Driving to work today in the left lane, just driving normally with traffic. I get a check engine light and the screen says "Emission control system needs to be checked" - I immediately lost throttle and was lucky to get over to the right and coast down an offramp and conveniently into a gas station. I should note the car was low on gas, but nothing crazy, 1 bar left, and the gas light popped on about 2km before this happened. I was planning on grabbing coffee and filling up near work about 5 more km down the highway. Screen still says 90km to empty.
Regardless, I put in fuel, turned the car on and it seemed to work fine, except the Check engine light was on, and the cruise control icon was blinking. I got to work and one of my colleague had a scanner and checked the code, it came back as P2138 - Which apparently is something to do with the throttle pedal. Anyway, we unhooked the battery for a few minutes, plugged it back in, no more check engine light or blinking cruise control.
I worked the rest of the day, and then started on my way back home towards the highway, cruising along normally at about 60kmph the dashboard lit up and the engine completely shut off, no error code and no notices on the screen. I pulled over, turned it off, back on again, started up and drove fine all the way to the dealership where I left it tonight. No idea what's going on but it's very bizarre. Has anyone had anything similar to this or have any ideas?
It seemed to drive totally normally and then out of nowhere, poof, dead in the water. BTW it's a 2015 forester 2.5 litre 6 speed manual.
Regardless, I put in fuel, turned the car on and it seemed to work fine, except the Check engine light was on, and the cruise control icon was blinking. I got to work and one of my colleague had a scanner and checked the code, it came back as P2138 - Which apparently is something to do with the throttle pedal. Anyway, we unhooked the battery for a few minutes, plugged it back in, no more check engine light or blinking cruise control.
I worked the rest of the day, and then started on my way back home towards the highway, cruising along normally at about 60kmph the dashboard lit up and the engine completely shut off, no error code and no notices on the screen. I pulled over, turned it off, back on again, started up and drove fine all the way to the dealership where I left it tonight. No idea what's going on but it's very bizarre. Has anyone had anything similar to this or have any ideas?
It seemed to drive totally normally and then out of nowhere, poof, dead in the water. BTW it's a 2015 forester 2.5 litre 6 speed manual.
