Owners File a Class-Action Lawsuit Over Subaru's Unintended Acceleration Problems
Subaru vehicles are accelerating on their own and the automaker's claim that owners are to blame isn't going over well. A new class-action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of owners with cars that may have unintended acceleration problems. This includes the 2012-2018 Forester, 2015-2019 Legacy, and 2015-2019 Outback.
One of the lead plaintiffs says they were driving slowly with the foot on the brake pedal, and as they were about to shift into PARK the vehicle surged forward causing a collision.
The lawsuit alleges that Subaru has concealed the problem since 2011 and that dealerships routinely blame the drivers for mixing up the pedals or letting their floor mats get out of place.
It's the same thing Toyota used to say before they had to recall over 4 million vehicles for similar problems.
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Related Subaru Generations
At least one model year in these 3 generations have a relationship to this story.
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4th Generation Forester
- Years
- 2014–2018
- Reliability
- 38th out of 38
- PainRank™
- 21.02
- Complaints
- 353
6th Generation Legacy
- Years
- 2015–2019
- Reliability
- 24th out of 38
- PainRank™
- 5.72
- Complaints
- 82
6th Generation Outback
- Years
- 2015–2019
- Reliability
- 36th out of 38
- PainRank™
- 17.97
- Complaints
- 382