# 2012 SUBARU IMPREZA — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
> NHTSA complaint `1574128` · 2019-06-12 · Subaru of America, Inc.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** SUBARU
- **Model:** IMPREZA
- **Year:** 2012
- **Manufacturer:** Subaru of America, Inc.
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- **Miles at failure:** 47,000
- **Speed:** 5 mph
## Narrative
1. 5/12/17. RANDOM SURGE FROM STOP OR SLOW SPEED.   STOPPED AT LIGHT, GENTLY STEPPED ON GAS TO PULL AHEAD, CAR SURGED HARD AND QUICKLY INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME.  $1500 DAMAGE TO MY CAR.      2. 1/11/18.  STOPPED AT LIGHT, GENTLY STEPPED ON GAS TO PULL AHEAD, CAR SURGED VERY HARD AND QUICKLY INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, THAT WAS QUITE SOME DISTANCE AWAY!  AS I KNEW THE CAR HAS AN ISSUE WITH SURGING.  THIS TIME  $9500 DAMAGE TO MY CAR, UNKNOWN AMOUNT TO OTHER CAR.  STATE FARM SHOULD HAVE TOTALED CAR, SAID INTERIOR WAS IN GREAT CONDITION.  SO NOW WE HAVE TO KEEP DRIVING A CAR THAT IS NOT SAFE.    3. 3/5/18 (APPROX) THIS TIME I WENT TO PICK UP MY GRANDSON AT AFTERNOON PROGRAM, THE PARKING LOT ON HILL OVERLOOKING THE SCHOOL.  STOPPED TO PARK, NEEDED TO PULL UP A BIT, GENTLY STEPPED ON GAS AND CAR SURGED HARD AND QUICKLY.  IF CURB HAD NOT BEEN BIG ENOUGH, I WOULD HAVE WENT DOWN HILL INTO CLASSROOM FULL OF CHILDREN.      THE RESPONSE FROM SUBARU HAS BEEN THERE'S NOTHING WRONG, JUST VERY RESPONSIVE GAS PEDAL.  BS!  I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR 40 YEARS WITH NO ACCIDENTS NOW 2 IN 6 MONTHS AND I ALMOST WAS INVOLVED IN A MAJOR TRAGEDY.  THIS NEEDS TO STOP NOW BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED.      MAKE SUBARU RECALL IMMEDIATELY AND FIX THIS ISSUE.  I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE, I FOUND OUT ONLINE.   THE REASON WE BOUGHT A SUBARU WAS FOR SAFETY , NOW IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.
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