Like others in this thread, I
Like others in this thread, I had a terrifying sudden acceleration with my 2016 Subaru Outback recently just as I started up and took it out of Park. Fortunately I had the presence of mind to hit the ignition to stop the car. After calming down and then not totally believing what had just happened, I started the car up again, took it out of Park and sure enough, the exact same thing happened. I was extremely fortunate not to have hit a person, other vehicle or obstacle. I had the car towed to the local Subaru dealer/maintenance who suggested it was an issue of carbon build up behind the throttle, then charged me $347.50 for the following: "Checked for stored DTCS, found nothing pertaining to throttle issues.Inspected and cleaned throttle body...found debris behind throttle plate. Cleaned debris and entire throttle body. Tested..operates as designed." To the service department it was as though nothing at all happened, I should just drive off and not think about this, and I am angry that they were so dismissive about something that could have been lethal. They also told me that I should have had a "fuel system service". This car, serviced according to Subaru's maintenance schedule, has been serviced regularly since we purchased it. They have never done this fuel system service, despite the 68K mileage when last serviced by them (Subaru's 60K service). My question is whether or not it's safe to drive this vehicle, and where do I go from here to alert others of this extremely hazardous problem?