Subaru Sudden Acceleration Lawsuit Update - Forester Slams Into A Garage

Either through paralyses of the mind and/or hands leads to these accidents. Don’t these autos have a gear shift? Put it in neutral and let the engine roar. When you do come to a stop, shut it off.

There was no doubt that Toyota had a rare SUA based on analysis settled out of court as experts were allowed to review secret computer source code - Bakken case I believe. NASA experts were not allowed to analyze source code. In their report they dissed my idea that I had submitted to another car lovers website to win a million dollar prize if cause was proven. I still believe it may be related as well as bad solder joints. Something had to trigger the questionable code inputs. It wasn't the pedal recall although all must be careful the mats don't interfere with pedals. Get those good USA made mats advertised.

Good luck with NHTSA. I had Sudden Unintended Acceleration in my 2006 Toyota Sienna in 2019 and reported it to NHTSA. All I received back from them were some emails dismissing me with one even telling me they were too busy to deal with my report. The cause of this problem will never be found as long as Toyota and Subaru continue to be allowed to do their own inspections on their post SUA vehicles. I wouldn't even trust NHTSA to do post SUA inspections at this point if they were to do them as they have clearly been MIA with this problem for years. Don't make the mistake I made by bringing your post SUA vehicle to dealer. Find a mechanic that will run tests on a post SUA Subaru or Toyota that does not work for Toyota or Subaru, they are out there. Do online search to find them, they exist. No surprise that If you take car to dealer they will only find fault with the driver of the car. Dealer will say it was driver error due to mistaking accelerator for brake pedal or it was because of a floor mat. I know because that is what Toyota did to me even though there was a witness in car with me during SUA that saw with their own eyes that what happened with my van was clearly a very dangerous mechanical malfunction.

I tested my 17 Outback, held the accelerator down and stepped on the brake. The engine cut power - throttle closed - as programmed. That's how I understand it's supposed to work, so something else is wrong.

I own a 2016 Outback and had trouble with it automatically accelerating while on cruise control. I took it to two different dealers who were unable to find the problem. At least I was able to slow it down by hitting the break pedal.

Virtually all cars brakes are more powerful than the engine - especially in that weak-ass Subaru. These people are likely NOT hitting the brakes, they are mashing the accelerator in their confusion and thinking they are on the brakes.

If this woman was truly hitting the brakes on that Forester, it would have come to a reasonably quick stop - even if the engine was at full throttle.

This is ALWAYS driver error. Brakes verse engine brakes win 100% of the time. There's no such thing as unintended acceleration, Only confused drivers.

Karen, chupo. My brakes did not stop my vehicle when a sua happened with me, nor did I have floor mats. I’m confused on where you get your information on Toyota and Subarus sua. I guess until you experience it, you be in denial! Anyway, two dumb shits like yourselves shouldn’t even be thinking they know anything! Where’s the history and credentials stating you know all? Eh? Tired of lame ass people thinking they know it all!! Your opinions are stretched and should be kept to yourself! Fools stand for a company that will shit on you faster than explosive diarrhea! I’m proof!!

Yes Karen, I feel better knowing you read my”insults” because your intelligence is your biggest insult!! Haha bye Karen! Don’t reply... cause no one cares!

Justin, can't control his anger. I wonder how would deal with the" unintended acceleration." He needs to master the two pedals and stop lying.

I agree with you about the panic situation. I have seen several of these on while working on the police force and in every case it was driver error and panic.
One of my colleagues did this with a chevy truck and almost ran over two mechanics, backing out of the bay and hitting the gas. What happens is they think the brakes are not working and they press harder so the car goes like hell. If like others suggested, placing the real brake pedal on and switching to neutral, there would be no problem. Now this was a chevy truck, so i think this happens more than we realize. He paid for the damage and didnt go through his insurance. Toyota also found, i believe, evidence the gas pedal was bent ever so slightly by the driver using so much force

I need to disagree that the application of brakes can overpower the engine running at full throttle. Power brakes depend on engine vacuum for full effectiveness. There is only enough vacuum stored in the power brake vacuum chamber for 2 or 3 applications with full power assist when engine vacuum is lost. When an engine is running wide open, there no vacuum available to the power brakes making achieving full braking ability with vacuum loss difficult or impossible. A person in a panic condition stabling at the brakes would deplete any vacuum and the ability to overcome the engine power would be in doubt. As stated in the previous comments,the correct action should be to turn off the ignition key or in the case a car with keyless ignition, press hold the start button and shift the automatic transmission to neutral and never park.

The Subaru UA is NOT DRIVER error. This has happened to my wife on 4 separate occasions causing accidents on the last 2 occurrences. The most recent one was in a parking lot with a lift gate to exit. She was the 3rd car in line with her foot on the brake waiting for the other 2 cars in front of her to exit; when all of a sudden her Outback took off and hit the car in front of her which in turn pushed that car into the car at the exit gate.

Another one was coming to a stop on an exit ramp off an interstate, and as she was nearing the car ahead of her, again the Outback took off and slammed into the car ahead of her.

These two accidents have caused over $ 7,500 in damages to the other cars, not counting her own car, and raising our insurance rates over the past 4 years.

A third occurrence was in a hospital parking lot when she allowed a mother and daughter to walk in front of her car as she was attempting to park hers. Needless to say the car again accelerated and she nearly hit the mom and daughter.

So the car is at a local Subaru dealership now in the 3rd week and still waiting to hear back from the Japanese technicians supposedly. I am very leery if they can solve the problem and if they do there will always be that inclination as to " did they really fix this" and will be driving with one foot poised over the brake pedal continuously.

I have a 2021 Forester with a minor accelleration issue. Normal idle is about 750 RPM but when I drive and slow down, idle is 1200 RPM (which is the RPM for 35 MPH). When I slow down below 35 MPH and start to let my foot off the brake, the car speeds up. I've checked to make sure the floor mat isn't trapping the accelerator - it isn't- and I'm an old stick shift driver. That means right foot is for the brakes OR the accelerator so I'm not inadvertently hitting the gas. I've contacted my dealer and am waiting to hear back.

I have a 2016 Subaru Legacy Limited 2,51. Was pulling into parking space, I took my foot off the accelerator and pushed the brake and car went full sped into a cement pole. …Dec. 2021