Subaru forester loosing power while driving

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Asked by Joel Sep 19, 2018 at 01:05 PM about the 2003 Subaru Forester X

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a Forester 2003. Few months ago started losing
power while i was driving. Start doing this problems once is
on the road driving. Had 3 check engine codes at the
moment. Fix 3 of them which was an O2 sensor and a
broken cable. Also change spark plugs, ignition coil, fuel
filter, few weeks ago was doing this problem and I take the
car to the mecanic and he was testing the fuel pressure
and told me it was the fuel pump. So i thought that was the
problem, but I change the fuel pump 2 weeks ago and the
problem persist. The car has no problems when it starts,
but after a few minutes driving start losing power, and it
stuck below mph, almost impossible to drive. Right now
doesn't have any codes so I have no idea what can cause
this problem. Also the catalityc converter is new, less than
3 years.

4 Answers

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My car is going this aswell . It's been in the shop for 2 months . Machanic replaced cat converter and fuel pump assembly. Still not working. Did you end up fixing yours? What was the problem ?

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We have the same problem. While driving the power suddenly turns off and we are fortunate to be able to pull safely off road. Mechanic said we had to replace foot pedal(??) - we did. We still have a problem...bottom line - this Forester is unsafe to operate on high speed highways!

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Curious as to what year model is having problems. I have a 2015 Forrester that did this after 3 hours of highway — just suddenly dropped power. They are changing battery. I’m not optimistic.

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