Traveling from ri to western ny. departed ri in am with moderate rainfall when "eyesight disabled" indicator flashed several times over the course of half hour. when rain subsided, indicator disappeared. several hours later, was driving 65-70mph on straight section of major interstate with good visibility, approaching a highway overpass when "obstacle detected" warning appeared despite no obstacle in road, and shortly thereafter car went into a slow spin (felt as if floating) towards left, striking a guardrail underneath the overpass head-on and continuing to spin 360 degrees at which point i was able to recover control of the car. it felt as if brakes had engaged (? crash imminent braking system) although i did not have foot on brake pedal and i did not attempt to brake while in the spin as i feared rolling the vehicle. despite extensive front end damage, airbags did not deploy. had to leave the vehicle in albany, ny and currently awaiting evaluation by insurance adjuster. of note, 5 months earlier the windshield had cracked when hit with small rock and was replaced at subaru dealership where the vehicle was purchased.
I have experienced two instances of phantom braking, similar to reports i've read about nissan rogues. once in july, and once last week. in both cases i was driving at low highway speed on a sunny afternoon. the car's "object dectected" warning flashed and beeped, and the car braked automatically, for no reason. i suspect bright sunlight and/or a shadow on the highway was to blame
Takata recall, we recently purchased a 2019 subaru forester from a subaru dealer in berlin vermont. it developed an extremely loud squeal with under 2000 miles. this was a result of defective brake material on the right rear inner brake pad breaking loose from the brake pad and lodging between the rotor and dust shield. i took photos of said defect (kept the defective component) and brought the vehicle back to the dealer, i gave them the defective material which was crusted on the side of the pad lining. they brought the car in and told me it was road dirt. fortunately i took photos of the defective component as well as the brake pad. they gave me the car back without changing the defective components. the defective brake pad had a build up of this crusted obviously defective material from brake manufacture on the sides of it. this material appeared to have a lava crusty type texture and is obviously not brake pad material. the manufactured brake pads are currently on the vehicle. i can not upload photos on this computer, do have photos however. this would obviously have some effect on brake life and and performance as a foreign substance is being introduced into the service brake components. i have the actual miles when the dealer brought it into the shop as well. thanks for your attention in this matter.