2009 Subaru Forester Automatic Transmission Problems
- 4
- 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 4 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
- 1 indicate a death
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 2 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Automatic Transmission
Driver was backing up vehicle, when it accelerated rapidly, causing loss of control and traffic crash where a pedestrian was backed over, pinned and killed. Drive had no explanation of why this happened. Passenger in vehicle claims there had to have been mechanical defect. *tr
Crash reported · 1 death
ODI 10353747
Automatic Transmission
Car engine races sometimes when slowing down . *tr
ODI 10308391
Automatic Transmission · Electrical System · Fuel System, Gasoline · Vehicle Speed Control
Vehicle: 2009 subaru forester limited, on 6/20/09 i experienced an incident of unintended acceleration. Cruise control was on. Before our exit i canceled the cruise control but left it "on". On the ramp, i let the car slow. At about 40 mph i moved the shift lever into 'sport' mode, downshifted to 3rd gear, then 2nd, then braked to a stop. The car was stopped, in gear, idling. My foot was on the brake. Without…
ODI 10274421
Automatic Transmission
Bought the 2009 forester in december 08. Drove fine for the first two months. Then it started to lag in its shifting. If i was about to stop at a light and the light changed, i put my foot back on the gas and car would not accelerate so i give it more gas and then it kicks in hard almost causing an accident to the car in front of me. It doesn't happen all the time. So i thought it was just me. Until i was driving on…
ODI 10279320