1. Subaru Forester
  2. Problems
  3. 2000
  4. Vehicle Speed Control

2000 Subaru Forester Vehicle Speed Control Problems

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Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 3 stored complaint records:

  • 2 indicate a crash
  • 1 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
60–100k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • September 12, 2010 · 95,000 miles

    Vehicle Speed Control

    On september 12, 2010, our 2000 subaru forrester went into unintended acceleration while backing out of a parking space causing the car to be totaled, damage to a ford f350 truck and injury to the owner of the truck. Similar incident occurred in 2008 when going forward and coming to a stop before entering a highway. Car accelerated and had to press both feet on the brake until the brake met the floor. The car was…

    Crash reported · 1 injury

    ODI 10357727

  • August 6, 2000

    Vehicle Speed Control

    The first incident occurred when i was attemting to park behind another vehicle. When i pushed the brake pedal, there was a surge of acceleration and i could do nothing but run into the vehicle in front. The second occasion was similar, but, this time i was trying to come to a stop at a busy intersection. When the brake pedal was pushed, there was a surge of acceleration and i had to floor the accelerator pedal to…

    Crash reported

    ODI 727806

  • January 6, 2000

    Vehicle Speed Control

    The vehicle accelerated to 100 mph while engaged with cruise control because the cruise control is defective. Yh

    ODI 550688