I have had very similar issues to the gentleman whose nhtsa # is 11161972. on three occasions when i was driving on the highway at approximately 70 miles an hour and usually going up and incline, my engine would sputter and the car would die. all three times my car screen showed that i had between 60 and 80 miles left in my tank and my fuel gauge which show two clicks to the right of empty. the first time i thought it could be due to the fact that i needed gas in my car . at that point i contacted aaa and they brought me 2 gallons of gas to get me to the next exit to so that i can fill my tank. the second time i had moved over to the emergency lane as my car was dying. i had waited about 10 minutes while i was waiting on aaa again to show up when i decided to start my car and the engine started. i was literally 2/10 of a mile from the gas station so i headed in that direction to fill my tank. the third time as i was inclining on a hill in the fast lane, the engine suddenly died as i was driving about 70 miles an hour. fortunately i thought fast and hit the emergency flashers as i had a semi right behind my car. this time i moved over into the left side emergency lane and waited about 10 minutes and my car started again. this seems to always happen when the car is showing between 60 and 90 miles of gas left in my tank and always with two clicks on the full gage. i am not sure as to why this is happening and have taken it to my subaru dealership and they are unaware of any problems yet we're unable to re-create the problem when they tried to drive it. as someone who puts a lot of road miles on their car for work, this is a little bit scary as my travels are on the highway and not always in large cities. one thing that i have noticed is that the vin number on nhtsa ticket # 11161972 matches mine exactly based on what is shown on your site. all hwy driving.
2016 subaru forester xt with 57000 miles. the cel came on during a 5 minute drive and started to stall. after stopping and starting the car, the engine continuously sputtered. cel came on, stability control disabled, traction control disabled, cruise control disabled. to keep the car from dying, driver had to rev engine. driver took it to the dealership because the car was unsafe to drive (stalled in the middle of intersections). cel was reset after dealership changed the o2 sensor. car ran fine for 50 miles. cel came on, stability control, traction control and cruise control were all disabled. car would skid on wet surfaces. car would stall. car would lag on the throttle response and then accelerate at a very high-rate, resulting in near miss accidents. returned to the dealership. brake-light sensor was replaced first and cel reset. issue appeared immediately afterwords and all fuel injectors had to replaced. drove car from dealership and 1 day later, same problem appeared. dealership replaced egr valve. did not resolve the problem. as of august 20, 2018, the car is undriveable and with the dealership undergoing diagnostics. all incidents occurred while the vehicle was in motion driving on both a highway, city street, and making turns. the fault has not been successfully identified but all attempts at resolution have been on the fuel, throttle, and exhaust systems.
I've had this car for 1.5 years and it's already stalled twice times. both times i was driving on the highway and without any warning my car just started to rapidly decrease speed. both times, i my gas meter said that i had over 50 miles of gas left in my car. its absolutely terrifying because when the car shuts off, i have about two minute to get to the shoulder before it's completely dead.
Vehicle suddenly accelerated when i had my foot on the brake pulling into a parking space. it went over an embankment and crashed nose first into the parking lot below.
At low speed (under 15 mph) a hesitation occurs causing the vehicle to loose acceleration power for as long as 3 or 4 seconds. it is an intermittent problem occurring only 8 times in three months. problem almost caused a collision while turning left before oncoming traffic. later recurrences produced the same problem during right turns also. we returned the car to the dealer and purchased a 2017 of the same model hoping this problem will be solved.