2026 forester hybrid basically shutting off while driving: HELP!!
Hi all! We purchased a 2026 hybrid forester a few months ago and LOVE IT. However, about a month ago, I was driving and noticed that the display did the “I’ve shut down don’t forget to check for kids in the back” thing. Tried to accelerate- nothing. Coasted onto a side road, put it in park, tried to turn it “off”…. Nada. Pressed the power button again and the dash lit up like a Christmas tree but still no power. Did this few times and it finally restarted. Was able to limp it to a lot, and had ilto taken to the dealer. By the time we got to the dealer, all of the lights had reset and they couldn’t find an error code despite their app showing all these errors and their concierge services calling us as they had gotten alerts. The dealership techs were stumped. They tried to recreate the fault over 3 days without success.
So we picked it up and had no issues with it until Tuesday. I was driving home and the same thing happened. Twice in a mile period. I called the dealership and they remembered me. My husband followed me home and it lost all power for a total of 5 times that morning. And when it did run, there was absolutely no power. I’d have it floored and maybe be able to get to 30 mph. Again got all the notifications and calls from Subaru that something was wrong. Of course by the time the techs got it everything had reset.
I saw several reports of the same thing happening when I looked on here the other day… but I didn’t see any posts that reported resolution.
Hoping someone has advice
Thanks in advance
Posted Sep 10, 2026, 7:13 PM UTC