The car occasionally acts like it going to stall , primarily when turning left at traffic signals. the accelerator has to be pushed hard to overcome the approximately 1- 1.5 second delay before the car starts to accelerate. this has caused near collisions on several occasions. the engine stop button was activated to prevent engine stopping at car idle.
Often, but not always, mostly when turning left from a stop as at a traffic light the car will hesitate and lose power and speed. then i try to accelerate and the car surges forward too fast. i feel that i am going to stall in the intersection.
The vehicle accelerates/lurches forward every time when coasting or slowly braking from around 30mph to a stop. there is a normal predictable reduction in speed until the car reaches 15 to 16 mph, at which point it accelerates/lurches forward. it feels as if the transmission was suddenly shifting and creating more power. the severity of the acceleration while fluctuates wildly. in one instance while slowing approaching a stop light the car severely accelerated forcing me to have to slam on the brakes to compensate and prevent the vehicle from crashing into the car in front of us waiting at the stop light. the car came to a stop approximately 20 feet in front of where we would have stopped under normal conditions. the vehicle had less than 100 miles on it when the most severe of these instances occurred. on another note the car has trouble coasting. it decelerates abnormally fast when you take your foot off the gas.
Vehicle quickly developed a "surge, sputtering, jerk" type action when coasting or maintaining speeds above 35mph. also when braking, there is good and predictable speed reduction until about 10mph when the transmissions seems to unlock and the car lunges forward since there is suddenly not enough brake pressure because the transmission has shifted for some reason. dealer has been able to replicate the issue but has no known fix. brand new car 1 month old and it runs like a brand new car should, until you get to maintaining cruising speeds. very disappointing to have this one issue with something that is otherwise a fantastic car.
In our 2 week old 2019 forester, we were driving on the freeway at 65mph and felt a sudden jolt and the car shut off: the lights on the dashboard went off, the headlights went off, the turn signals would not work and the accelerator wasn't working. we guided the car off the freeway and sat on the side of the freeway. the dealer's master mechanic cannot find any code that tells them what is wrong so they tell us there is nothing to fix. this is outrageous. this was a life-threatening event so we do not feel safe driving the car for ourselves and other cars on the freeway. subaru is not taking this seriously. we read there have been other "car stall" problems similar to ours with foresters from other years.
When i start my car via subaru starlink the following technical issues occur voice over bluetooth gets distorted, apple carplay does not connect or affects radio first was noticed jan 23, 2019. also, power rear gate door would fail and would not open with rear gate button, dash button or via key fob as this on and off problem also noticed after car is started via remote app starlink. power gate problem reported first on jan 23, 2019 and continues through the present date. eyesight failed on jul 06, 2019 when car was started via starlink, jul 07, 2019 eyesight back on and failed again on jul 08, 2019 when car was manually started from parking position. when eyesight fails it effect vehicle dynamic control which analyzes steering angle, engine speed and braking conditions. also, cruise control fails to work ans well subaru reverse automatic breaking. total miles on the car 7321 as of jul 08, 2019.