I have had ongoing issues with the oil consumption on this vehicle. i have had a couple of oil consumption tests run on this car and they claim that it passes, (even though i can barely make it 4k without having to add more oil to the car) today the car is back at service to fix the front engine cover seal. one has to wonder if this was the oil issue all along, however it will cost me almost a grand just to get this repair done.
Excessive oil consumption. have to add more than a 1 quart between oil changes(every 3k miles).
Several issues: 1) replace rear strut assemblies. 04/22/19. (the car seemed fine but when they put it on a lift to work on brakes mechanics saw this. 2) the the engine shimmies and feels like it is going to stall. this has gone on since 2016. this happen when going about 30 mph. i had a mechanic look at it they found nothing. it still feels like it is going to stall. 3) bearings in rear passenger side in 2017. rear wheels were making noise when driving around 40 mph. (different mechanic looked at this. 4) right front axle shaft replaced 06/26/19 this car has never been in an accident and is used for highway driving.
My car losses power while i am driving. i merged into traffic on a two lane highway, and while my vehicle was across the north & south lanes, i lost power. luckily all traffic slowed or stopped until i was able to move my car. this has happened 3 times now, i have had it to my dealer twice and was given answers like brake problems. returning to the dealership 12/19/2019 for the third time, before i am killed, or cause a multi-car accident and other people to be injured. i have also reported this to consumer reports and subaru's main location. please notify me of anything else i can seek out as to not be killed or seriously injured in this car. thanks.
Vehicle feels as though it is about to stall. this occurs sporadically when stopping or when under acceleration on the freeway. i have taken the vehicle into two separate dealerships, neither could diagnose a problem. however one did suggest it may be a pcv valve. this appears quite similar to the recent recall (19v856) which does not include this model year.
Car will stall at light and stall on freeway causing me too loose control it will also just turn off at high speed and sometimes when stoped
Traveling on highway, approximately 60 mph, tapped brakes and anti locks activated, immediately afterwards entire dashboard lit up with every warning light possible on the vehicle. i took the first exit, traveling approximately a quarter of a mile from start of incident, into a parking lot, directly off the highway, when the car shut down. tried multiple times to restart the car- it would catch and then shut off. ended up getting it towed to my home dealer. the cause is unknown. it appeared to be a catastrophic failure of the computer which caused the entire cars systems to shut down. pictures show dash lit up and screen shot of 'my subaru' app which indicated only some of the warning lights, although all lights were lit.
The cam carriers on the engine began leaking oil, dripping onto other components. included a sensor and the catalytic converter. due to the sensor being drenched in oil, the vehicle began to have issues while in motion on roads with bucking and power because the system thought it was running lean. researching the internet shows this is a common issue with the boxer engine style chosen for foresters and can occur any time within 100,000 miles. if i had known this was a common issue, a mechanic could have repaired it prior to further damage but no recall information was available. removing the engine to fix the cam carriers is an extensive, labor-intensive repair for something subaru knows about. not an expert but if a catalytic converter or sensor fails while the car is in motion, probably not a good situation for the driver or other vehicles.
Car stalled while driving, with no lights lit up on the dashboard. happened twice, once at 5 mph and again at 25 mph. the two times it happened were about three minutes apart this morning. then i drove three hours on the highway without a repeat of the issue. when it stalled, it felt like the wheels and engine became disconnected from the gas pedal. no engine revving was audible. it did not completely stop, but slowed to a crawl coasting totally on momentum, then started moving again on its own. this is what happened both times.
My engine started failing. the compression started rapidly declining these last few weeks. my engine was sluggish and jerky. i previously had the car serviced with a new alternator and had my emissions testing done for my registration. the next day the engine light came on to alert for the problem. i brought it back in and after some testing was told it was the compression to the engine that was not working properly. it is in the shop now. after further testing decompression was even worse than previously diagnosed at other mechanic and the engine was declared to be failing. i am having to get a complete engine remake. $8,000.