Car throws a p2138 code and car goes in limp mode with the accelerator pedal non-responsive. have to pull over and reset ecu to get back on road. have replaced accelerator pedal, throttle body, relay, and ecm at subaru dealership. happened dozens of times. car has been completely stock and cobb accessport tuned to stage 1. happens tuned and stock. happens sometimes immediately upon startup and other times while maintaining 70mph lm the highway. happened when i was out of gear coasting to a stop sign. random occurrence. subaru has no solution.
On 07/08/2019 i took my subaru impreza to a local dealership to have recalls wue90 and wty84 competed. it now seems that whatever work was done to satisfy the recalls has been causing the car to malfunction. the recall service was completed on 07/09, and i picked it up that day. beginning on 07/10, however, the check engine and vehicle dynamics control warning lights started coming on intermittently. so far, these warning lights have displayed for a portion, or for the entirety, of 22 of the past 32 days. both lights (check engine and vdc) have displayed together every time, and are usually on or off when the vehicle is started. when the lights are on, the cruise control does not function and i have noticed a significant (-21.6%) decrease from my average gas mileage. on four occasions that i am able to recall, the warning lights also came on under braking (i.e. they were off when i started the car and then turned on at some point during my trip when i pressed the brakes). whether the warning lights are on or off, i have no way of knowing what isn't working (other than the cruise control as i mentioned). i have taken the vehicle back to subaru twice to try to resolve the issue: first on 07/10 and then on 08/07. they scanned the codes, did some work on it, and gave the car back to me, claiming that it was fixed. the one thing they are failing to consider is that the problem may actually be related to the service performed to complete the recalls because i've never had an issue with the vdc since i bought the car almost six years ago, and i don't believe the check engine light has come on during that period either. at this point, i don't even know if the car is safe to drive. attachment: photo of warning lights after leaving the camelback subaru (phoenix, az) service shop on 08/07/2019.
I was driving and the cruise control light started blinking, the check engine light came on, and the traction control light came on. https://youtu.be/zujiggdqq5e
Driving up a slight grade into home garage i depressed the accelerator very slightly . the car shot suddenly forward and footbrake did not respond. car sideswiped other car and broke thru rear panel of garage before i could stop it with handbrake. major damage to front end of car.
While my son was driving in the 95 north suddenly the car lock out! my son brought the car to garavel subaru garage in norwalk ct. where diego who is the service manager at garavel subaru took care of it, that was on november 18/2017 until approximately 11/28 or 29 2017! when he pick up the car at gravel subaru, the car the the same thing with the clutch again! my some brought again the car to the garage on december 23/2017- until january 4/2018,who was check again and the come up that the car doesn't have any thing wrong. my son came back with the car, with the mind set the everything was ok. an he was risk he life and other life with the defective car.! still. and the clutch did again, lock out!!! he brought the car again on january 28 on or about 2018 and currently there! please investigate!
While on the brake pedal, the vehicle accelerated. this happened on two separate occasions; both while my foot was on the brake pedal. the first time this happened, i was on my brake at a red light (stationary) and the second time, after i went over a small "lip" on the asphalt, i was braking to park in front of a house when it accelerated substantially, causing extensive damage to the house and car, while almost killing me.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 subaru impreza. the contact stated that while driving 4 mph in reverse, the vehicle rapidly accelerated in reverse. the contact was unable to stop the vehicle, as it proceeded to crash into a boulder followed by a tree. the rear bumper was damaged however, there were no injuries and a police report was not filed. the contact stated that the failure occurred twice, initially in november 2013 and again in february 2014 while in reverse. the manufacturer was contacted and offered no assistance with repairing the vehicle. the failure mileage was 6,300 and the current mileage was 7,000.
We were pulling into a parking place, turning the wheel and the car unexpected leaped forward. this has occurred now 5 times--all times moving slowly forward, turning the wheel as we tried to park. this has occurred with both my partner driving, and with myself driving. so far we have managed to slam on the brakes in time--and they stopped the car. but we fear crashing or accidentally hurting someone. *tr
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 subaru impreza. the contact was involved in two crashes in 2013. for both crashes, while the contact attempted to stop the vehicle in traffic, it unexpectedly accelerated and rear ended the preceding vehicle. a police report was filed in both cases. the contact was not injured. the air bags did not deploy in either crash. the vehicle was driving 35 mph and towed after the first crash. the contact suspected that she was sold a vehicle with multiple failures in 2013. the contact found out that someone bought the vehicle and returned it prior to it being purchased by the contact. the contact thought the vehicle was brand new. the vehicle was purchased from autonation subaru west (16351 w colfax ave, golden, co 80401, (303) 578-6120). the failure mileage was 2,000.