2020 Subaru Forester Collision Avoidance Problems

In April 2022 after owning the car for 4 weeks the Eyesight went out. I was told it was due to the thermal control module. That was replaced.

The contact owns a 2020 Subaru Forester. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 30 MPH, the brake pedal of the vehicle was applied inadvertently without any vehicles surrounding the vehicle. The contact stated that simultaneously a " Pre collision braking system was activated " message appeared.

Was slowly pulling into a parking spot when the "Automatic Emergency Braking" and "Collision Avoidance Systems" engaged. The systems said that there was an "object detected" and slammed the car to a stop. Shut off the car and got out, there was no object.

Subaru eyesight technology has a pre collision feature along with lane departure feature. Latter can be turned off permanently, the pre-collision feature cannot. Number of instances where this has malfunctioned in a way that is unsafe.

Driving on straight multi-lane highway ~2:00 pm in the daytime at ~55 MPH; clear, dry weather, dry road. No vehicles or obstructions of any kind in front of vehicle, fortunately no vehicles behind. Automatic emergency braking system triggered fully without any warning, bringing car to sudden stop in high speed travel lane; could have caused severe rear end collision had there been anyone behind.

12/16/2020 driving. 3:30 pm daytime. Clear weather.

While I was traveling I stopped at a rest area and when I restarted my car, my panel lit up like a Christmas tree. All my safety assist systems were disabled and my check engine light came on. When I got home I had my mechanic run the codes and it came back to the thermo control valve.