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2015 Subaru FORESTER Vehicle Speed Control Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1475416
Internal NHTSA #	11102645
Manufacurer	Subaru of America, Inc.
Brand	SUBARU
Model	FORESTER
Model Year	2015
File date	26/02/15
Component	VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	2015 subaru forester made a right turn into parking space between 2 cars in a parking garage. Going uphill into the space when vehicle surged at great speed in a 10 ft distance hitting the wall at great speed, causing extensive front end damage, deploying airbags, and dislodging the front dashboard. The 2 cars on either side were not hit. The driver sustained lacerations to legs. The vehicle was repaired at lou fusz subaru. The second event happed on 7/6/16 (25463 miles) in the same parking garage, near the same parking space. While turning into the parking space, the vehicle surged forward striking the wall at great speed. Though the front end was again damaged, the airbags did not deploy. The driver checked the nhtsa website. There were a dozen similar reports for 2015 the subaru forester while parking. Aneighbor with a 2015 subaru legacy had three instances of unexpected accelerations. No cause was identified but repairs were made to the car at webster groves subaru. It appears to have resolved the problem. The subaru forester was repaired at an independent body shop and then checked at webster groves subaru. After speaking with the service manager of the dealership that sold the car to the driver (lou fusz), the subaru corporation sent an independent mechanic (from bosch eea) to evaluate the car. The driver was told in an email that the report was proprietary information and no details of the evaluation were made available. The email only reported the lack of any problems found that could explain the unexpected surging while parking. The driver spoke with the service manager at webster groves subaru. She was unable to help since no one had reproduced the problem. As far as subaru was concerned, the car was normal and offered no further help. The car has not been driven since the second repairs were completed.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	7945
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	SAINT LOUIS, MO
VIN pattern	JF2SJARC3FHXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	Y
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	1
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	5
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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.
What is Failure?
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.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2015 Subaru FORESTER Vehicle Speed Control Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2015 Subaru FORESTER Vehicle Speed Control Problems, Complaints and Defects

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