On 2/24/18, my car lost all power on the transition from the 55 south to the 22 west freeway. The fuel indicator showed 60 miles until I had to refuel and the low fuel light was OFF. I was traveling at 70-75 mph, lost power to the engine and had to pull over to the shoulder of the freeway at approximately 9PM (dangerous!). Sensors were saying I still had plenty of fuel, but fuel had stopped making its way into the engine.
I waited a couple of minutes on the shoulder and tried to restart, but the engine wouldn't turn. I had AAA bring me gas, as it felt like I had run out of fuel, and after adding the fuel, the car started back up. I immediately got off the freeway and stopped at the nearest gas station to fuel up. I attempted to fill up the tank and it only allowed me to add 10.5 gallons of gas. I thought it was odd, since I knew my tank should be able to take on more fuel if I had run out???
Here's some quick math:
0 gallons of gas in the tank
+ 2 gallons from AAA
+ 10.5 gallons from gas station
= 12.5 gallons of gas
2016 Subaru Forester fuel tank = 15.8 gallons
15.8 gallons
-12.5 gallons I just added
=3.3 gallons of gas missing???
Fuel cannot just go missing. This tells me the sensors are accurate, I still have about 60 miles worth of fuel, but the fuel pump is not pumping fuel to the engine.
This happened again a few weeks later under very similar circumstances. Timmons Subaru in Long Beach checked it, but is saying the sensors are working accurately and that there's nothing wrong with the car.
On 2/24/18, my car lost all power on the transition from the 55 south to the 22 west freeway. The fuel indicator showed 60 miles until I had to refuel and the low fuel light was OFF. I was traveling at 70-75 mph, lost power to the engine and had to pull over to the shoulder of the freeway at approximately 9PM (dangerous!). Sensors were saying I still had plenty of fuel, but fuel had stopped making its way into the engine.
I waited a couple of minutes on the shoulder and tried to restart, but the engine wouldn't turn. I had AAA bring me gas, as it felt like I had run out of fuel, and after adding the fuel, the car started back up. I immediately got off the freeway and stopped at the nearest gas station to fuel up. I attempted to fill up the tank and it only allowed me to add 10.5 gallons of gas. I thought it was odd, since I knew my tank should be able to take on more fuel if I had run out???
Here's some quick math: 0 gallons of gas in the tank + 2 gallons from AAA + 10.5 gallons from gas station = 12.5 gallons of gas
2016 Subaru Forester fuel tank = 15.8 gallons
15.8 gallons -12.5 gallons I just added =3.3 gallons of gas missing???
Fuel cannot just go missing. This tells me the sensors are accurate, I still have about 60 miles worth of fuel, but the fuel pump is not pumping fuel to the engine.
This happened again a few weeks later under very similar circumstances. Timmons Subaru in Long Beach checked it, but is saying the sensors are working accurately and that there's nothing wrong with the car.
- dualr, Long Beach, US