WITH LOSS OF POWER AND ACCELERATION ON THE FREEWAY, OR BEING STUCK ON A BLIND CURVE ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THIS SYSTEM!

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED - CITY STREET 45MPH -- LOST ABILITY TO THROTTLE. NO THROTTLE, ENGINE, OR ACCELERATION RESPONSE WHEN PRESSING GAS PEDAL. CHECK ENGINE AND CRUISE LIGHTS BLINKING. AFTER PULLING OVER, TURNED OFF ENGINE. UPON RESTARTING AFTER A MINUTE, THROTTLE CAPABILITY RETURNED. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE, UNEXPECTEDLY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUBARU OUTBACK. WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATED, AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 182,000.

WHILE DRIVING MY SUBARU YESTERDAY, I SUDDENLY LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. THE CAR SPEED DROPPED TO 10 MPH. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED CAR TWICE. BARELY ENOUGH ACCELERATION TO GET CAR TO 18 MPH. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON AND THE CRUISE LIGHT BLINKED CONTINOUSLY. TOOK CAR TO DEALER TODAY. ERROR CODE IS P2138. DEALER CANNOT FIND WHAT IS WRONG WITH CAR. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT GOING ONTO HIGHWAYS AND HAVING THIS HAPPEN.

I WAS DRIVING WHEN SUDDENLY MY CAR WOULD NOT GO FORWARD MORE THAN A FEW MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS FLASHING. THANKFULLY I WAS ONLY DOING ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR IN TOWN. I PULLED OVER, TURNED MY CAR OFF, TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT WOULDN'T START. I STARTED IT FOR A 2ND TIME AND IT STARTED AND I DROVE HOME. I TOOK IT TO MY SUBARUS ONLY MECHANIC OF 17 YEARS (I'M ON MY 4TH SUBIE) WHO THOUGHT THE ERROR CODE OF P2138 WAS ODD. HE TOLD ME TO LET HIM KNOW IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN....AND IT DID A FEW DAYS LATER SO I TOOK IT BACK IN. MY MECHANIC CALLED SUBARU AND FOUND OUT THIS WAS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM. I'VE ONLY HAD IT BACK A DAY SO I'M NOT SURE IF THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED. I CERTAINLY HOPE...

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY 10 MONTH OLD IN THE CAR WHEN IT SUDDENLY BEGAN TO DECCELERATE. I PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL AND GOT NO RESPONSE. THE CHECK ENGINE AND CRUISE CONTROL LIGHTS BEGAN FLASHING AT THIS TIME AS WELL. FORTUNATELY I WAS ON A RURAL ROAD (SPEED LIMIT 40 MPH) AND WAS ABLE TO LIMP ALONG TO A PULL OFF. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND LET IT SIT FOR 5 MINUTES. WHEN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AGAIN. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON WHEN I INITIALLY STARTED THE CAR BUT TURNED OFF WHEN I BEGAN DRIVING AGAIN. THE SAME EVENT OCCURRED 4 DAYS LATER WHEN I WAS TAKING MY 4 YEAR OLD TO PRESCHOOL. I TURNED OFF A 25 MPH STREET INTO HIS SCHOOL WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE GAS PEDAL QUIT WORKING. I SHOULD NOTE...

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND WHEN I GOT ONTO THE EXIT RAMP, THE VEHICLE GAS PEDAL STOPPED WORKING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH FLASHING CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT. I COASTED INTO A DEALERSHIP WITH HAZARD LIGHTS ON AT ABOUT 10MPH. DIAGNOSIS WAS A FAULTY ACCELERATOR PEDAL SENSOR. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS IF I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR STILL ON THE INTERSTATE. CAR ONLY HAS 53,000 MILES ON IT.

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55, MILES PER HOUR THE ENG WENT TO IDE SPEED, THE CHECK ENG LIGHT CAME ON. I DRIFTED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE THROTTLE WAS UNRESPONSIVE. READ THE CODE OUT AND IT WAS FOR THROTTLE PEDAL POSITION SENSOR. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE SINCE, THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS IF IN MAJOR TRAFFIC SUCH AS ON A FREEWAY. IT COULD CAUSE A CRASH. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH SUBARU, I HAVE RESEARCHED IT AND MANY PEOPLE REPORT THIS IN FORUMS ON THE INTERNET.

WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 75MPH THE ENGINE LIGHT AND CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ACCELERATOR BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. AFTER PULLING OVER AND RESTARTING THE CAR IT WORKED FINE. THIS HAS HAPPENED 7 TIMES SO FAR AND AFTER READING MANY POSTS ON OUTBACK FORUMS IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE FIGURED OUT BY SUBARU.

SUDDEN LOSS OF ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING; CONNECTION BETWEEN GAS PEDAL AND ENGINE CONTROL IS FAULTY. FORCES DRIVER TO COAST TO A STOP AND TURN OFF CAR. NO ABILITY TO USE GAS TO GET OUT OF THE WAY FASTER.

WAS DRIVING AT APPROX 55 MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, CRUISE LIGHT WAS FLASHING, AND SPORT LIGHT WAS FLASHING, CAR SLOWED DOWN TO 10 MPH AND COULD NOT GO ANY FASTER. IT WAS REVVED UP TO REDLINE AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE WITH THE GAS PEDAL. I WAS ONLY 2 MILES FROM MY DESTINATION, SO I LIMPED IT THERE AND SHUT IT OFF. I HAD IT SCANNED WITH A CODE SCANNER AND CODE "P2138" (THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR) CAME UP. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH I FOUND IT USUALLY IS RELATED TO GAS PEDAL ASSY. IT HAS NOT YET HAPPENED SINCE CLEARING THE CODE AND MAKING SURE THE PLUG ON THE PEDAL WAS TIGHT.

I WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED I ATTEMPTED TO GIVE THE CAR GAS TO BEGIN MOVING AND THERE WAS NO POWER IN THE PEDAL. ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WERE ON AND THE RADIO WAS PLAYING. I HAD SOME POWER AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE OUT OF THE FLOW OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I PARKED BUT DID NOT TURN THE CAR OFF. I TURNED ON MY HAZARDS AND TRIED THE PEDAL AGAIN. NOTHING! I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE. AT THIS POINT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING. I ATTEMPTED AND THIS TIME THERE WAS POWER IN THE PEDAL. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON AND THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT IS FLASHING. I HAVE DROPPED THE CAR OFF AT MY MECHANIC. THIS WAS SCARY WITH TRAFFIC BEARING DOWN ON ME AT RUSH HOUR AND...

I WAS TRAVELING ON A 3-LANE HIGHWAY AT THE POSTED MILEAGE (60 MPH). SIMULTANEOUSLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE GAS PEDAL LOST ALL POWER. THE CRUISE LIGHT WAS ALSO FLASHING. I TRIED FLOORING THE GAS PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER AND THE SPEED RAPIDLY DECREASED TO LESS THAN 20 MPH. THIS HAPPENED WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING AND NO TIME TO GET OFF A BUSY THOROUGHFARE. THIS OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00 PM, SO FORTUNATELY THE TRAFFIC WAS NOT EXTREMELY HEAVY. I WAS ABLE TO CUT ACROSS 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC THAT WAS GOING 60 MPH +, EXIT ON AN OFF-RAMP, AND GET TO A SAFE LOCATION TO CALL FOR A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. THE OUTCOME WAS CODE P2138 (ACCELERATOR SENSOR). THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $340. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW IN 2006, AND HAVE...

P2138 CODE - THROTTLE ISSUE --- TODAY AS I WAS DRIVING TO WORK, LUCKILY ON A SIDE STREET,WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT BEGAN TO BLINK. THEN I LOST POWER TO THE ENGINE WHILE IT WAS STILL RUNNING. I NORMALLY TAKE THE HIGHWAY TO WORK BUT THIS DAY THERE WAS SNOW AND ICE SO I DECIDED TO TAKE THE SIDE STREETS INSTEAD. I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL WITH NO RESPONSE. I COASTED TO A SIDE STREET AND TURNED IN WITH NO INCIDENT, THANK GOD. I WAS NEAR A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND I ASKED FOR THEIR HELP BUT THEY SAID THEY DID NOT WORK ON SUBARU. I WAS JUST ABOUT TO CALL AAA WHEN I THOUGHT TO RESTART THE CAR TO SEE IF IT WOULD GO SO I COULD TAKE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. I GAVE IT GAS AND IT WENT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND...