Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||||
| 2000 | 02/01/2000 | 610109 | Brief information pertaining to the select monitor cartridge. *tt | 04/17/2000 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 08/03/2010 | 98000 | ||
| I was driving alone in a 2001 subaru forester around 3pm on a sunny august day in 2010. heading south on a 2 lane road in tallahassee, fl, i approached a red stoplight ahead with two vehicles stopped in front of me. as i started to brake, the vehicle abruptly accelerated, i swerved into the oncoming lane to avoid the stopped cars in my lane as the vehicle continued to accelerate to about 40 miles/hr. a vehicle had just made a turn at the light intersection into the oncoming lane, so i had to steer the forester to the left, up over a curb onto an embankment to get around the oncoming car to avoid a head on collision, then steer back onto the road to avoid a telephone pole. the vehicle careened back across into the orginal lane i started in while the traffic was still stopped at the light. i passed in front of the stopped cars and missed them . at that point i smacked hard against the other curve in the original southbound lane i was traveling in and the vehicle came to rest. three of four tires were damaged from impact with the curbs on either side fo the road and had to be replaced. no one was injured and there was no property damage other than to the three tires on my vehicle and the front left wheel assembly. i had purchased this car with 98,000 miles on it, had had extensive repairs done on it and had driven it about 6,000 miles before this occurrence. i had noted no incidence of abrupt acceleration with this vehicle prior to this occurrence, nor in the additional 5,000 miles i have driven it since. i took the vehicle to the subaru dealership who sent me to a body shop. i took the repaired vehicle back to the dealership and asked them to check the accelerator. they said nothing was wrong with the accelerator pedal or linkage system. | |||
| 12/23/2010 | 80300 | ||
| My 2001 standard transmission subaru forrester failed to release cruise control when brake was used. i had difficulty, but was able to gain control and shift into neutral on the shoulder. afterward, brakes seemed to work fine. | |||