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2011 Subaru FORESTER Vehicle Speed Control Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1726142
Internal NHTSA #	11397216
Manufacurer	Subaru of America, Inc.
Brand	SUBARU
Model	FORESTER
Model Year	2011
File date	26/01/21
Component	VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	This happened while driving through colorado, from crested butte to telluride. I was driving with the cruise control active. As the car went up hills it would automatically shift down, causing the engine to rev into the 4,000 rpm range, which is not safe to drive sustained. In order to combat this i used the manu-matic system to hold the transmission in the higher gear. After a while my check engine light came on. Concurrently, the traction control indicator light came on, and the cruise control light began blinking. Thinking it was an overheating issue, i stopped the car and waited a while. After a few cycles of drive/stop/drive/stop, the lights turned off. Thinking the issue was resolved, we continued on to telluride. Leaving telluride, however, with the same driving behavior, the issue returned, only worse now. When the lights came on the accelerator stopped responding. We were headed uphill at 65mph on a narrow two lane road, with a steep drop off the side, and multiple cars behind us. I pressed the accelerator all the way down and the car did not respond at all. This caused us to begin rapidly decelerating, which was extremely unsafe given the conditions. We pulled over and turned off the car. After a short while of sitting on the side of the road, i turned the car back on and the issue had ceased. The intermittent nature of this issue is scary - at any moment the accelerator may cease to respond, potentially causing a life threatening scenario. Upon reaching our destination, a friend had a code scanner and pulled code "p2138 - throttle pedal position sensor switch d e voltage correlation." there's no official documentation from subaru, that i could find, on the issue, and browsing various subaru forums turns up a lot more questions than answers.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	100000
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	FIRST TOWN, LA
VIN pattern	JF2SHADC3BHXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	65
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2011 Subaru FORESTER Vehicle Speed Control Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2011 Subaru FORESTER Vehicle Speed Control Problems, Complaints and Defects

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