2015 SUBARU Forester

3 lugnuts snapped on my front passenger side and my tire broke off

I found a 14mm shiny bolt on back floor, by left side of front passenger seat. It turned out to be the retaining bolt for the receiver bend of the front passenger seat belt. Also found the two bolts holding down the front of the front passenger seat were both about 3/4″ above metal seat, and were easily turned by hand. I torqued the heck out of all three bolts, but was miffed by there being no lock washers used by Subaru. I then checked all bolts on drivers side (and ALL bolts on seats, etc. of my wife’s 2017 Forester). No other bolts were loose. I am really upset about the safety aspect of the seat belt bolt, and was lucky it landed in plain sight.

Auto accelerated unexpectedly after leaving car wash bay. Auto sped through parking lot into street and crashed into another auto traveling on a road.

I was traveling on the freeway going 65mph, when with no warning my car's engine stop. I tough it was out of gas, but the computer was telling me i had 30 more miles of fuel. At the time of this accident there was no shoulder to park because of construction on the freeway. This unfortunate event cause 3 other cars to be involved in a car accident. Some how my car was ok, i drove the car back to my house praying that it would not happen again. My husband drove it for a little to see if it will be ok to drive. Same thing happen to hem, but this was in a much controlled way.

Pulling into parking spot, vehicle started to stall, gave a little more gas and vehicle launched forward and hit cement pole. No damage to pole car damage around 8k.air bags did not deploy. This has happened when pulling out into traffic also

The windshield while the vehicle was sitting in the driveway. *Tr

Suddenly it started to accurate and the other was all in bord control system default are lighting up

Car burns oil. No leaks and oil light comes on every 2,000-3,000 miles when it shouldn’t be changed but every 5000. ac makes horrible noise and intermittently works but hardly ever. Will run for a couple min then not work the rest of the drive time

While taking groceries out of back seat, i found a 14mm shiny nut on back floor, left back side of front passenger seat. It fell off the bolt holding the front passenger safety belt retainer (part you click buckle into). After putting it back on, and torquing the heck out of it, i found that the two bolts holding front passenger seat down, were loose and standing about 0.75" above bracket surface. I also torqued those down to avoid seat becoming loose. I then checked all other bolts for front seats and found no problem. We were very lucky to have had the seat belt nut fall where it did, or my wife could have been hurt.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. When the contact's wife lifted the hatchback, the left support arm fractured. The vehicle was taken to carbone subaru of troy (800 hoosick rd, troy, ny 12180, 518-312-4300) where it was diagnosed that the left hatchback support arm was fractured. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000. *Tt consumer replaced new lift arm. Ball-headed bolt had snapped.* jb *dt *tr the consumer stated the right side strut has also failed. *Js*dt *jb

My wife and i were looking specifically for the 2014-2018 subaru forester. We looked over 25 of the same car and most of them had this noise coming from the ac compressor. The one we bought was 27000 miles only and did not have the loud noise on the ac compressor when we bought it, but about 2000 miles later the noise started, and after a little research we found that is super common on those years models to have the issue, and eventually it causes ac compressor to failure. I would attach a video if possible.

Vehicle had 82,401 miles when on january 19, 2021 the "engine low level warning light" illuminated. Oil level on dip-stick measured at very end of stick. Added 1qt 0-20w synthetic oil, scheduled a complete "leak-down test" at dan o'brien subaru in vermont. The service also performed a 2k mile "consolidated engine oil consumption test". The results measured no oil consumption but the "compression & leak-down test" measured: cylinder #1 = 160psi & 5%, #2 = 148psi & 25%, #3 = 165psi & 5%, #4 = 153psi & 20%. They reported most of "leakage was going into block past pistons and some was "leaking" by intake valves. Recommend replacing short-block". To date, due to the "oil consumption test" and not the "compression and leak-down test" results, the dealer is not willing to repair and/or remedy the problem, even though, the compression and leak-down test indicates a "severe" degradation to the engine with only 84,770 miles. This is well below subaru's advertised 100,000 mile drive-train warranty publicized. Note: this vehicle has been serviced regularly by only subaru dealerships since it was purchased in 2017, and the carfax report stated it was only used by subaru dealership as a corporate personnel rental before then. Additionally the current carfax report showed no incidents or accidents and all vehicle services maintained properly.

I'm writing every office i can think of. This is about the automobile industries decision to put soy in the plastic of all makes and model cars after 2012. Who ever the genius is that thought this would be a good idea should start paying for all the damage the rats are doing to the wiring systems, wiring harness and fuel lines. I bought a 2015 subaru forrester in june of 2015. By sept. I had my first of 7 visits to the dealer to repair the damage done by rats. I understand rats have been chewing on wiring ever since cars were invented. But the rats have never chewed on the fuel lines because they use to be made of steel belted cable covered in thick rubber. Now, your fuel lines resemble plastic drinking straws. I've had my fuel lines replaced 3 times, my wiring harness 2 times and i've had a litter of new born rats born in a nest made on the drivers side door hinge! I've put out every rat or mice trap know to man but the rats go right around it and get into the fuel line box. I understand the reasoning behind the soy plastic. More economical, more lightweight and cost less to use. That's fine but you should pay for my damage. You see what's happened??? we, the consumers are stuck with your bright idea. We have to pay for it. This is not fair and i'm angry. I can't sell my subaru and buy a toyota or ford or nissan because they all are using soy. There are hundreds of class action lawsuits against every maker. Something has to be done. Someone has to pressure the car makers to do the right thing and come up with a solution. Honda at least has recognized the problem and come out with rat tape soaked in capsaicin. I bought this to wrap around my fuel lines. Why should i have to pay 40 to 50 dollars a roll when it's not my fault? I also spray my engine and top of tires with coyote urine. Rat problem started in 2015 and still going on to this day.

After 4hrs of driving with 2 pit stops in between, i was in 3 lane traffic and down to 1 bar on fuel gauge stating i had 50mi left of driving remaining in tank.. Low fuel light hadn't even turned on yet, only to find that the car had lost power and reduced speed and wouldn't accelerate when i used has pedal. However the interior lights and power windows still worked. I was able to pull off to the side of road and shut the car off. I looked under the hood and found nothing to be out of sorts. No dash lights went off either such as battery or check engine. I started the car back up in 5mins and fueled my car up. Also, during the trip my fuel mileage was consistently going down which the lowest reading days 17mpg when normally 30mpg. This happened the day after taking my vehicle in for new tires at a corporate tire company. 2 weeks later car having troubles starting. Battery and alternator checked out good, so suspected fuel pump. Car dealership states fuel filter inside the pump and even if there was a way to test the pressure it may not be accurate because it could be intermittent failure and doesn't recommend me replacing it. They wanted me to wait until it happens again before looking into it any further. They checked for dtc codes and found none. Also suggested i just upgrade to a newer vehicle and i stated that at 138,000 the car should still be repairable and driveability otherwise what's the point of purchasing to own the vehicle. Obviously the situation was dangerous and could lead to a slew of problems such as standing, accident or even death.

Driver side window suddenly shattered. Nobody was nearby, no rocks, car was just leaving gas station on surface street, turning left to enter freeway in a quarter mile when the drivers side window shattered for no explanation. Traveling approximately 5 mph.

Fuel gauge malfunctioning, it takes couple minutes before it goes up after full tank. Sometimes it’s hard to crank after you turn the key. Vehicle was stationary sometimes it feels like it’s going to stall scary. Also left side driver window malfunctioning, the auto down not working and when your press up the window goes up 2 inches at a time takes awhile to go up.

Received a warning light saying to check power steering. Nothing to check on electric power steering. Light went off by switching ignition off and back on. Internet search found failures while driving on the eps system, so i took car in for diagnosis. A code had been stored that lead to a diagnosis of bad eps gearbox. Repair necessitated replacement of entire steering rack. not an isolated incident. Problem needs to be addressed for obvious safety reasons - loss of steering!

At 40,000 miles the eye sight cameras have failed, according to the dealer. That system no longer works nor do i have cruise control. The cost to repair is $2,306.58.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that while driving, the vehicle experienced an unintended acceleration, causing the speed to increase to approximately 62 mph after leaving from a stop light. On another occasion while driving, the failure recurred and the driver downshifted to slow the vehicle which caused damage to the transmission. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer austin subaru located at 8100 burnet rd, austin, tx 78757 and the manufacturer were notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 134,000.

I have continually been having the srs light coming on telling me that someone is sitting in my passenger seat when there is no on there or when my 15 year old sits in the front seat it does not register that anyone is sitting in the front seat. I took it to our local dealership as i am the original owner and they want over 1600 to fix this issue

Tl the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that while driving, the vehicle experienced an unintended acceleration, causing the speed to increase to approximately 62 mph after leaving from a stop light. On another occasion while driving, the failure recurred and the driver downshifted to slow the vehicle which caused damage to the transmission. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer austin subaru located at 8100 burnet rd, austin, tx 78757 and the manufacturer were notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 134,000.

While driving down the highway the seatback emitted a loud "bang" sound. It then lost all support and structure, forcing me to drive my vehicle while attempting to maintain an upright position. At the time of the failure i was not adjusting any element of the seatback -- i'm one of those people who set it once when i bought the car and hasn't touched the adjustments since then. I brought it to my local subaru dealership, and they stated that the seat frame broke internally and the entire seat needs to be replaced. it was pure luck that it occurred at a moment where i was able to maintain control of the vehicle despite suddenly falling backwards.

I have experienced unintended acceleration during my ownership of my 2015 subaru forester xt while i was stopped on a city street. There is also a "lunging" feeling whenever you press the acceleration of the vehicle after proceeding from a complete stop.

I have experienced on occasion to what i believe to be spontaneous acceleration. I will be driving down hill, my foot is already on the brake the whole way but before my vehicle reaches the stop sign, it will stop braking and go. My foot never left the brake pedal. Never changed the pressure on the pedal. When this happens it almost feels like my vehicle is releasing some sort of pressure. It has happened numerous times, fortunately i have been able to come to a complete stop before oncoming traffic.

Most recent near-miss fatal incident happened on nov.6, 2016 driving on a highway at the speed of about 65- 68 miles , car suddenly died, and stopped completely without any warning signs and warning lights, it felt like car suddenly lost the power and completely stopped. When tried to re-start immediately, car didn't start. After a few minutes, car started. Total driving distance on the highway before this incident happened was about 260 miles. I was able to pull the car on the shoulder; i was driving in a right lane at the time of the incident. It could have been a major fatal accident, as i was driving on a 2 lane highway, 90 east thruway, because sudden change in the speed from 68 mph to zero speeds without any warning in a matter of less than 1 minute. There was lot of traffic on the thruway. Timing of the incident was at about 5 pm on nov.6, 2016. There were 2 other passengers in the car. This was the scariest experience i ever had. Car was not set for cruise control while driving on the highway. There were no emergency lights or signs visibly or no noise alert at all. I took the car to subaru dealer for a check on 11/ 8/2016 and reported this incident. Subaru dealer in service reported that they didn't find the cause for this near fatal incident. second near miss fatal incident occurred on april 21, 2016 at about 3 pm.i was backing up the care in a driveway, vehicle suddenly would not stop, breaks didn't work, i had no control of the steering wheel. I was able to put the vehicle in the park to gain control of the vehicle again. I took the care for a service and reported this incident to subaru dealer on april 22, 2016. Subaru dealer service department were not able to find the reason for this terrible incident. Speed at the time of the incident was 5 mph, estimated.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While driving approximately 70 mph, the instrument panel illuminated and the engine failed. The vehicle was able to restart; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but the failure could not be duplicated. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure the approximate failure mileage was 27,000. The vin was not available. Updated 02/16/17*lj updated 7/3/18*jb *tr

2015 subaru forester. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle hesitation/acceleration issues. *Smd the consumer stated at low speeds, the vehicle would buck slightly as she/he accelerated. In stop and go traffic, the vehicle would lurch forward unexpectedly, or when she removed his/her foot from the accelerator pedal, the vehicle seemed to slow down abruptly. When the consumer attempted to accelerate, the vehicle would often hesitate before revving up. Subaru informed the consumer they were aware of the problem and there was a fix. However, within three to four weeks of the fix, the problem returned. There was an odd hesitation as if the vehicle did not want to go forward at idle after braking. When the accelerated was pressed, there was a delayed reaction and a lurch. Also, several lights including the engine light illuminated on the dashboard. The consumer went to another dealer and soon after the repair, the previous problems returned. *Jb

On two different occasions, my car stalled while driving on the highway. The engine stopped running and i had to coast to the side of the road. After the first stall, the engine restarted on the first attempt to restart it. When this happened the second time (about 3 months later), it took several attempts to start the car before the engine would turn over. The first time was on sept. 17, 2016 and then again on oct. 9, 2016. *Tr

Driving with eyesight enabled at 75mph in heavy traffic on loop 202 freeway at approximately 2:30pm local time. Weather was sunny and dry, approximately 97 degrees. Nearly resulting in a crash. Feet were not on any pedal. Vehicle suddenly lost power and revd to redline as if the car was in neutral, engine then shut off. Instrument cluster showed every warning light illuminated. Eyesight display showed a vehicle directly in front yet there was no vehicle present. I checked to make sure gear selector was still in drive. Pressed the accelerator which had no affect, no rpm change. Was able to coast a short distance but still obstructed traffic. Police had to shut down freeway to move my vehicle to the shoulder. Attempts to restart vehicle failed, all warning lights on instrument cluster illuminate any time the key is turned to the "on" position. Subaru roadside assistance towed vehicle to local subaru dealer, awaiting diagnosis.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While parking the vehicle and depressing the brake pedal at 5 mph, the vehicle surged and lurched forward. As a result, a crash occurred with several other vehicles. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed and there were no injuries sustained. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 14,000.

Vehicle may accelerate on its own. stopped at stop sign and vehicle accelerated hard after removing foot from brake. Had to reapply brakes hard to stop car and maintain control. Luckily there was no traffic. As i ended up a lane further than were i intended. .

Vehicle was purchased new on october 31, 2014 at a maryland dealer. The following are dates, miles and the issues that have arised since taking ownership. All issues related to vehicle have occurred while driving. No specific roads, vehicle maneuvering or weather condition, changed or caused the the following issues. 12/09/14 6680 miles, issue with steering & alignment 12/20/14 8524 miles, issue with steering & alignment april 2015 replaced battery 06/20/15 41,700 miles, issue with electrical system 07/23/15 47672 miles, issue with driveability 08/26/15 53037 miles, issue with body electrical system 08/2015 all rotors and brake pads replaced 09/23/15 57923 miles, issues with check engine light & stop light lamp switch 10/08/15 60428 miles, issue with power windows 12/03/15 68762 miles, automatic transmission replaced, electrical system june 2016 issues with starting vehicle begins, undetermined cause july 2016 issues began with hvac blower fan intermittent failure 09/25/16 110839 miles, unknown a/t possible failure subaru of america still has an open ticket for electrical issues that still plague the vehicle; including power windows, hill start assistant, low oil pressure, audio speaker, vehicle stability control, abs, brake system failure lights. Dealer has stated that failure can only be duplicated when an on-board diagnostic system code is present. Thus the reason for outstanding issues. furthermore, not all repeated issues or communications with dealer are listed due to lack of records.

There is an odd hesitation as if it does not want to go forward at idle after braking. If i press the gas, there is a delayed reaction and a lurch. This is scary! At times, when i am heavily braking to a stop i can feel my car lurching slightly when it unlocks before it comes to a stop. This lurching is most noticeable in stop and go traffic. When i take my foot off the gas to coast, it seems to slow the vehicle down very abruptly as if i was in the wrong gear. Even under light braking, these unexpected occasional forward lurches occurs. This is a real safety hazard, as i am not expecting the vehicle to speed up momentarily as i am braking. I notice that these lurches correspond to rpm blips and the mileage mpg goes to 11, 12, or 13. On the freeway while driving at a decent speed, say 50 - 70 mph, if i hit the gas to overtake someone, sometimes there is a hesitation before i get a change in the engine rpm (and speed). Finally, when i push the pedal to accelerate it often hesitates before revving up. The problem is that these issues does not occur all the time but enough to make me feel that this car is dangerous to have on the road.

I filed two earlier complaints but failed to record the complaint # on the first one. The second one is #11003831. The problem concerns engine stall at highway speeds. It occurred to me on two separate occasions (july 2016 salina, ks and 6/17/17 on i-44 okla turnpike near claremore. Both times i was going about 70 mph, cruise control was on and the a/c. Couldn't restart the car. Had it towed to tulsa dealership. Mechanic said it was bad/dirty gasoline. The torque converter on the cvt transmissions apparently may also be a cause. Forbes mag recently did a article on this problem. My car year/model was included in the article, which also mentioned that federal regulators have received 100 complaints from consumers. I don't know if i will receive a letter from subaru or what my next step is. I plan on showing the forbes article to my local dealership, but i don't know if that will force any action.

Engine stall at highway speeds. This has occurred to me on two separate occasions. cruise control was on. A/c on.

Engine hesitates on acceleration, especially when making left turns from a dead stop, leaving me stuck in the oncoming lane for several seconds. This is a recurring problem and is very dangerous! service manager says it’s due to applying brake and gas at the same time while waiting for oncoming cars to clear, but it happens even when i’m careful not to do that. Nearly been hit several times. it’s virtually impossible to accelerate without feeling hesitation and surging, even in a straight line.

In august of 2015 my wife was driving the vehicle. All dash lights came on and the vehicle became inoperable as a result. After several attempts she was able to restart the vehicle. However, after about 150 ft all warning lights came on again saying that is was disabling several safety features (abs, eyesight, hill assist, etc.). She again pulled over, and the vehicle would not re-start (flat-out would not come on, the power would come on but the vehicle would not start [has a key less ignition system]). She called road side assist and they came to try and help her with the car. They were able to get it started and she drove it to the dealership. They took the vehicle in and looked at it. Their servicing notes indicate that they were unable to replicate the issue, however, while my wife was there they were unable to start the vehicle as well. In review of these notes they indicate the following error codes were present p1531 and b2809 and they also replaced the following part [83311fj000]. On june 25, 2017, the problem occurred again while driving. All safety features disabled, all systems shut-off. Once i turned the vehicle off i was unable to start it again. It seemed as if i was unable to depress the brake pedal far enough to trigger the keyless start feature. So, the vehicle was unusable and unsafe. I contacted subaru and they have towed the vehicle to the dealership as all attempts to start the vehicle have failed (all power works, but no start and all safety features indicate they are disabled). I spoke with the dealership and expressed all of these concerns as well as several others. The vehicle is at the dealership at this time. In all instances when the vehicle had issues we were either driving on a city street, a local highway, or unable to start the vehicle due to these problems. This is the second occurrence in less than three years.

Lost complete power at 70mph in center lane of expressway. Shifted to neutral rolled to the side of the road. Gas gauge showed 1/8 tank, 70 miles, no fuel light.. Subaru said fuel pump overheated and that you should never drive with less than 1/4 tank. Complete loss of power with no warning almost caused a catastrophic accident. Vehicle was towed by aaa to subaru dealer. Vehicle was unresponsive to aaa after sitting for 90 minutes waiting. Dealer said fuel pump is cooled by fuel and running it when fuel is low causes pump failure. Very casual, we almost died!. Repair record attached.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that the rearview mirror camera failed to work intermittently without warning. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer (grand prix subaru located at 500 s broadway, hicksville, ny 11801; (855) 675-5585) where it was determined that the mirror could be replaced at the owner's expense. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 1,400. Updated 08/09/2017*js

While driving, the electronic stability control, the hill assist brake and the abs lights randomly deploy. Happened 3 times in 24 hours. Turning the car off and back on seems to clear the issue. However, after that, now two times while traveling at a regular speed, the braking system automatically applied itself, including the cvt engaging into low speed and forcing the car to drive only at 10-20 mph. As well, when this occurs the braking system does not work. Other reads sound like a faulty brake light sensor or sensing system, but this is a potentially fatal malfunction as one traveling 60 mph on the highway was suddenly stopped with no warning. Then when trying to get to safety, the brakes would not work while attempting to come to a stop at a light. the vehicle seems to "reset" and be fine for a few miles, only to either go to the all lights on system (abs/hill assist/stability control) or go into the braking/cvt error as well. will have the car towed to the dealership, but this is a serious safety concern that is electronic in nature as the default fall back is not a manual working brake system but seems to be a non-working brake system.

Vehicle stalls at highway speeds. Most likely a defective turbocharger which under pressure will develop cracks. Vehicle will not restart until turbocharger cools. This has happened twice to me on long trips.

Since buying it new, the car several times has failed to start and had to be jump-started. Twice towed to dealer, checked several times there, no problem could be found. This has happened a number of times (sporadically, with no indication as to why). The first time at 4,000 miles, several times since and again this month.

Transmission was replaced 5-22-17 under extended warranty. Assured that the vehicle was in working order we drove up to mammoth lakes ca that friday (5-26-17). 2 hours into the drive, just inside the mojave desert, we experienced a abrupt stalling/lunging sensation. Letting off the gas for a moment, i then gave the car a bit more gas and experienced the same sensation again. I pulled over to the shoulder and smelt a chemical/overheating smell. Shut the car off, popped the hood and no smoke. I then turned the vehicle back on and no check engine light or any other light was on. I then put the car into drive and proceeded. The rpm's went to about 4k but the car was not exhilarating. I drove the shoulder of the road for about 1/4 mile into a gas station. At 11pm i had no choice but to pay $600 to have it towed back to ladin subaru of thousand oaks. I am currently awaiting yet another diagnosis. Not sure i feel confident in the vehicle especially if it puts me at risk of being rear ended on a highway. Not to mention the issue occurred just 4 days after it was supposedly fixed! Subaru could potentially be in the hole for $16k as the car is still under its extended warranty. Not sure i even feel confident they can resolve the issue.

When needed for the ventilation to clear the fog, which forms on the windshield occasionally when the weather is humid or very hot or too cold, have to keep it on. Then when the car is off vapor forms on the windshield.

While driving at 65mph the left wheel bounces and my engine rpm increase, the steering wheel vibrates as well as the front end. This happens while driving a road which curves to the right. It makes the car difficult to control. It sounds like the cv joint on the left front it makes grinding or pulsing sound. This only happens at highway speed. I recently had a front end alignment and the car does stop straight with no problem at any speed. I feel as if the whole front left is going to come off and cause an accident.

Problem is with the subaru "eyesight" system on this vehicle. The system has been sutting itself off more and more over the past few weeks until now, it shuts down the system and cruise control multiple times daily even at night.daytime or whenever it wants to. The local dealer checked it and found no problem that he could see for it.

On high speed or low speed turning steering wheel left the right front tire shakes. Only stops shaking when your below speed limit on freeways, always shakes below 40mph

Excessive oil use between oil changes requiring adding oil. Oil light comes on unexpectedly causing driver to have to carry oil on board and to pull over to add. Should not happen in 2 year old car. Safety issue due to pulling over in bad weather, unfamiliar area. I was alone and approached by suspicious w/m while adding oil.

I have had excessive oil consumption since the first 3k miles driven on the car. I have gone through a slew of consumption tests, had the short block replaced and i am continuing to have the same issues. Subaru's only offer is to go through more consumption tests and a possible 2 motor replacement. Or, they will upgrade me to a new model. This is a common issue according to the numerous subaru owners that are posting online - and it is frustrating that they were sued for this exact issue, yet continue to manufacturer cars with defective motors, and offer little resolution to the consumer. Why would i want to upgrade to a new subaru to have the same issues i have had since the first 3k miles on the one i have now? I feel they need to refund their customers and discontinue the manufacturing of this motor! It is not normal to burn through oil at an alarming rate (1 quart every 2000-3000 miles) - it isn't just consuming the oil, but the oil in my car is black after just 1200 miles on the new motor that has less than 12k miles on it. I camp and trail in this vehicle, and to be stranded in the middle of no where with an oil light on and no where close by to pick up synthetic oil, or any oil is very bothersome. I should not have to carry oil in my 2015 car that i got brand new! How do they get away with ripping off so many consumers and not issuing a recall?

I was driving my car at 70 mph on express way. Suddenly power decreased while my foot was on accelerator. Car lurched forward followed by a total loss of power with no steering control. I coasted into emergency lane. No warning lights on dashboard before incident. Car indicated 60 miles left in gas tank. Mileage at time of incident 15,888. Car immediately started up after stalling. Took to subaru dealership for checkup and they were unable to replicate incident. I bought this vehicle brand new from dealership.

While driving at night, another driver let us know that our tail lights were not on even though the headlights were working. Also, the bright headlights are not working. brake lights, emergency flashers, and turn signals are still working. When we have to drive at night until problem is fixed, we have to drive with flashers on. checked all fuses and all are ok.

While parking and apply the brakes the car suddenly accelerated. My wife was parking the car and while pulling into the parking stall she applied the brakes and the car suddenly accelerated and rammed into a steel cable that separated the parking stalls.

Our 2015 subaru forest will randomly while driving have all of it warning lights come one. Eyesight, hill assist, abs, lane departure, ect. If you stop and put it in park then it will not come out of park unless over ridden. I called in to subaru and they said "2015 subaru forester right? It probably has a bad brake light switch or brake light sensor, which means your brakes will not light up while driving. This seems to be a known issue to subaru as i have seen many examples of this happening to other people on subaru boards. I was out of warranty and they want me to pay 170 dollars just to diagnose the issue when they clearly know what the issue is. This is a critical safety hazard, if my brake lights fail to light up while driving due to a known defect, i or someone else could be injured or killed due to them not being able to recognize my braking.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle misfired and hesitated. In addition, all the warning lights illuminated. After consulting with a mechanic it was determined that the failure was caused by a faulty emissions control system to the turbo charged engines. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 5,000.

I was going less than ten miles per hour on city streets and tried to stop at a stoplight when my brakes failed. My foot was flooring the brake and i continued to roll into the cross walk and part of the intersection before putting my car into reverse to make it stop as it felt like the gear changed to neutral with the way i was rolling. Luckily the oncoming traffic remained stopped when this incident occurred. my car was serviced 6 days prior to the incident by my local subaru dealership with no report of any brake issues.

Driver side lower control arm bushing wearing out prematurely poor design.

While driving 75-80 mph on the interstate, i lost the ability to accelerate. Luckily i was able to change lanes ( i was in the middle lane when i lost power) and pull over. All the lights were on (check engine, at oil temp, battery,ect) and what i was able to stop the car, it stalled. Every time i tried to start it again, it would stall. After about 10 minutes, i was able to get it started. The dealership says nothing is wrong. About a year ago, the same thing happened except without the lights and stalling. The dealership told me that it i probably was hitting the gas and break at the same time. I drive with one foot, always have.

Vehicle surges when trying to lightly accelerate in hot weather. Rpms begin to drop, car bucks back and forth until more throttle is given, then car lurches forward. There seem to be tsbs out to alleviate the issue, but they feel like a bandaid repair and just mask it. Now instead of bucking back and forth, the vehicle just accelerates very lightly. Throttle is very unresponsive. The inconsistent throttle response creates a safety issue, as the vehicle can be unpredictable when accelerating away from a potential hazard (accelerating to make a lane change, accelerating to avoid an accident, etc.).

Windshield problem on new vehicle. Within the first 12 months of ownership, the windshield has cracked on 3 (three) separate occassions to the point of having to be replaced with subaru genuine glass. The vehicle was in motion on a highway when the damage occurred. The damage was due to unknown road debris (gravel/rock), but instead of dings in the windshield, the glass automatically cracked and resulted in unsafe driving conditions. The windshield was replaced on all 3 occasions with subaru genuine glass. Is there a windshield design flaw on the subaru forester limited? It the design flaw and windshield breakage due to the heating element? What is causing the weakness in the windshield of the 2015 subaru forester limited? windshield breakage incidents: 1. June 2015 - in motion on highway @60 miles 2. 12/28/2015 - in motion on highway @60 miles 3. 04/28/2016 - in motion on highway @60 miles

2015 subaru forester. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle excessive oil consumption. *Smd the consumer stated that the vehicle consumes 16 ounces of oil in 50000. The manufacturer was notified and stated the vehicle was operating as designed, but did offer a rebate to cover additional charges. The consumer declined. *Js

Windshield cracked when turned on defroster. Inspection by dealership verified crack was not due to any outside force. Subaru has extended warranty for defective windshield cracks on outback & legacy models, but has not responded to my request for replacement of defective windshield on my forester. Windshield crack started at bottom of passenger side windshield & extended about 12 inches upwards toward center of windshield. The crack has continued to extend towards the center and is now about 24 inches in length. See: http://beranek.agrrmag.com/2015/12/subaru-extends-windshield-warranty/#.wlhqbcfxrlk.email

When i stop my car, put it in park and shut off the engine i can not open the driver's side door using the in-door silver door latch. The door stays locked and will not open. The door will not open even when i try to unlock it using the unlock rocker switch on the driver's door arm rest. The door can only be unlocked and opened when i unlock it using the black in-door locking latch. There is an apparent electrical or software problem which can cause someone to get trapped inside the car. This needs to be corrected before someone is killed. Thank you.

Takata recall notice in newspaper.

I was driving home from work at 7am, and i had stopped at a red light. All of a sudden, i hear the sound of glass crack and out of the corner of my eye, i see a huge crack in my windshield. It just continued to spread the rest of the drive home. Had to get it replaced, oem quoted me over $800 and even more if i had the eyesight option.

Engine using to much oil between oil changes. transmission will not shift into final gear until driven for 10-15 miles

Windshield crack appeared in my 2015 subaru forester does not appear to be from a stone or object striking the glass. Not driving much due to covid. This is the second windshield that has to be replaced in the five years i've owned this car.

Driving on access road at about 25 mph. Loud noise followed by flopping noise. Pulled off the road within about 200 yards. Drivers side rear tire was completely flat. Put on spare tire. Cursory examination showed large tear through the sidewall on the interior side. Photos are available. Tires have 15,320 miles on them.

Car accelerates both when in motion and stationary. Sometimes when starting the car it shoots straight up to 2 on it's on. Car has accelerated when easing in and out of parking spaces, i have been very close to hitting other cars because of this.

On 3 separate occasions, my car has shutdown on the highway at speeds around 75-80 mph. They all happened during road trips while my car was between 1/8 and 1/4 tank. the car has a noticeable drop in power, which feels like the transmission disengages and applying more gas doesn’t help. This is incredibly dangerous!!!! Luckily i was in the middle of nowhere on all 3 locations so i was able to pull over without incident. the car will not start, until more gas is put in the car. It’s not out of fuel though because i tracked how much gas is in the car and how much i filled up after towing. This only happens after driving for multiple hours. I can run the car to empty if i’m just driving around town. a recall needs to be issued for this issue. I can see there have been tons of complaints around this issue.

Driver was rear ended on the highway when at a dead stop by a vehicle going around 60-70 mph. The bottom of the driver's seat jerked forward and impacted driver leg causing contusions and the back support and head rest portion flew backwards, causing driver glasses and hat to come off and land toward the back hatch of the vehicle. Spare tire was dislodged from trunk area and impacted driver's head due to the seat back being in the reclining position. Air bags did not deploy at any level as well.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that while driving approximately 70 mph, the speed suddenly decreased independently to approximately 20 mph. During the sudden lose of power, no warning messages were displayed. The vehicle was towed the local dealer schomp subaru located at 580 s havana st, aurora, co 80012 who was unable to duplicate the failure. There was no repair performed on the vehicle. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 70,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that the instrument panel showed that the front passenger’s air bag was off. The contact became aware that other subaru vehicles with heated seats were known to experience the failure. The contact called subaru of morristown (175 ridgedale ave, morristown, nj 07960; (866) 910-3466) and was referred to the manufacturer for assistance. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to nhtsa. The approximate failure mileage was 92,000.

When driving with a passenger in the front passenger seat, the "check airbag" message comes intermittently as if the passenger airbag switch is malfunctioning. When no passenger in front passenger seat, there is no alert/warning message. There is a recall notice wum-98 for the same problem by doesn't appear to apply to my vin.

Hill start assist braking activated when i was pulling on to a 60 mph highway on flat ground! It continued to engage brakes & then disengage brakes as i tried to accelerate. I could not get the vehicle to accelerate beyond 25mph. This was on an icy highway with other vehicles trying to brake to avoid hitting me. I consider this a life threatening defect!

[xxx] subaru forester hill start assist braking comes on while driving down a highway, preventing acceleration & making an accident very probable. information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *Tr

After shifting the transmission to the reverse position, backing in to a parking space, lightly stepped on the accelerator pedal, the vehicle accelerated uncontrollable locked at a fast speed, hitting the column and windows of the restaurant.

My 2015 subaru forester xt was taken to an authorized subaru dealership numerous visits to the for an issue in which the cars engine lights and warnings would display, violently shake, shudder and lose power while at highway speed. am authorized subaru mechanic was able to replicate the issue, they did an ecm computer update...unfortunately, the problems did not go away after the update. I re-visited the dealership explaining that the problems persisted, at which point they decided to try to replicate the problem. After a week, the subaru dealer sent me home in the car, saying they could not replicate the problem. Less then 4 days layer, while on my morning commute to work, the same problems which had plagued the car started to occur, however this time, i heard a loud pop/bang and smoke filled the cabin of the car. Very shortly after smoke entered the cabin, i witnessed flames coming out from under the hood and above the windsdhied. I exited the freeway lanes as quickly as possible, and within 10 seconds the car was engulfed in flames. I have paperwork from the dealership with my expressed concerns, and the suabaru mechanic's acknowledgement of the issue.

When stopped on a hill, with engine running, shift placed securely in park, with road ice on one side of vehicle, the car started to slide down the hill, but both rear wheels and driver side front wheel were turning while car was sliding down hill. In testing this, it was repeated two times, once on the same hill, again on a different hill. This is dangerous! It is as though "park" is only locking the right front wheel, but if it is on ice, the car will begin to slide because the remaining wheels are not also locked.

While driving the car on a parking lot i slowed down to park and i had the foot on the gas pedal. The car accelerated on its own and went over the sidewalk. I could have injured someone walking or hit the glass window in front of me. The subaru dealer inspected the car and did not found any issue and could not reproduce the problem. I have read that this has happened to other owners and it represents a safety risk to the driver and everyone else. *Tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While the vehicle was stopped with the brake pedal depressed and the gear shift in the drive position, the vehicle independently lunged forward without warning. On another occasion, while the vehicle was in the park position, it continued to rev. The failure recurred more than twelve times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the failure was unable to be duplicated. The contact mentioned that the transmission was reprogrammed, but the failure continued. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 18,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that the vehicle lost power while driving various speeds. The check engine warning indicator illuminated when the failure occurred. The dealer diagnosed that the throttle body and brake sensors needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 37,000.

Eyesight system fails regularly or does not work at all. This impacts all proximity warnings, automatic speed control and wheel slip control.

Rough idling, uneven acceleration when stepped on gas, the car would accelerate, slow down, and accelerate again. Uneven deceleration when letting go of gas, the car would slow down, speed up, and slow down again. Seem like a software problem with computer.

Using cruise control at 77 mph in fast lane of i95 northbound from fl when, approx 10 miles south of va border, i felt a snap like pull in vehicle - kind of like a rope breaking when playing tug of war. The rpms increased and car rapidly lost speed and would not accurate. Fortunately, i was able to safely pull off i95. I noticed all lights on dash were on and car was running. I turned it off, approx 15 to 30 seconds after pulling off highway. After i turned car off, it would not restart. I was towed (innerstate towing) to a toyota dealership in roanoke rapids, nc due to no subaru dealership. Toyota tech looked at car and car started fine. The mechanic felt the transmission over heated. I then limped along to subaru dealership in colonial heights, va. I traveled in slow lane on i95, at no more than 70 mph, with a full tank of gas and no issues. A subaru tech drained fluid and found metal. It was determined the transmission needed replaced. While at toyota dealership, i contacted the location where i purchased my subaru forester and that tech indicated it was a faulty fuel pump or transmission. When car lost speed, i had two fuel bars left. I am now getting the pump tested as well. Fortunately, my car is under warranty due to subaru's extension but i find this unacceptable. I could have easily been killed in an instant. This is my 3rd subaru and i have had more problems with this one than my two previous cars combined. Further, i keep going up in models and price point but the quality has declined. I am a loyal subaru customer but i think this model may be my last. Because nothing seized up and no loud bang, jerking, or rattling; i am beginning to suspect it was the fuel pump and i coincidentally the bad transmission was discovered. No belts were broken and the snap like noise is unknown. I have no invoices yet and police were not called. I am driving a loaner car.

First my battery went and i have 56,000 miles. My gauge for gasoline is not working also the monitor on the information screen is wrong. My window is not working on the automatic on the driver side, now it does not go up with lifting the button it hass to be lifted several times. It seems now that my extended warranty has expired i have many issues. When i called subaru to install a new battery i was told it was 49.95 to install. Unacceptable

My horn is not working unless my steering wheel is turned all the way to the left/right. I was told it was a clock spring in the steering wheel.. The internet said this was a common problem. I believe this is big safety issue. When i called subaru they told me there was no recall for this issue.

I had two instances where my car stalled on the highway while doing 50-60 miles an hour. The engine runs fine and revs go up when i push the accelerator, however the car does not speed up. Both the times i was able to move the car to the side of the highway, narrowly avoiding accidents. The engine died both times and after a period of time stranded on the side of the highway i was able to start the car and drive to my destination. i took it to a local dealership to get it checked out. The dealership claims they could not find what the issue is with the car. According to them, they idled the car for about an hour to warm it up and drove it for an hour. They repeated this one more time. However, they could not replicate the issue and cannot fix it. Apparently they performed a throttle body service on the car and charged me for it. looking at the mileages on the invoice, the car went into the dealership at 91223 miles and went out of the dealership at 91255 miles. However when i picked up the car, the mileage on it was 91241 miles. So basically they drove the car for a total of 18 miles in 2 hours? i have two issues here. 1. I have a car that has a potential to put the safety of my family and i at risk in the middle of the highway. 2. The dealership claimed they tried to diagnose it but evidently have not even tried, if you look at the mileage. i would like to know how i can get this issue fixed and feel safe in the car.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated the air bag warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to brandon tomes subaru (1100 s. Central expy, mckinney, tx 75070, (469) 907-2205) to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the air bags sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated the failure was like the failure stated in nhtsa campaign number: 19v701000 (air bags). The manufacturer was contacted however, no further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was 100,000.

Car in motion. Happens on a stop, parking the vehicle in progress, driving slow. When pushing gas pedal slowly from start point; vehacle speed up so much that i have to press brakes pedal to hold the speed down. Happens once every other time.

Power steering failed while traveling at highway speeds

Been having repeated issues with the passenger air bag sensor thinking someone is in the passenger seat when unoccupied and the seatbelt light and tone beeps. Then the airbag srs light illuminates on the dashboard showing passenger airbag off. My vehicle has heated seats but is not included in the current recall.

I was driving on the highway at about 60mph and suddenly the gas pedal seemed to lose pressure. Then all of the lights came on the dash as the car stopped. I had to wait about 10 minutes and try restarting 10+ times until it finally would stay running and allow us to get off the highway. This occured with 80 miles left until empty. This is the 3rd time it has happened on a trip. We had only been driving 1.5 hours.

This car was repaired under campaign 19v149000 on july 27 for the brake light switch issue. Since the repair of the recall, i have taken my car back to international subaru in tinley park, il for follow up service related to the replacement part. the problem i've encountered on a number of occasions is the car alerts that there is an issue stating "hill start assist system needs to be checked" while the car is in motion. The car then cuts all throttle capabilities for approximately 5 seconds and the car just coasts before resuming taking a throttle input. When this happens the car is just coasting and drops 15+ mph in speed. This alert seems to be triggered randomly and it causes serious safety concerns when without warning my car suddenly loses any usage of the throttle. this problem has been traced back to the part replaced in the recall and the dealer found the records in the car's computer showing the switch was active when it wasn't being pressed. this issue first surfaced on 8/31/20 but has come back numerous times since then. furthermore, i had issues where the brake lights were on on the car overnight with the switch active with no input causing a drained battery. this is a more serious issue than just lights because the car's throttle cuts out without warning and this has been traced back to the switch on my car. I would rather have the original recalled part replaced in my car compared to the recall replacement part.

Car surges at start up and low speeds. Neither the car dealership or subaru of america can fix it. I sent an email in about my complaint to you. This has been going on for a few years. It randomly happens. They refused to fix it many times due to no code even though they drove it and could see the issue. When it did code they fixed it but always a surge different codes. They have replace fuel sensors, values, electronic components, my key, fuel line, spark plugs, etc all for this same issues. There are several lawsuits in other states about this same issue. I just want them to purchase my vehicle back or replace it with one that works properly. Please help.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that the power steering assist warning light illuminated after an oil change. The light disappeared after a while. While driving in the mountains, the vehicle loss power steering with the steering power assist warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to larry h. Miller subaru boise located at 11196 w fairview ave, boise, id 83713, where it was diagnosed that the power steering control module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 74,000.

Prior to driving my car on august 18, 2020, there were no observable defects in my windshield. I drove about a quarter mile to the post office. When arriving, there was still no defect. About 2-3 minutes later, i returned to my car and found a large crack in the windshield that extended from the top middle, behind the rear view mirror, diagonally down to the lower corner on the passenger side. I took my car to the subaru dealer who inspected the crack and told me there was a minuscule chip at the top of the windshield, which i couldn't even see, along the crack and that because of the chip, the windshield would not be covered under the vehicle warranty. The replacement cost, including the required recalibration of the "eyesight" safety system would cost me more that $1,000.00. I now learned that this is an extremely common problem with my forester, as well as other subaru models (i.e., subaru outback). The level of complaints, which compromises driver and passenger safetly warrants a recall.

2015 subaru forester. Consumer writes in regards to rear coil spring safety recall. *Ld the consumer stated the nhtsa website states the vehicle does not have any open recalls, specifically coil spring. Meanwhile, the subaru website does. The consumer stated subaru website is accurate. *Js

On two occasions while driving roughly 65 mph the acceleration completely gave out in my car, as though the car went into neutral. I could press down on the accelerator and the rpm's would shoot up in the gauge cluster, but the car simply continued to slow down. I drifted into the shoulder, turned off the car, waited a few minutes, and turned the ignition. Both times, the car resumed driving normally. Both times i brought the car into a subaru dealership, and both times they kept the car for a few days before saying they couldn't replicate the problem, and that there was nothing they could do. This has happened to other owners of subaru foresters from this period (~2015), and we have connected online to try and solve this dangerous defect. A link to our discussion is here: https://www.subaruforester.org/threads/2015-2016-lose-power-as-if-transmission-goes-into-neutral-merged-thread.627562/

When the vehicle is in motion, the passenger airbag does not accurately sense when a passenger is in the seat. It sometimes senses a passenger when the passenger is present and sometimes it does not. The airbag turns off randomly when it should be on. There is an active recall, wum-98, which outlines the exact issue and shows my vehicle description (2015 subaru forester with heated seats), however, my vin does not show it being affected by wum-98. I believe this is a severe safety issue and it needs to be included in the recall. I have called two subaru dealerships and subaru. No help. In addition, the passenger seat belt randomly dings when no passenger is in the seat. Please let me know what i should do.

While driving on the highway at 65mph the car lost all power. The rpms went up like it was in neutral (car was still in drive). Fuel tank was down to a little less than 1/4th of a tank but still had 100 miles until empty. Adaptive cruise was engaged at the time (automated cruise applied accelerator that rose the rpms to 4500). this was in the middle of a 4 hour road trip on a flat straight road. Car exhibited no warning or lights until complete power was lost. I was able to safely pull over to the shoulder. All lights came on in the dash after i was stopped. I turned the car off and i was able to immediately start it again. Shortly after i filled up the tank and the car drove fine for the next hour until i was home. this was a scary incident that could be very dangerous. I noticed that this car has about a dozen other reports that are much like this in the past year.

The passenger airbag sensor cannot detect if there is a passenger in the seat or not. There is an active recall, wum-98, which outlines the exact issue and fits my vehicle description (2015 subaru forester with heated seats), however, my vin does not show it being affected by wum-98. I believe this is a severe safety issue and it needs to be included in the recall and resolved by subaru. I called the dealer and they said there is no recall. But there is a recall and my car should be in it.

Always the drains on the moon roof get clogged and in a heavy rain, the back of the car roof seriously leaks into the car. We do not use the roof. This is a design flaw. Now the electronics box (controls remote key locks, tire pressure gauge, etc) needs to be replaced because it has been wet. This is a $500+ repair that has happened because the roof leaks in serious rain. We believe subaru should reimburse us for the cost of the electronic box replacement.we also have to pay to get the roof drain unglogged.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that the srs air bag off light illuminated while driving at various speeds. The dealer was not called. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to nhtsa for assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 105,000.

The passenger airbag does not accurately sense when a passenger is in the seat. It sometimes senses a passenger when no passenger is present, and other times it will not sense a passenger when a passenger is present and will turn off the airbag when it should be on. There is an active recall, wum-98, which outlines the exact issue and fits my vehicle description (2015 subaru forester with heated seats), however, my vin does not show it being affected by wum-98. I believe this is a severe safety issue and it needs to be included in the recall and resolved by subaru.

My vehicle lost power while driving today on the interstate. I had cruise control set and the car was accelerating up a hill. It was like my car shifted into neutral. I was able to safely get to the shoulder and initially my car would not restart. I did get it to restart after a couple of tries and drove it home. I see a recall for a similar issue: 19v-856, but my car is not included. I have replaced the pcv already and this is the second time my car has done this toward the end of a long road trip (1000+ miles).

Air conditioning condenser does not operate properly due to a problem with wiring in the clutch, as acknowledged by subaru. Blows cool air only sometimes, because the condenser does not function properly. Every condenser before a certain date is destined to fail, leaving the driver to pay for an expensive repair despite the fact that subaru has acknowledged this issue is due to bad wiring and has corrected it. Per nhtsa id number 10120975.

Key gets stuck in ignition after the car is turned off. Car will start and run but when you turn the car off you cannot remove the key from the ignition. sometimes it takes several attempts involving turning the motor back on and pulling the key out as i’m turning the motor off. It may go a couple of days and be fine then do it several times in a row

Driving on the highway at roughly 70 mph, engine suddenly revved and then car essentially went into neutral. Engine didn't seem connected to the transmission. Coasted to the shoulder, then engine died. Shifted back to park and tried to restart, all lights on dashboard lit up and engine turned over, but would not start. Had to be towed to dealer. Found many similar experiences online. Some found fuel pump and pump relay failure. I have not received a diagnosis from the dealer yet. This was a potentially deadly failure.

Vehicle in garage, witnessed load explosion. Upon investigation found left rear of vehicle sagging with piece of coil spring below vehicle. This is part of a recall that is not considered a safety issue based on the letter sent to us by subaru which quotes "please note that this potential damage to the rear coil spring does not affect the safe operation of your vehicle". This clearly would have impacted the ability to control the vehicle in the event it occurred while driving, and certainly could have resulted in fatal crash at highway speed. Therefore it should be classified as an immediate safety issue.

The rear coil springs have both broken. This was discovered while the vehicle was parked but appears to have been broken for a long time due to rust on broken ends.

The windshield while the vehicle was sitting in the driveway.

I believe my car should be subject to the wum-98 recall but is not listed as one on your website. *Tr

Passenger air bag will intermittently disable with a passenger seated in the front passenger seat. There is a current recall for this situation for 2015 -2018 foresters with heated seats. Somehow the recall does not affect my vehicle because it was manufactured in 2014 yet still uses the exact same defective sensor mat in the recalled vehicles. The recall should extend to all foresters using this defective sensor mat. Subaru corporate refuses to accept responsibility. *Tr

I took the car in for inspection, the mechanic told me that both rear coil springs were broken. Both rear strut assemblies had to be replaced. According to this link, this issue was the subject of a recall in japan last year: https://www.torquenews.com/1084/another-huge-recall-subaru-forester-and-crosstrek-coming i cannot find a direct link to the japanese transportation ministry recall, but this appears to be somewhat common, and is unusual for a 5 year old vehicle. i have attached the invoice for the repairs, i did not get photos of the damaged parts, but the mechanic might be able to elaborate if he were contacted.*dt*jb *tr

At the moment to stop on a parking spot, press brakes and engine rpm idles up and runs, causing me to press brakes harder and so i don't hit whatever is in front of the vehicle. *Tr

This is an intermittent problem. The vehicle surges sometimes and misfires when it cold starts. I took the car to the retailer, they did not found any issue. Only the differential oil was changed. They told me to return if the problem occurs again. Again it came back and intermittent. I am sure retailer will not be able to find the problem again. It is sudden loss of powers for couple seconds and it a hazard on the road. Hope there are recalls on this issue. *Tr

The left rear coil/strut broke. It appears to be rust issue. There are about 40000 miles on this vehicle. No heavy loads. Relatively good road conditions. This happened while driving straight on a city street at about 25 mph. I heard and felt a loud snap. I stopped. The car was sagging on left rear. The fender was nearly touching the tire.

Right rear coil spring broke on my 2015 subaru forster. Was not aware when it happened. Took car to a garage on 5/2/2020 to rotate the tires, and the mechanic immediately discovered it. Spring was loose and could be moved freely up and down by mechanic's hand. Right rear of car was sagging, almost down on the rear tire. Saw many many similar complaints on internet on both rear springs for 2014 and 2015 foresters like my 2015 forester. Heard that subaru in japan already issued a recall for this safety issue. And that a recall in america may be forthcoming. Meanwhile, we forester owners are at risk while driving with faulty springs. Most others said it looked like the coil rusted from the inside out. Also that the replacement spring had 8 coils instead of the oem 6 coil springs, and some kind of tape or plastic coating the bottom coils. Everyone recommended getting springs, and possibly the enclosed struts, on both sides be replaced since struts may have suffered damaged while driving with faulty springs. Please help remedy this current safety problem, and require subaru to issue a formal recall in america. Thank you.

While driving in the highway at 75 mph with cruise control on the car suddenly went to 5000 rpm and at the same time started to brake all the lights in the dashboard came on i pulled over and the car's engine shut down. I tried to started about 5 06 times the car wouldn't star and after that the car was completely dead. I had it tow to a shop. The next morning it started like nothing the mechanic at the shop said it was the battery.after changing the battery i took it to the gas station after putting gas it wouldn't start again after several tries it started.at this point i don't think the battery was the issue but i am glad i got home. This happened in starkville ms 200 miles from where i live. *Tr

Head gaskets leaking, also the cars hesitates and jerks when driving

Went outside because i smelled smoke and saw smoke pouring out of my passenger side mirror. Doused with hose, now car won’t lock. Car in driveway. No photo because important to put out any fire.

Tl* the contact called on behalf of her father who owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that while driving at a slow speed, the vehicle stalled with the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. Three different dealers were contacted including frank subaru located at (2829 national city blvd, national city, ca 91950), kearny mesa subaru located at (4797 convoy st, san diego, ca 92111), and subaru of el cajon located at (900 arnele ave, el cajon, ca 92020) and informed of the failure. The contact was informed that the vehicle was not subjected to a recall. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 120,000. *Bf*jb

Smell of burning oil from the engine. Dealer says head gasket needs to be replaced at a cost of $5500.

We were driving down the road approx 65 and the eye sight disabled, abs disabled, traction control and hill assist stopped, cruise control stopped at transmission oil started flashing and then check engine light all came on we were driving down hwy 61 in az. Power to the vehicle slowed and we could not go faster than 40mph. The brake light switch was on recall and replaced 10/2019 and the 3xacr same thing happened except the check engine light didnt come on.

Rear driver side spring coil piece fell off in garage while car was stationary. Didnt know what it was. Didn’t notice piece in garage until until spouse was at work. Vehicle made it 3.7 miles to spouses work and back.

Tl* the contact owned a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that a truck ran a red light and the contact t-boned the truck at 30 mph. The contact stated that the truck flipped as the front passenger side collided with the truck. The contact and her passenger were injured and had to be transported to the hospital. The contact's wrist and arm were sore and she required physical therapy. The passenger was in a back brace with two compression fractures in the back, a few broken ribs, she had a concussion, and a swollen foot and ankle. A police report was filed. None of the air bags deployed with the frontal collision. The insurance company deemed the vehicle a total loss. The vehicle was towed to a junk yard to be investigated by the manufacturer. The dealer harvey subaru (3351 benton rd, bossier city, la 71111 (888) 232-4109) said to contact the manufacturer. The contact was informed by the dealer that the vin was included in nhtsa recall number: 19v-701000 (air bags). The contact was upset that the recall notices was not received until november of 2019. The contact did not believe the manufacturer in why it took so long to investigate, why the air bags did not deploy. The manufacturer just recently sent an email saying everything was fine. The contact did not yet receive a full report of the investigation. The vehicle was currently at a salvage junk yard. The failure mileage was 35,000.

My windshield cracked when i was driving in the highway

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that the passenger’s side frontal air bags sensor failed to indicate when a passenger was seated in the front passenger’s seat of the vehicle. Kenny ross subaru located at 11299 lincoln hwy, north huntingdon, pa 15642 (724) 864-5100) was contacted and an appointment was made to have the vehicle diagnosed which was still pending. The vehicle was not repaired. The vin was not included in nhtsa campaign number: 19v701000 (air bags). The manufacturer was contacted and informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 87,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that after discovering a crack at the base of the front windshield the crack had expanded approximately 16 inches over 3 days. The cause of the crack was not determined. The local dealer new motors subaru located at (8670 peach st. Erie, pa) was notified of the failure but no assistance was offered. The front windshield was replaced at window and glass establishment. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 80,000.

Loss of engine power/acceleration. Traveling home in our 2015 forester, vin [xxx], 93k miles, when we encountered a problem. On the interstate, traveling approximately 70mph, our forester seemed to come out of gear, all the dash lights illuminated & the gas pedal would not work as far as actually accelerating the car (the gas pedal would ?rev up? When pressed, but there was no actual acceleration happening with the engine). There was no warning; no engine issues; no warning lights on the dash prior to this event. We were luckily able to pull safely off the interstate. We did shut the car off in hopes of ?resetting? Something but could not get the car to restart (it would just crank). Therefore, we had to have it towed. This is the third time this has happened in the past year on this vehicle. We have taken it to our trusted local mechanic. No issues were found, and no codes were identified. information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *Tr

There is a current recall for the passenger air bag sensor for 2015-2018 subaru foresters but somehow ours is not included in that. However, we are receiving an warning light stating that out passenger air bag sensor is failing. We took our subaru to get service and we were told ours was not affected and would not be repaired. It is going to cost us $1000 to repair the sensor. What can we do to remedy this as a sensor malfunction should not be the responsibility of the owner.

The driver's side interior door handle no longer functions. When the door is shut, and unlocked, and the interior door handle is pulled, nothing happens. The exterior door handle still functions, but the interior handle does not. This is a critical safety issue. We have less than 30,000 miles on the odometer. We contacted the dealership and subaru u.s. Corporate office via email for assistance, but received no replies.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. Contact stated that while the passenger seats was occupied, the airbag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to carter subaru shoreline (17225 aurora ave n, seattle, wa 98133 (206) 202-7308) to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the airbag sensor was defective and needed to be replaced. The repair was pending. The manufacturer was contacted and informed of the failure. The manufacturer offered to pay a majority of the cost for the repair. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000.

The rear spring broke. It appears the plastic coating on the spring became brittle and allowed the salt spray from the winter roads into the spring which rusted and broke. This care has only 63k miles on the odometer. I noticed a noise when driving so inspected and found the spring broke.

Noticed a clicking sound when turning right. Took it to subaru and they replaced the right front axle in december 2018. Almost a year later, i noticed a clicking sound when turning left. Took it to a different mechanic and they replaced the left front axle. There was never anything leaking from my car. It is my understanding that axles typically last the lifetime of your vehicle.

November of 2019 left rear coil spring was replaced not sure when this one happened. January 11, 2020 back out of my driveway started going forward and the right coil spring broke. Only 29000 miles on car

The passenger side seat registers that no one is sitting in the seat and it disables the airbag system. Someone can be sitting in the seat buckled up and then it will randomly pop-up with a warning message that there is an airbag issue and that no one is sitting in the seat.

Two times, while driving on the highway at about 65 mph, my car lost the ability to accelerate. It was as though the car slipped into neutral. I pushed the accelerator pedal and the rpm's would increase, but the car wouldn't accelerate. It simply slowed down. Both times the highway was empty enough that i was able to drift into the shoulder. once i pulled over, i turned off the car and waited a few minutes. When i turned it back on, the car started and acceleration worked as normal. both times i brought it to a local subaru dealership, and after running some tests said they couldn't find any issues, and couldn't help me any further. i've found other people who have experienced very similar problems, but it seems like no one has found a solution.

Rear left coil broke on subaru forrester. 2015 forrester should not seemingly have this issue. The broken coil was rusted through. I never noticed any the damage was noticed while my car was on a lift at goodyear getting a tire plugged.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 19v701000 (air bags). The contact stated the air bag warning light was illuminated. The contact stated that kearny mesa subaru (located at 4797 convoy st, san diego, ca 92111) exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted nor informed of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Several issues: 1) replace rear strut assemblies. 04/22/19. (The car seemed fine but when they put it on a lift to work on brakes mechanics saw this. 2) the the engine shimmies and feels like it is going to stall. This has gone on since 2016. This happen when going about 30 mph. I had a mechanic look at it they found nothing. It still feels like it is going to stall. 3) bearings in rear passenger side in 2017. Rear wheels were making noise when driving around 40 mph. (Different mechanic looked at this. 4) right front axle shaft replaced 06/26/19 this car has never been in an accident and is used for highway driving.

I have had an airbag light on in my car for about 1 year and i am past worried about this faulty airbag that may not deploy if my family is every in the car during an accident. There is a begun recall but i have recieved no notice and as it describes is exactly what dealership told me was wrong 600$ is the cost or the life of my family... Please recall my airbag sensor..

Less than two days after having routine service maintenance done at a subaru dealership, i was driving my 2015 subaru forester with just over 46,000 miles on it on a city street when i heard a thump and noticed something didn't feel right in the back of the vehicle. I was driving on flat pavement and did not hit anything that would have caused damage to the vehicle. Upon inspection i could see the left rear of the car was almost resting on the tire. I had the car towed to the subaru dealership where they determined the left rear coil spring had broken. Subaru of america did pay a portion to replace the broken spring and the one on the other side. It seems odd that a coil spring on a vehicle with less than 50,000 miles on it would so suddenly fail and it would seem this would be a very dangerous thing to have happen if you were driving on a highway at higher speeds.

Same problem as nhtsa id#'s 11299582, 11297748 & 11297188. Dealer first did diagnostic check and found nothing wrong. Two weeks later same issue. Replaced throttle pedal/position sensor ($600) and problem fixed.

The rear driver side suspension failed.

At about 78,000 miles the driver's side rear coil spring broke. This requires a replacement of both the coil spring and strut on the driver's side of the car. Additionally it was recommended to replace the passenger's side as it may fail too. This failure may pose a safety issue if the failure occurred while driving on the freeway. Fortunately, this issue was identified in a parking lot

For the past few weeks i have been having major issues with this vehicle. The vehicle shakes as if it is going to stall. While on the highway or the street the rpms and power will suddenly drop and when i push on the accelerator the rpm revs up to a 5 or 6 but with little power and the engine shakes for the vehicle to even start moving forward. There appears to be slippage as well. This is a safety hazard not only for the driver, but passengers and other drivers on the road. The vehicle feels as if it will completely stop on the road. I have contacted subaru of america and they told me that since i'm over my warranty by 24k miles they will not do anything. So subaru will only warranty their cars for a max of 100k? This is very unprofessional and poor service, not to mention putting drivers lives in hazard.

Loss of power. It feels like there is simply no throttle response. It has happened after turning into traffic from a stop sign or red light at low speed (< 40 mph) and merging onto a highway at high speed (> 60 mph). Pressing the gas pedal just results in continued vehicle deceleration. The engine is still running but no response to throttle. After several cycles of backing off throttle and pressing, the engine will just suddenly start responding. Sometimes the hill assist and abs lights on the dash will illuminate, sometimes not. There is never been a check engine light when it happens. It has happened several times. scary, especially on the highway.

In september 2017, i was driving on the highway when my subaru forester lost power completely and without warning. I was barely able to get to the shoulder and have the vehicle towed. It restarted after only approximately 2 hours. Luckily this occurred in the middle of the night with little traffic, or i likely would have been involved in a catastrophic accident. I contacted subaru and learned i was eligible for an extended warranty due to possible cvt issues, but subaru refused to assist me when i explained that i was overseas with the vehicle on official u.s. Government assignment and that the local authorized subaru shop needed authorization from subaru to complete work on my u.s.-spec vehicle. I noted my alarm that several others had reported similar incidents, which could result in my, my children's or others deaths, but subaru still did not assist in finding a solution. I believe the seriousness of this fault, as well as the fact that other subaru owners are reporting the same problem up until this day (late 2019) should call for an actual recall of the vehicle, not only an extended warranty. I am a three-time subaru owner and am shocked by the lack of customer loyalty regarding this serious vehicle issue. I continue to be on u.s. Government assignment overseas so am unable to take the vehicle to a u.s. Subaru service center. Irrespective of that situation, the fact that i and the other owners who have reported this dangerous issue should result in vehicle recall before lives are lost.

Drivers side brake light was out. Removed lighting assembly and found blackened bulb and what appeared to be burn marks on the lamp holder. Inspected other bulb holders in the same assembly and found no other blackened bulbs or burned holders. Inspected the passenger side assembly and found similar conditions (blackened bulb, burned holders), but lamp was still functional. Cleaned both connectors and replaced both bulbs with philips 7443ll.

2015 subaru forester. Consumer writes in regards to passenger side airbag safety recall. *Ld the consumer stated the parts were unavailable to complete the recall repair. *Js

Subaru 2015 forester 2.5l at cvt transmission no turbo engine revs to 4-6000 rpm transmission slams into gear car takes off accelerating without driver input. The driver must slam on brakes place the car in neutral to regain control. The car does this intermittently both at low and high-speed travel.. This car has been at dealer several times for diagnosis without success. This is dangerous in that the driver is at risk of loss of control due to high engine rpm and sudden acceleration with slamming transmission engagement requiring hard brakeing and placing the car in neutral to regain control . I believe this is long standing problem with this car and the origianal buyer traded in this vehicle because of this defect. I believe this is a problem with the electriclal engine control system that will only be diagnosised documented by 24/7 monitoring of engine functions. In order to catch the events as they occur no codes are being thrown or recorded. The dealers have refused to provide this service to diagnosis this intermittant problem.

2015 subaru forester. The passenger seat front airbag sensor is malfunctioning. The dashboard displays 'passenger airbag off' when someone is sitting in the seat. This appears to be related to a malfunction of the seat pressure sensor. When no person is sitting in the passenger side front seat, the airbag light says it is on. On the dashboard a red warning light indicating an issue with the airbag is constantly lit. so, in summary: when i start the car, this indicator turns on: srs airbag system needs to be checked passenger airbag remains "off" even person sits on the passenger seat. this happens when car is stopped or moving while the car is started.

The cam carriers on the engine began leaking oil, dripping onto other components. Included a sensor and the catalytic converter. Due to the sensor being drenched in oil, the vehicle began to have issues while in motion on roads with bucking and power because the system thought it was running lean. researching the internet shows this is a common issue with the boxer engine style chosen for foresters and can occur any time within 100,000 miles. If i had known this was a common issue, a mechanic could have repaired it prior to further damage but no recall information was available. Removing the engine to fix the cam carriers is an extensive, labor-intensive repair for something subaru knows about. not an expert but if a catalytic converter or sensor fails while the car is in motion, probably not a good situation for the driver or other vehicles.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that the vehicle started to consume an excessive amount of oil. The vehicle was taken to tom wood subaru (3300 e 96th st, indianapolis , in 46240) four times and they advised the contact to monitor the oil consumption. After the latest failure, the dealer determined that a new engine was needed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 78,000.

I am an owner of of a 2015 subaru forester xt and i believe that i have a defective windshield. I noticed that there is a crack on my windshield that is about the size of a quarter after experiencing a small rock hitting my windshield on the highway.i would like to know if i am able to replace my windshield by subaru because i believe the quality of the windshield is faulty and a safety hazard. Thank you in advance.*dt consumer stated incident happened again on dec.30th,2019 while driving to work and a rock hit which caused a indent on the windshield by a hairline crack.*jb

Vehicle consumes oil at irregular pace. 1 quart needs to be added every 1,500-2,000 miles. This means using 3 additional quarts of oil in between oil changes. I am concerned about the environmental impact and for catastrophic engine failure.

Rear strut spring failed without warning. I have retained the failed spring and its counterpart. Looks like a metal fracture. Vehicle was not subject to any acute trauma (e.g. Pothole), has never been in an accident, and has never been used for towing, hauling, or off-roading. Vehicle has 62k miles.

At 38k excessive vibration and noise at highway speeds was noticed. Dealer replaced both of the front lower control arm bushings. At 42k the front right wheel bearing went bad and was replaced. Probably caused by the bad control arm bushings. At 44k the control arm bushings were bad again. This caused a severe loss of control of the car in slick conditions. This time the dealer replaced both of the control arm assemblies. This is a real problem with this vehicle. Time for a recall.

In may of 2018, with 59000 miles on my subaru, the right rear coil spring broke. It was replaced, free of charge, by subaru. At the time, i stated that it must be a defect and the left spring should be changed but it was stated that it was inspected and was fine. This week, december 2019 with 79,000 miles, the car was not handling well. When i took it in to service (a different dealership), i was told the left spring was cracked. Again, they fixed it for free but i was told that a search of the subaru's system did not turn up any issues reported with the springs. This had to be a lie because a quick internet search that i just did shows numerous problems of cracked and broken springs int he 2014 and 2015 foresters. It's time to issue a recall.

My car losses power while i am driving. I merged into traffic on a two lane highway, and while my vehicle was across the north & south lanes, i lost power. Luckily all traffic slowed or stopped until i was able to move my car. This has happened 3 times now, i have had it to my dealer twice and was given answers like brake problems. Returning to the dealership 12/19/2019 for the third time, before i am killed, or cause a multi-car accident and other people to be injured. I have also reported this to consumer reports and subaru's main location. Please notify me of anything else i can seek out as to not be killed or seriously injured in this car. Thanks.

Mechanic noticed a small piece of the left rear suspension spring had rusted through and broken off while the car was up on a lift. Unclear exactly when the spring had broken.

While driving on highway at 70mph, the vehicle suddenly lost power. The engine revved but no response, like it was in neutral. The engine did not completely shut off, and i was able to get over to the shoulder. While coasting on the shoulder, the car sputtered as if it was out of gas, but i had 1/4 tank. It then began to run normally. I pulled off to a gas station, filled it up, and continued my trip without a problem. The occurrence was very dangerous on a congested highway.

I was driving on city streets (speed limit 45mph) to run simple errands when the check engine light came on. I immediately turned around to go home which was just a minute or two away. As i sat at a traffic light, i realized the engine was idling a bit rough. The check engine light remained on. I parked the car in the garage and spoke with subaru as well as our mechanic at new dimensions automotive. Apparently, subaru had issued a mechanics notice to be aware that alternator problems existed. We ultimately had the repair completed at new dimensions on 8/6/19 in the amount of $877.53. Our mechanic suggested that this mechanical issue may well become a recall, and to keep our receipt for just that reason.

Vehicle is garaged, no towing, no heavy loads and no accidents. Vehicle was parked in garage and heard a bang. Next day after moving vehicle, noticed driver’s side bumper was much lower than right and found one of the coil springs broken and on the garage floor. It was very lucky i was not driving it at the time as it probably would have caused an accident.

Car will stall at light and stall on freeway causing me too loose control it will also just turn off at high speed and sometimes when stoped

Car hesitates when accelerating from a stop. Lasts 2-3 seconds, then slowly resumes speed. Very dangerous when merging, turning in front of traffic. Intermittent. Have taken it to subaru dealer and two other mechanics and they have been unable to replicate the problem. One mechanic said oxygen was low and to try premium gas. Didn't make any difference.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact discovered nhtsa campaign number: 19v701000 (air bags), which indicated that the parts were unavailable. The contact spoke with gregoris subaru (575 w merrick rd, valley stream, ny 11580, (516) 825-8700) and was informed that a representative would call back. The contact had not heard back from anyone. The manufacturer was not notified of the recall. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available.

Car stalled while driving, with no lights lit up on the dashboard. Happened twice, once at 5 mph and again at 25 mph. The two times it happened were about three minutes apart this morning. Then i drove three hours on the highway without a repeat of the issue. When it stalled, it felt like the wheels and engine became disconnected from the gas pedal. No engine revving was audible. It did not completely stop, but slowed to a crawl coasting totally on momentum, then started moving again on its own. This is what happened both times.

On monday, 11/18/19, i found my windshield had a fairly long crack (about 9 inches) which appeared to be internal at the top of my driver side windshield. This apparently occurred sometime between 11/16 and 11/18 while my vehicle was parked in my driveway near my home. Other than rain, we had not had any significant weather event that might be an explanation. Strangely, there does not appear to be any visible or tactile chip. Even when i scrape my fingernail across the crack, i can not detect any difference from a smooth windshield. This makes me believe it is within the glass itself. I had read about subaro forester recalls for cracking windshield and had been relieved to see that my year was not included. Then a few days later i found this problem. This makes me believe the problem may have been less frequent with my year, but that it should be included in the recall since it seems to be a systemic problem. I do not have the expertise or ability to upload a photo.

We noticed that the right rear of the forester was 4-5 inches lower than the left. On inspection of the suspension, i noticed that the right rear coil spring was broken. This was confirmed by the subaru dealer. The break looked rusty (it is coated with black plastic material) but not completely degraded. This vehicle has 43,838 miles on it, is in perfect shape, and has never been off road or in an accident. Nothing that we did justifies a broken coil spring, especially on an suv like a subaru. The best i can think of is that the spring might have broken a week earlier when we were riding though a neighborhood with speed bumps, but we were going less than 25 mph. Certainly not something that you would expect to break a coil spring. When i searched on-line, i found hundreds of similar complaints for 2014 and 2015 foresters. There is clearly a fault in the spring material or design parameters. I believe this is a potential safety hazard since with a broken spring the vehicle felt unstable when turning and the rear swayed somewhat at 50 mph and above. I believe it requires a recall. The subaru dealer replaced the broken spring and the rear strut for $500.

Shortly after 8 am on friday, november 1, 2019, the rear window of my 2015 forester spontaneously exploded. It blew outward, with some glass pieces flying nearly 20 feet. At the time of the explosion, the vehicle was parked in my driveway and the outside temperature was 34 degrees. Upon close inspection of the remaining glass pieces, i could see the rear window had bowed out before exploding outward. The entire window was shattered. In addition to the glass, the explosion broke the plastic paneling inside the hatch that was next to the glass. The glass had no scratches, chips, or damage to it prior to the explosion.

While the vehicle was stationary and parked for a period of 1 week both rear coil springs broke. My mechanic said the rusted from the inside out and the vehicle can not be driven till repairs are made due to safety issue. The vehicle only has 39,000 miles on it.

Like many others - rear coil spring has broken at 60,000 miles. This is a huge safety issue as it may cause severed brake like with immediate loss of braking or tire blowout. Subaru has an updated spring and of course, will recommend replacing both springs and alignment at our expense. dealer is taking pictures and will advocate for us but

Both rear wheel bearing had to be replaced at 74,000 miles.while in the dealership to have them replaced three other customers were having the same problem.

While pulling out of garage heard a clang of metal falling on concrete. Stopped and found a 4 inch section of metal coil spring. It appeared rusted from inside out where it broke. Came from left rear shock absorber spring bottom. We are original owners car has 98,145 miles. No heavy loads or hauling. No accidents thus far.

Brake switch was replaced on 10/06/18 on 2015 subaru forester. When recall came out, dealer didnt refund for the $156.01 for the replaced brake switch, but replaced it again under recall 19v149000. Symptoms are that the car would lose power to wheels while driving (engine rpm would rise) & would have to release , then depress accelerator to get it to put power to wheels again. Happened multiple times on interstate. Abs and traction control warnings came on during issue as well until car restarted.

While driving normal speeds, the car's check engine light came on. I scanned the code, the car is getting a p0016 code, and the car has a rough idle. The wilsonville subaru dealer has said that a new ecm and cam sprocket needs to be replaced in order for this issue to be fixed. The issue seems to be a factory defect with the cam sprocket, "coming apart" and causing the engine to lose timing. This seems to be a common issue people are having online with this engine as well. Anad, apparently the issue will come back if the ecm isn't replaced as the ecm "hard codes" the error in the computer and it wont go away unless replaced. Making the issue unresolvable outside of drivetrain warranty without subaru's assistance. subaru is refusing to do the repairs.

Left rear coil spring just broke while in my driveway, no off road driving. Car now tilts and i fear it is going to ruin the tire. I am unable to find any parts store that carries the part - it appears that a large number of owners are having the same problem with the coil springs.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While driving 60 mph, the hill assist emergency brake indicator illuminated and the vehicle decelerated to 40 mph. The vehicle was restarted and resumed normal operation. The vehicle was taken to stevens creek subaru (3155 stevens creek blvd, san jose, ca 95117, (877) 869-0971) where it was determined that the motor was tilted and caused the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vin was not available. The failure mileage was 144,000.

Our 2015 subaru forester was in an accident. We were turning left at an intersection. The suv was hit on the passenger side door and front fender by another suv. No side or curtain airbag was deployed.

Rear coil spring broke causing spring to slowing work its way down to control arm and car to sag. This happened with the vehicle sitting in the driveway, but it isn't something that could be noticed, until the vehicle is out on the road. I didn't notice the problem until the coil started working its way down the strut, causing the car to handle drastically different, and figured out the issue after driving 30 miles, returning home, seeing the car bottomed out on one corner, and finding the broken piece of coil in my driveway, where the car was parked before i drove the car for the day. This is extremely dangerous, and could cause the car to lose control. After a little research online and speaking with the dealer service department, this seems like a defect and a common problem of 2014 and 2015 subaru foresters. My vehicle only has 41,000 miles on it, and others had the problem around similar mileage. I have not had the car off road, towed with it, nor overloaded it. From the image i uploaded of the broken part of the spring and other photos i have seen from other with the same issue, it looks like these springs are prone to cracking, rusting a little, then snapping. I have seen many similar complaints, and this is obviously a manufacture defect that is a major safety issue. Subaru should have a safety recall on this before many more of these problem start to arise, causing injury or death.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that she had to apply a quart of oil every 1,500-2,000 miles before her next scheduled oil change. An oil consumption test was performed and the vehicle failed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact of manufacturer recall number: tsb0215714r; however, the vin was not included. The manufacturer offered to pay half of the repair cost. The contact spoke with mark miller subaru south towne (10920 state st, sandy, ut 84070, 801-553-5200) who was working on her behalf with the manufacturer to find a resolution. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 20,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While the vehicle was parked in the driveway, the contact's son noticed that the vehicle was leaning. When the contact look underneath the vehicle, he noticed that both rear springs were detached. The vehicle was towed to ganley subaru of bedford (123 broadway ave, bedford, oh 44146, (440) 439-3444) where it was diagnosed that both springs and struts needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and agreed to pay half of the repair cost. The approximate failure mileage was 39,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While driving out of the driveway, the horn failed to operate when pressed. The contact called colonial subaru (761 e chester st, kingston, ny 12401, 845-339-3330) and was informed that if he were to turn the steering wheel to either the extreme left or right, the horn would work. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 70,000.

Passenger airbag indicator is intermittently faulty. The warning light comes on upon starting. Then goes out next time the car is driven. Dealer says sometimes this can be due to a wet seat. Seems like a specious explanation to me.

When a passenger is sitting in the front passenger seat, the airbag will frequently fail to turn on. An airbag warning light will instead appear on the dash. When i brought the car to the dealership, they insisted (before even looking at the car) that something must have been spilled on the seat and that the seat would need to be replaced (for $895). Nothing has ever been spilled on the front passenger seat, nor has it gotten wet. Visual inspection of the seat shows that it's in pristine shape. Sometimes the airbag alert will appear when the car is still stationary. Other times, it has only appeared once the car was in motion.

2015 subaru forster with 50,098 miles. Car was parked in my garage. I was the only person in it and there was no baggage or load. As i sat down onto the seat, ready to turn ignition on, there was a very loud pop and i felt the rear end of the car drop. The car was not even turned on. All tires were fine but two pieces of the rear passenger side coil spring lay on the floor. Pictures are attached (i hope). One break had clearly happened long ago since both broken edges were very rusted. At the other break, the part which had just snapped was fresh but half of that break was also very rusted. I could not safely drive the car since the wheel was nearly touching the top of the wheel well. On the repair shop lift, we found the driver's side spring was also broken. the subaru dealership did not answer my phone call. Subaru nationally claims they haven't any information regarding this but i believe that there was poor quality steel in this spring. So, i googled it and found an amazing number of similar claims with 2014 1nd 2015 foresters and many with nearly the same mileage and also photos showing the breaks in nearly the same locations. I believe there is bad steel in these springs. Just 50 miles earlier on the previous day i had been transporting a mobility limited handicapped person in very rural areas. It could have been a terrible scene if the final break had happened then. the car has been driven under normal circumstances - no undo stress.

Had just got done registering my 2015 forester with 69k miles. Had replaced my tires since they were needed to be done for inspection and as i was reversing out of the shop it felt like i had popped my tire. Got out and saw the whole rear driverside spring shot down through the strut. Luckily it all happened in the parking lot, not with me driving down to my mechanic get get my inspection done. Also had both my children in the car with me so i was pretty upset with this happening. Brought the car to my dealership (prime subaru of manchester) where i had purchased the vehicle and told them what had happened. To my surprise not only did the driverside snapped, but also the other rear too. Was estimated to be $550 for the repair. From what i saw both springs snapped due to rust. Purchased this vehicle so i didnt have to deal with problems like this being that i am a young father of 2 and cannot really afford nor should have to repair stuff like this. With a vehicle being only 5 years i do not find this acceptable. Subaru of america really need to take action towards this before someone gets seriously injured.

The passenger airbag seat sensor intermittently fails to detect the passenger causing the passenger airbag not to arm. This is also accompanied by the srs dash light to turn on as well.

While driving my car on a clear, warm day, my daughter drove over a speed bump and the rear springs both broke leaving the car undriveable. At first, i was angry with her, thinking that she had hit the speed bump too hard, but upon doing research on the problem, i discovered dozens of similar complaints in regard to the same situation. talking with a service person at the dealership where i purchased the vehicle (kenny ross subaru), he stated that he was aware of the problem with the 2014-2015 forresters, but there was no official recall and quoted a price of $925.00 for the repair. I feel that with a problem that is not unique to only me and with this many other occurrences, subaru should step up and issue a recall and reimburse owners who have already had the repair made.

Within the span of ~3-5 months, both rear coil springs have broken. I'm not sure when/how the first broke; noticed a tilt in the vehicle (from the rear the left side was distinctly lower than the right). Took vehicle in for an oil change some weeks after left spring broke (still waiting for replacement part), they noted that the right rear spring was also broken. I suspect right rear spring broke after vehicle was parked; started driving away and noticed a clunk sound near right rear after moving 10-20 feet. I stopped, checked for debris under/behind the vehicle, didn't notice anything, continued on. Research online suggests this is a fairly common problem on this vehicle.

For the past year, the passenger airbag has been intermittently turning off and a warning message would appear: "srs airbag system needs to be checked". My car has never been in any kind of accident and is barely 4 years old. Lately, it just doesn't really work at all. I took it to the dealership and they told me that the airbag sensor is not working correctly and needs replacement. It is part of the passenger seat. It's a $1200 repair but with my extended warranty, i have to pay $100 deductable. I am floored that the airbag sensor can't last more than 4 years. This was supposed to be a highly rated car for safety! I'm very dissatisfied with subaru right now.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While driving approximately 55 mph, both rear coil springs fractured. The contact drove the vehicle to baierl subaru (9545 perry pkwy, pittsburgh, pa 15237) where it was diagnosed that both rear coil springs fractured and needed replacement. The vehicle was currently undergoing repairs. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 83,000.

On july 28, we were driving at ~70 mph on a freeway when the car lost momentum. The engine and electrical system seemed to still be operating, but the accelerator had not effect and we had to coast and brake to a stop next to the meridian. Due to dense, high speed traffic, we could not safely cross two-lanes of traffic to reach the shoulder. Brakes and steering continued to function and the car had fuel, although was close to empty. We could not restart the car, nor could the tow truck operator who reached us ~35-min later. The car started normally the next day, the dealer had no theory of why this occurred, and a mechanic who examined the car could not reproduce the problem, and said the fuel system was operating normally. We've owned the car since june 2018 with no previous problems and this was the first time this situation occurred. On july 7, we had the car serviced for a recall related to a brake lamp switch, i.e., safety recall: wue90|nhtsa campaign: 19v149000.

On july 30 2019 i came back from a 6 week vacation. My subaru sat in my driveway while on vacation, i got in the car to move it , i noticed it wasn't sitting right. I asked my boyfriend to check my tires thinking one was low or flat. All tires were good so i pulled my car out off the driveway, as i walked back into my driveway i saw the pieces of my spring where my car was moved from. How can this spring brake just sitting in the driveway ? The attached picture shows the pieces , rust and all . I've found from my web search this is a common issues with the 2014 -2015 subaru's , my experience is not an isolated issues. Some break sitting in their garage or driveway, some break when driving causing accident and additional damage to vehicle and driver. To where i was one of the lucky ones, it could have happen different. This coil spring is most defiantly defective rusting from the inside out.

I drove into garage at about 1 m.p.h. And put the car in park. After idling for about 3 seconds the engine accelerated to 2,800 r.p.m. And stayed there,i couldn't get it to slow down. I pressed on the accelerator many times,it wouldn't slow down or speed up. It just stayed at the same speed. Pressing the brake pedal didn't do anything. I got it stopped by turning off the ignition. When this happened the check engine light came on. I got code p2138. I am replacing the accelerator pedal position sensor as i am afraid to drive it.the car is exactly 5 years old,i bought it new. It has 16,552 miles on it now. I was very lucky it was in park when it did this. I hope the new part fixes it.after 4 restarts the check engine light went out. I took it for a short drive,and the engine kept wanting to run fast. Two days later it seems ok,it slows down now.

During routine 45000 car maintenance (oil change, tire rotation, brake inspection) the technician discovered that the rear driver's side coil spring had rusted away from its' retaining brackets (top and bottom) and was hanging loose around the shock absorber and could be wiggled or rotated by hand. Initial cost estimate is $1300.00 to replace both springs. The car is unsafe to drive until it is repaired.

I took my car in for a recall on brake light switch and stohlman subaru told me the right rear spring was broken, but the parts are out of stock. They reccommend replacing both rear springs at $700-800, when they are available. A hardship for me as i am a senior. I was not aware of when it broke, or that it was broken. They told me it probably rusted

In may 2019 the airbag sensor warning went on unexpectedly and for no apparent reason while driver and a front seat passenger were in it and the car was in motion going approximately 30-40 mph on a town road. Adding extreme danger to this situation is the fact that the sensor turning on made the passenger 'airbag off' warning immediately light up even though a person was in the seat when it happened, the airbag had previously been on with them in the seat, and the car was moving. It was checked by the dealer who simply cleared a code and suggested a cell phone could, perhaps, have interfered and caused the sensor light to go on. Dealer also alternatively suggested that if someone spilled something this could have caused it. (Nobody spilled anything and dealer verified in writing that no stain was found on the seat to suggest otherwise.) over the course of the next month the airbag sensor randomly went on (dangerously causing the airbag to turn off again, often despite someone being in the seat!) in this same manner several times. Sometimes the car is in motion when it happens, which is particularly dangerous and has caused us to stop allowing a human to be in the front seat because we cannot rely on the airbag at this point. Other times, the car had been parked and when i turn it on the airbag sensor turns on. Taking it back to the dealer 7/11/19 here is what they stated under 'cause' and 'correction' on our invoice: "...code b1760 stored in system inspected seat found no stains on seat inspected wiring found wiring to be good rec replacement of seat bottom" and "customer has been advised that due to no electronics being on the seat when the light and faults keep returning replacement of seat bottom (occupant detection sensor) is the next step..." they estimate $1032.45. The car is just under 90k miles and thus, according to subaru, out of warranty for this problem.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact received a recall notice for nhtsa campaign number: 19v149000 (exterior lighting). The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. Evanston subaru (3340 oakton st, skokie, il 60076, (847) 869-5700) was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and was not able to confirm when the parts were to become available. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that the vehicle ran out of fuel on the highway with seventy miles still remaining on the fuel gauge. The manufacturer was contacted and referred the contact to williams subaru of sayre (222 spring st, sayre, pa 18840, (570) 888-9691) for diagnostic testing. An appointment was scheduled with the dealer for next week. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 84,000.

Right rear coin spring failed (broke). Appears to be rusted through the coil. Discovered when vehicle was stationary and on a lift. Part of coil fell out.

"srs airbag needs to be checked" and "passenger airbag off" messages 95% of time when operating car, regardless of whether a passenger is present or not. Seat has never been damaged or dampened, as some folks online report. Disconcerting to say the least. Disappointing that someone might die while subaru is unable/unwilling to recall and repair this commonly reported concern.

I brought my 2015 subaru forrester into sheehy subaru for a va safety inspection and other work. I was advised that my right, rear coil had a crack in it. When i saw it, it was obvious that about one half coil turn on the bottom was totally detached (photo). Sheehy provided an initial estimate of $1,900 to replace both of the back coils/struts and that it would take 3-4 days. I did some internet searching and was surprised to find how many other people have had the same problem over the last year-some pics were identical to mine. There have been so many coils that have broken, that there is a shortage of coils nationwide. Based on what i saw on-line, i pointed out to the sheehy service person that this seems to be a common problem and i asked if subaru would cover the cost. He asked and heard back within an hour that subaru would pay for the right broken coil as a good will gesture, but i’d have to pay for the other one, estimated at $920. Since sheehy advised me that my car was “not safe to drive” (see p. 3 of att. Receipt) because of the broken coil, i authorized sheehy’s to make the repair and was given a loaner. 5 days later, i hadn’t heard anything so i called and was advised that there is a problem getting replacement coils. In the end, it took 2 and ½ weeks for sheehy to obtain the coils and repair my vehicle on july 15, 2019. While i’m not an expert, given how common this defect occurs, it’s fairly clear to me to that there is either a manufacturing defect in a large number of coils, or the coil has a design defect. I’m not sure which it is but it should be dealt with on a broader basis. The new coil does have a slightly different design with a protective sleeve on the bottom few turns of the coil, which may indicate a design defect. Frankly, i’m surprised there hasn’t been a recall, given how common this problem is and the safety risk that it presents.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While driving approximately 70-75 mph, the fuel gauge indicator displayed approximately 50 miles to empty and the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to harvey subaru (located at 3351 benton rd, bossier city, la 71111, (888) 232-4109) to be diagnosed, but the mechanic was unable to retrieve a fault code or duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure recurred once. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000.

Passenger airbag disabled due to sri code in seat. Passenger seat sensor defective.

While driving my wife noticed a loss of power to the car on her way to work and luckily didn't get rear ended but after a bit the car drove normally. About two weeks later driving on the highway the car started to rattle at normal highway speeds but only while car veered left and not on normal city speeds. Took the car in and was told that the transmission is the issue and has to be replaced which i have no choice but to replace and avoid something more serious. I have looked up this issue and found that there are a lot of complaints regarding transmission issues with some people having very close calls. There was an extension to the warranty provided by subaru but problem has coincidentally started after the warranty ended. Even though i got lucky and nothing happened to the vehicle or anyone i still think this is a serious issue that should be addressed before something worse happens to someone. Subaru seems to have known there was an issue and instead of doing something they offered a limited extended warranty that expired before the true problem began to occur.

Rear coil spring - left side. Broke at low speed entereing garage. No rust/corrosion on exterior of break.

2015 subaru forester. The passenger seat front airbag sensor is malfunctioning. The dashboard displays 'passenger airbag off' when someone is sitting in the seat. This appears to be related to a malfunction of the seat pressure sensor. When no person is sitting in the passenger side front seat, the airbag light says it is on. On the dashboard a red warning light indicating an issue with the airbag is constantly lit.

The passenger side rear suspension coil broke while on a trip. It didn't break while driving but in the evening i heard a loud pop thinking something hit the car from above. However, the next day the car wheel well and tire were almost touching. My mechanic said i should replace both and the driver side suspension coil broke in his hands while he was taking it off. My car had 23,000 miles on it when it broke and is garage kept. I had to drive the car home over 700 miles on a broken coil since there is still a shortage on the part. Now my tire needs replaced because of the wear from the drive home and i have had to replace two rear suspension coils.

My car started to look low in the driver side rear. It has only 26,000 miles on it, is not rusted and has never been in an accident, pothole or off road driving. The suspension coil or spring broke right off. I don't know when it happened. Since i didn't hear it i can't guess. Checking online this has happened to lots of 2014 and 2015 forester owners. Subaru said it was ok to drive to the shop, but when i got there and insisted on an estimate first, they told me if i drove it, the remaining coil could puncture my tire.

Yesterday 9/5/19 the tailgate strut on our 2015 subaru forrester suddenly failed causing the rear gate which was open to abruptly fall onto my spouse's head while she was unloading groceries. The metal bolt with the round ball that fits into the end of the strut cracked off and appeared rusted at the edges. This appears to be the same/similar issue as nhtsa recall no. 08v-135 for the subaru impreza. As far as i know there has not been a recall for this on the 2015 forrester for this issue. I will bring the vehicle to a subaru dealer to have them inspect it. My wife has not seen a doctor for this (yet) but her head still hurts the next day and she was dizzy afterwards.

“springs” i had the unfortunate experience of having a broken spring that just snapped while driving on a regular straight road. The first dealer i brought the car to tried to blame me and charge me a ridiculous amount to fix. I contacted subaru of america and after a few back and forth emails and calls another dealer fixed the one that was broken. The most disturbing thing is the were rusted from the inside and coating was fully intact. I had posted on cargurus to see if anyone else was having this experience . And i have continued to receive hundreds of responses with the same problem. Subaru needs to make this a recall before someone gets hurt. These can brake at higher speed driving and puncture a tire which can make a driver lose control.

Rear coil spring failure. Took car into dealership for pa state safety inspection. Was told (and personally verified) that right rear coil spring was broken. The car had 21,428 miles at that time.

Strut on rear hatch, subaru 2015 forester, broke at attachment point, hatch fell with great force, nearly hit my head. Vehicle was stationary. I called subaru's customer service number, but after going through many menus, got an automated message that the call could not be completed.*dt *tr

Vehicle won't start unless gearshift lever is moved forward while already in the park position - with just hand pressure on the handle.

Rear passenger coil spring cracked. Vehicle only has 29800 miles. Never over loaded and only driven on paved roads. May have been factory defect. Told by dealer was safety related and needed to be replaced. Problem found when rear brakes were being done.

Takara recall wue-90 safety issue with grand forks nd subaru has unreasonable two week wait time to replace brake lamp switch failure and rendering consumer at unreasonable safety risk or unusable car. Car locks in park or abs lights and hill start electrical malfunctions during driving unpredictably. Car was serviced for exact same safety issue previously (7/22/2016 : service dept stated "found brake lamp switch faulty and not working") and grand forks nd subaru's failed to repair defect succussfully. Grand forks nd subaru disregards driver safety again by failing to service same defect in a timely manner, in regards to customer safety complaints and in accordance with consumer protection safety regulations and laws.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, several warning lights became illuminated with alarms and several beeping sounds. The vehicle was driven home where the vehicle stalled once and the vehicle was stopped. The contact lifted the hood and became aware of an abnormal burning electrical odor coming from under the hood. Additionally, the battery lost its charge and was replaced. Flemington subaru located at 167 nj-31, flemington, nj 08822, (908) 824-2334, was contacted and an arrangement was made to have the vehicle picked up and towed to the dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the mechanic was unable to duplicate the issue with the vehicle. After approximately 14 days the vehicle was returned to the contact. The contact stated that she was offered a repurchase price of the vehicle at the blue book value plus an additional $400. The contact stated that a decision was not made as whether or not to accept the repurchase order. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure was intermittent. The manufacturer was contacted and informed of the failure. The approximate failure was 900.

When driving normally (vehicle in motion) and attempting to accelerate, vehicle would not accelerate when accelerator is depressed. Happened twice in 24 hours. Both times, vehicle did not respond and accelerate when accelerator was depressed, forcing the driver to pull over (vehicle stationary). Vehicle then responds normally when resuming driving after pulling over for 3-5 seconds.

Failed state safety inspection at 25,594 miles due to two broken rear coil springs.total cost to replace: $560.94 plus tax.

Both left and right rear springs and struts broke and needed to be replaced.

My car dash lights, hill assist and engine light, remote not functioning. Thought it was the brake switch recall. The code read a secondary pressure code. Not covered for repair, 132,000 miles. Other cars failed early, 50 to 90 thousand mile. Appears to be an issue, even with the extended warranty. not reliable, 45 years never lost a transmission, and at the tune $7000.00 to repair.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 19v149000 (exterior lighting) however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The dealer don miller subaru east (5401 high crossing blvd, madison, wi 53718 (877) 257-3233) was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The manufacture was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

While traveling on an interstate highway, the engine died for no apparent reason. I was driving at approximately 75 mph at the time. I had to coast to stop on the inside median during very heavy traffic. This event occurred on april 19, 2019. The car would not start so it had to be towed. This has happened twice before: sept. 17, 2016 and oct. 9, 2016. This event has been previously reported: complaint number: 10919048

The horn on my 2015 subaru forester failed to function at approximately 55,000 miles. I do not know specifics about the horn failure as i don't routinely use it. Approximately 10 days after i learned about the horn, the radio, clock, and door lock remote feature also failed to function. the subaru dealership service department diagnosed the horn problem as a faulty steering roll connector (src) and replaced the connector. The horn now functions. the subaru service department stated that a misplaced fuse (#8 - backup) caused failure of the other systems. They implied that i had misplaced the fuse - i did not - i checked only the horn and radio fuses. No one else has access to my vehicle. i have learned that subaru recalled tens of thousands of other models of their vehicles in 2010 due to faulty srcs. Suspiciously, the symptoms they blamed on my supposedly misplaced fuse coincide with some of the symptoms associated with the faulty srcs in the 2010 recall. i am filing this complaint for the following reasons: a car horn is an extremely important safety component and should not be prone to failure due to a faulty connector within the steering wheel. Subaru service stated they rarely encounter src failure, yet just 4 years before my vehicle was manufactured, their srcs were recalled by the tens of thousands. secondly, blaming me for failure of other systems that are directly connected to the steering wheel (radio volume and tuning) or horn (horn beeps if you push the lock remote 3 times) appears (in my opinion) like an attempt to cover up a problem with the src that involves more than just the horn - which is already enough to cause major safety issues in itself. thank you for the opportunity to file this safety complaint - i hope you will be able to determine if subaru srcs are still causing major issues.

My 2015 subaru forester engine failed 3 times during highway driving. Aug 26, 2018. I was in the express lanes when the gas pedal stopped responding and the car quickly decelerated. I merged to the shoulder. The car rolled to a stop. I tried to start it and immediately it turned on. I was not low on gas. Then oct 9, 2018, i was driving downhill on the freeway, with 20 miles to empty when the engine did the same thing. I quickly merged through traffic to the shoulder. Police suggested i ran out of gas. The third time, feb 11, 2019, i was in middle of 5 lanes of highway traffic, driving 75 mph with 70 miles to empty when the engine shut off. It was night, the lights to the vehicle remained on. I quickly merged right, but there was no shoulder as they were doing construction. I called 911. Everyone around me was going 70-80mph. I was terrified we would be killed by a car who didn’t see us at night. The police arrived in 15 minutes and bumped us off the freeway. Aaa arrived in 45 min.. Right before aaa arrived i tried to start the engine again, as i had been doing all along, and the engine started right up. I was told it wasn't a fuel problem because it started again without needing to add gas. Two subaru dealerships have tried to re-create the problem. Neither could. They told me they can’t repair anything since they can’t determine what is wrong - deeming my warranty useless for this issue. I tried to get buy back from subaru of america. They will not do a buyback because there haven't been repair orders. I have not driven the car since feb 11, 2019. It is a dangerous car. It will fail again on the freeway and whoever is around is in danger of injury or death. The dealership wants me to pick up the car. The forester has 58000 miles when it last failed.

On 2 separate occasions was driving my 2015 subaru forester (touring edition) at highway speed, 70 mph, the car lost power and started decelerating. Luckily both times i was able to get over to the shoulder. The car re-started after awhile. The first time the low fuel light was on but i had over 50 miles left according to fuel sensor. The second time, a month or so later, no low fuel light was on. There were 2 bars left on the fuel gauge. Again car totally decelerated and then a few minutes later was able to be driven. Subaru dealership claims they have not heard of this problem but someone did call them about it the day before i called. I am scheduling an appointment where they say they will do a diagnostic on it. I am seeing multiple complaints on this exact car on carcomplaints.com this is an extremely dangerous problem and subaru should not be waiting for fatalities to happen before recalling these cars.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 19v149000 (exterior lighting). The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. Hassette subaru (3520 sunrise hwy, wantagh, ny 11793, (516) 785-7800) was contacted and confirmed that the parts were available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and was able to confirm when the parts were to become available. The recall was fixed on may 14th. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect. *Bf *jb

We have had this vehicle for almost 4 years and have had to get 2 new batteries with less than 2500 miles on this vehicle. We are seniors and have been in please where we had to have the battery charged at least twice not including the times it failed on us. We were told that this was a very safe vehile for seniors. Our warranty will be up in a year. Is this normal for a vehicle with so many electronics, they should have a stronger battery if it is used so much. We have not used it for long trips, as we are unsure of our safety.. Is there any fix that subaru is working on. We now keep all our light switches in the off position.

Car was traveling at 75mph for 2 hours when going up and small grade incline. Engine started revving and car started slowing down very quickly. Was in traffic, so had to turn on hazard lights on, and get over to the shoulder. The vehicle felt as if though it was braking. The hill descent control light lit up, but no other lights. Car did not stall. I then turned it off, opened the hood and everything looked normal. Car was at normal operational temperature and had 1/4 tank if fuel left. Car was info for service within 500 miles at subaru. After checking the engine, i started the car again and took off. 30 minutes later, the exact same issue occured.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 19v149000 (exterior lighting). The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. Morrie's minnetonka subaru (12520 wayzata blvd, minnetonka, mn 55305, (612) 284-5696) was contacted and confirmed that the next available appointment was not until august. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

When stopped in traffic car hesitates, stalls and stumbles to accelerate for a few seconds. Unable to shift from 1st to 2nd smoothly (stuck in 1st gear?). Was rear ended when unable to accelerate at light. Dealer did software update that did not fix problem, still ongoing

In heavy traffic my speed control failed. The engine rpms went down by themselves while i was driving on freeway. The gas pedal completely unresponsive.

When driving after some time the ac goes warm. This happened while highway driving, when stopped in traffic and on city rds. It seems to happen after the system had been on for a bit. It also starts back to cold on its own after a while

Drivers are not seeing my brake lights off and on and pulling me over to telling us to get our lights fixed. I just looked up recalls to find out that we have a recall that no one notified us of for the brake lights. We always have our grand kids and everyone elses in the car on a daily basis which can be a deadly situation... Please assist.

The tire low pressure indicator came on the dash board. The air pressure was low, so that was what was supposed to happen. The problem is that i can't reset the tire low pressure indicator unless i pay the dealer $50. So, i haven't had a functioning low pressure indicator for two years.

Eyesight driving assist cameras failed, intermittently at first then complete failure. This failure also takes out the rear backup camera and cruise control and brake assist functions.

Recall notification followup --- this vehicle has a brake lamp switch recall. I called the dealer --bob baker subaru in carlsbad ca -- and they require an appointment to change the switch. Today is july 9, 2019, and they cannot schedule an appointment until november, 2019. To me this is an unreasonable amount of time to wait for a vehicle recall that is a very minor part replacement. I am making this complaint because the recall notice and this website both mention that the repair should be done in a reasonable amount of time.

At 40k miles, the rear suspension coil spring is found broken during a regular oil change and brake inspection. The spring is rusted inside out. Mechanics said it is rare that this part would break in the lifetime of a car. There are many similar broken spring cases among 2014 and 2015 subaru forester model cars. Please check https://www.cargurus.com/cars/discussion-t61866_ds789686. This is a safety concern that subaru did not take prompt action. Even if one life lost as a result of this in the future is too little too late. Subaru values money over lives. It is now up to nhtsa to take further actions to protect public safety.

I was pulling out of a parking spot yesterday when i heard a loud bang. I had difficulty driving home on the street with brakes & steering even at a very slow speed. Car had to be towed to subaru today. The control arm was totally rusted through & broke apart.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While the contact was loading groceries into the trunk of the vehicle, she stepped back and noticed that the vehicle was very low. There was no warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the rear suspension failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. Heritage subaru catonsville (6624 baltimore national pike, baltimore, md 21228, (844) 224-1954) was contacted to schedule a second diagnostic test. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 46,000.

Passenger side airbag shuts off and a red indicator light appears on the dashboard while driving with someone in the seat. If you stop and turn the car off the system will reset. It has happened over 10xs. It’s been checked out at the dealer several times. They said airbag related equipment is only covered for 3 years. I was 2 months out of warranty when i first complained. I thought the airbags and seatbelt systems were covered for 5 years.

Periodically in the middle of a turn the car seems to loose power and acts like it is going to stall. It is inconsistent when it happens. Car can be cold or have been driven for over an hour. Subaru mechanics could not replicate and i do not feel i should have to keep paying them when they can't find it. Problem also happened to my husband while driving this car. Problem did not happen in winter but has happened twice in past 4 months

Broken left rear coil spring at 52,600 miles. Dealer stated this is a known issue with this model year.

While stationary, horn quit working. Fuse under hood replaced twice at $16 each. Fuse blows after blowing horn once. When you hit the panic button on the key fob the horn blows fine. Likely a short in the steering roll connector. Other subaru's have been recalled for this problem. This one should be also.

We were driving in the freeway at 65mph, we had been driving about an hour, on the freeway with some traffic but mostly moving normally. Suddenly with no warning nor engine lights, the car reved but didn't respond to the gas pedal. As though it had run out of gas. The low fuel light had gone on already, it turns on around 70 miles to empty, but we still had 50 miles to empty. We pulled over and called roadside assistance to deliver gas since that's all we could figure had happened. After about 30 minutes waiting we decided to try it and just see if it would start and it did! We drove to the next exit and got gas with no further problems, and continued on home after. this was very scary and left my family sitting stranded on the side of the freeway. No engine lights, no codes, nothing obvious to fix. Now i'm nervous to drive with my kids in the car in case it happens again.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that the oil indicator was illuminated and the vehicle was consuming an excessive amount of additional oil. The vehicle was taken to redding subaru (481 e cypress ave, redding, ca 96002, (888) 859-0264), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 52,000. The vin was unknown.

The car was wobbly and went in for service and they found one rear strut the technician took it for a drive and the other one broke on him. It costs me $1390 to fix it and i drove it on the highway and it still wobbly. Subaru does not want to acknowledge the fact there is a major issue with this vehicle. This should have been recalled by subaru when they knew about this. This car also had rotors that needed to be replaced, the arm control, wheel bearings all under 60,000. This is a serious issue, i could get killed or have a major accident and subaru does not want to hear about it. I am scared to drive this car. the consumer stated the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and offered to assist with the repairs. *Js

Passenger air bag turned off while passenger is in the seat while vehicle is in motion. In case of an accident the air bags will not deploy.

Both rear springs broken at the lower perch of the strut. Car has 9533 miles. subaru replaced both springs for no cost because it was a safety issue. owner did not notice any problem until car was brought to dealer for brake lamp switch recall. The dealer knew right away what the problem was before it went on the lift.

My ac has been giving me problems since i bought it. It never really cooled to its full potential. It has gotten worse over the years. Loud noises when ac is turned on, blowing cool then after 30 mins gets cold. Now it stopped cooling. Blowing hot air

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 19v149000 (exterior lighting). The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. Tucson subaru (4901 n oracle rd, tucson, az 85704, (520) 422-2111) was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and was not able to confirm when the parts were to become available. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

Car was not moving and sitting in my driveway. When i noticed the left rear body frame low, almost touching the tire. Looked under car and found broken spring pieces, that was totally rusted inside out. This should not happen to a 4 year old car with only 38k miles. I was very lucky not driving the when this failure happen or it could of lead to a major accident. I also found out though the internet this is not a one time problem subaru is having with these springs breaking. I believe it’s a manufactured material defect that should be recalled immediately before some one gets injured! Also the cost should be be handled by subaru..

Twice while driving on the interstate on a 3-4 hour trip going approximately 70 mph using cruise control with approximately 1/12 - 1/6 tank of gas, my engine began to rev and at the same time lost power and speed. The first time i pulled off the road, shut the engine off, waited approximately 10 minutes and was able to restart the engine and finish my trip. It happened the second time with mostly identical circumstances. I pulled off the road, turned off the engine, waited and was unable to start the engine. I had to tow my vehicle to a dealership. They ran diagnostics with nothing turning up. They were however able to start the car when they tried. This was extremely dangerous being in 70 mph traffic and having no speed control. I have the dealership paperwork from the service. Now the engine does not seem to have the normal power it usually does when accelerating. *Tt*jb

Coil spring of rear strut broke, only 53k miles and not taken offroad. Car was parked in our driveway and it just "popped" and i found a piece of the coil on the ground. There are multiple complaints about this exact issue for 2014 and 2015 foresters and this can be dangerous if it snaps while turning. Subaru needs to correct this before someone gets killed. https://www.cargurus.com/cars/discussion-t61866_ds789686

I have had my forester since nov 2014, and during the time of owning the vehicle i have had to add a quart of oil roughly every 2500-3000 miles in between services (5000 mile service interval) as the check engine oil level light illuminates. At two points that i have had the vehicle (roughly 50000 and 80000), i have had oil consumption tests run on the vehicle, both were returned as normal, and that the amount of oil consumed by the engine was within the parameters of the design. On 24 may 2019, i turned the vehicle in to a subaru dealership in hawaii for servicing (have used this location in the past), and they informed me that the oil is leaking into the coolant system inside the engine, and that the engine needs to be pulled and the upper oil pan seals and head gaskets need to be replaced. I fail to understand how this issue could go undiagnosed for the entirety that i have been having the vehicle serviced at subaru dealerships, through two oil consumption tests, and just now the issue was diagnosed. I also understand that the amount of oil missing from the pan might not have been "consumed" as the service technician made a point to state, but i would say a pretty good indicator of an issue with the oil system, is the system losing oil. Also, after a cursory search of internet forums, this issue seems to be a common trend among subaru foresters, and the symptoms were covered in a similar technical service bulletin (tsb no. 02-157-14r), which includes my year, make, and model, but differs in that it only covers the manual transmission cars, not vehicles equipped with the cvt.

Today is 6/5/2019. The earliest i can schedule my urgent important safety recall with fox subaru in grand rapids, mi is november 6th, 2019------five months from now! Really??? So if i die....before then...in an accident as a result of them not being able to do the recall does my family get to sue fox subaru as well as subaru of america, inc for compensation from my life? How ridiculous is this 5 month wait for urgent important safety recalls?????

On may 15, 2019 i approached my forester in the parking garage and noticed that the left rear suspension was low (i am not sure if the left suspension broke when i was driving slowly of if the vehicle was static). As i drove down the ramps in the parking garage, i heard a loud noise from the back of the car. I stopped, inspected the rear suspension and found out that the right side was now as low as the left. It appeared that both rear suspensions had a similar problem (right suspension failed as the vehicle was moving a low speed). i dropped the vehicle off at a muller subaru in highland park, il on may 17. I requested that the parts removed from my vehicle were made available for my inspection. on may 30 i went to the dealership to pick up the forester and was able to inspect the rear suspension springs. Both of them were corroded to the core at the bottom end. The coating on the spring was ripped (see pictures). The dealership didn't mention of the front springs were inspected for the same problem. i think this could be a model/year problem, bad quality control and/or material used on the suspension springs, and it could break at anytime, low or high speed driving.

Started the car in the driveway and no power steering, dropped off at the local dealer. Several days later was informed of full failure of power steering. The power steering assist module and power steering rack system shorted out/failed. Car had 41000 miles

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 19v149000 (exterior lighting). The contact called carlsen subaru at 888-520-5916 (located at 480 veterans blvd, redwood city, ca 94063) and was informed that the parts were not available. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and was not able to confirm when the parts were to become available. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While driving, the contact depressed the brake pedal and noticed it was stiff. The contact had to depress the brake pedal several times to stop the vehicle. The failure occurred several times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The failure mileage was 35,000.

While completing a tire rotation, i placed the spare tire on the hub as a placeholder while i moved on to other wheels. I hand tightened the lugnuts holding the spare on (no wrench, no over torqueing). I left the driver front jacked up supported by a jack stand while i completed the rest of the tire rotation; the spare was never lowered to the ground and weighted, it was simply installed as a backup to my jack stand. When i came back to the driver front to remove the spare and install the normal wheel, 2 of the 5 lugnuts that i had hand tightened seized. When i attempted to remove them after application of penetrating oil, two of the studs snapped rendering the car entirely unsafe to drive. When i went around the car with a torque wrench set to the manual specified torque of 89 ft/lbs a third stud stripped. i do not know what caused the studs to snap or strip. I did not over torque the lugnuts, they were hand tightened less than 30 minutes prior. There is no reason for hand tightened lugnuts to seize on a wheel stud and cause the lugnuts to snap other than deficiency or weakness of the wheel stud. I have never over torqued the wheels; i always use a torque wrench set to 89ft/lbs as specified in the owner’s manual to tighten the lugnuts. I did not cross thread the lugnuts; i ran them down by hand to ensure that they were correctly installed. My research on various subaru online forums suggested that the wheel studs commonly fail and many users suggested replacing all wheel studs with aftermarket hardened racing studs rather than installing new oem parts. when i contacted subaru i received the response "subaru appreciates your time in communicating with us, however we do not investigate every concern that is reported to us."

Driving at highway speeds when the engine suddenly loses power and the car begins to rapidly decelerate. Engine rpms climb, but no power is available. Have to race to the shoulder to get out of traffics way, where eventually the car will start and drive normally.

About 2 weeks ago my car did some bucking and shuddering and the transmission light came on when taking off from a stopped position so i took it into the dealership and they said it needed new transmission that's gonna cost $9000 my vehicle does have a 150000 miles on it but it's never been off road and all the miles on it have been highway miles driving on the interstate not city stop and go

My 2015 forester consumes a 1/2 quart of oil every 4000 miles. My oil light comes on.

2015 subaru forester. Consumer writes in regards to premature brake and rotor failure. *Ld *js

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. When the contact's wife lifted the hatchback, the left support arm fractured. The vehicle was taken to carbone subaru of troy (800 hoosick rd, troy, ny 12180, 518-312-4300) where it was diagnosed that the left hatchback support arm was fractured. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000. *Tt consumer replaced new lift arm. Ball-headed bolt had snapped.* jb *dt *tr the consumer stated the right side strut has also failed. *Js*dt *jb

When driving at highway speeds, the engine will shut down. This has created very dangerous situations when having to cross heavily trafficked lanes without power to enter shoulder. Issue has happened 4 times in the past 2 months. Unknown cause as no codes are thrown. Video showing issue that i am having can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omnp_vkes-k .

Oil consumption!! I purchased the vehicle in june 2017 with 67,000 miles with in month i was burning 1-2 quarts of oil. Now there is a class action lawsuit out there but only thru 2014 not on mine apparently. Now here i am 1.5 years later and still burning 1-2 quarts of oil in between the 5,000 mile oil change.

Car hesitates when starting to move. Have had near misses because of the delay in moving out for a turn onto another street. Car just sits there for 2 - 3 seconds. Not a long delay but critical in city driving. Problem is ongoing. Car has 98000 miles. It has a cvt transmission.

Hello, subaru needs to add forester models to its recall of 72,000 vehicles due to problems with their automatic braking system (abs), faulty brake light switch sensors. i just had to have my subaru forester’s brake light switch replaced for the 2nd time in 2 years! both times, i was driving on open highways far from home doing 55mph on flat terrain when all of a sudden the 3 lights came flashing on my car’s dashboard: hillstart assist system, abs, & vehicle dynamics control systems. I was extremely alarmed both times that my vehicle might not be safe to travel, especially since i was on highways and far from home. could it be that when the part was replaced 2 years ago it was replaced with yet another faulty part?? two years ago, the repair cost was covered under subaru new-car warranty. This second time, my extended warranty paid some, but i am now out of $100. Deductible, --- ($160. Labor cost(?!), to replace a $16. Part! Total billed was $175.68) i am not confident in the replaced sensor, and am scared to drive my forester for long-distant trips for fear it may happen again, since it has already happened twice in 2 years. i believe that subaru should refund my $100. Since subaru has known about faulty brake sensors formally recalled in other models. Upon searching the internet, i discovered that faulty brake switch sensors have been a well-known problem with subaru for many years, and recalls for this part should apply to the forester as well as other models. i also believe that subaru needs to add forester models to their list of recalls for faulty brake light switch sensors. I/we forester owners should not have to keep paying for known faulty parts, nor should we be scared for our safety to drive our newer model vehicles. please help! r/ ms. Kotsiras

This incident happened 2 weeks and 600 miles of driving after i had taken the car to the dealer to have ecm flash updates installed to address surging and loss of power during light acceleration, especially during high ambient temperatures. We were driving at about 65 mph on the freeway at night, we heard and felt a very loud “knock” from the engine and experienced sudden and complete loss of power. When i pressed the accelerator the vehicle would rev and give a little bit of power and then lose all power again. Essentially we were coasting. Fortunately we were near a freeway exit and were able to stop at a shoulder on that exit. We tried turning the vehicle off, waiting and turning it back on. Although the engine turned over, it had a very rough idle and shut off after about 10 seconds. If we turned it on and put the car in gear and tried to drive forward it immediately turned off. I had it towed back to the dealer. They said the air intake hose disconnected from the intercooler. They reconnected the hose, cleared fault codes and it is running normally now. I am skeptical that this is actually the problem, i have a feeling that there is something wrong with these cars from the manufacturer and that subaru is attempting to cover things up to avoid more expensive recalls. This was a catastrophic failure that put our lives in danger and i no longer feel safe driving the car.

Bullet-end of parking brake cable came off, allowing brake drums to fall loose and tumble inside the right rear wheel at highway speed, just as i was slowing for a rest stop. Repair cost $545; i have documents but can't scan them at the moment -- if they matter, i can copy and mail them.

Car started and backed out of parking space in a parking garage. When gear shift was placed in drive the car lurched forward 50 feet and drove thru an aluminum rail and mesh over head electric activated door. At 81 more feet the car hit a 4 x 4 steel column holding up two 27 foot steel beams of a carport roof structure and collapsed the column. The southerly beam fell on top of the car and pulled the northerly beam with it. The car continued forward 9 feet striking the first parked car in the rear quarter. The car continued about 4 feet more and struck a second parked car in its hind quarter and pushed it until it was against the next carport support column. The two occupants in the car were able to exit from the car at each of the front doors which opened without problem. Experiencing limited bruising on their legs below the knee. A miracle. The car traveled about 145 feet not under the control of the driver. the car dealer had been questioned on why the car did not move frequently during a stop at a stop light or stop sign every time it was taken in for service at the dealer who sold us the car. The service review was five times and nothing could be found. I was told 'it was the way the car worked'. I was not provided with test results for this condition. the car had the eyesight device and did not stop the car at either at the door or the column. The air bags did not implode on either impact location. One recall wta-62 for subaru forester 2015 and 2016. Engine, march 21, 2016. Turbocharger air intake duct crack stalls engine (16v162000). I was not informed about this recall. I think the car was defective from the beginning and a fix was not initiated to correct a faulty condition. Fortunately it did not happen on a busy street or highway. This accident should not have happened. I have pictures that i can forward for your use on jpg format. *Bf *tr

Passenger seat airbag sensors malfunctioned. This caused the airbag to be turned off. This happened while the vehicle was stationary. Dealer indicated the seat has to be replaced. The part is on back order. This indicates to me there is a wide spread problem.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. When the brake pedal was depressed, the vehicle accelerated independently. The contact mentioned that the brake pedal was forcefully depressed in order to stop the vehicle. In addition, the contact's vehicle crashed into another vehicle and jumped the curb. A police report was filed. The air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was towed to a body shop. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 41,000.

Dashboard warning lights lit up "like a christmas tree"! Safety features are disabled. No eye sight, traction control, lane deviation. I have been to the dealer multiple times with no success. This has been going on for several months. Lights come on and go off, seemingly at random. Mostly stay on now.

Sudden onset of rubbing noise from left front wheel, worse when turning to right, varied directly with speed. Inspection by subaru confirmed bad wheel bearing.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While pulling into a parking space at a very low rate of speed, the engine began to rev. The vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into a brick wall. After the collision, the engine continued to rev very high while the brake pedal was being depressed. The contact stated that the front end of the vehicle sustained severe damage; however, the air bags did not deploy. No injuries were reported and no police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an undisclosed location. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were not notified. The failure mileage was 39,000.

Sudden unintended acceleration: i was traveling at approx 10 mph through a campground. I applied the brakes to slow down to turn right into my parking spot. My right foot was on the brake pedal when the vehicle suddenly accelerated forward. I stepped on the brake pedal more firmly but the vehicle continued to gain speed. I traveled about 100 feet up a steep hill on the side of the campsite and knocked down a small tree and struck several bushes before hitting a large tree that finally stopped the vehicle. The vehicle sustained major front end damage in addition to deep scrape marks to its sides and rear from the trees/bushes. The front airbags did not deploy. I purchased this car new and had driven it for more than 42,000 miles with no problems until this incident.

This vehicle has already shut off while driving on the expressway 4 times. The last time they said it was a bad fuel pump and replaced. I turned the car on in the parking lot after a grocery store trip (with my baby in the backseat) and the vehicle said it could not establish the remaining fuel level and the gauge was blank. Turned vehicle off and back on and fuel gauge reappeared, but while driving down city street, all indicator lights on the instrument panel lit up. I drove directly to dealership. They say that the cluster (odometer, speedometer, tachometer) needs to be replaced. Still waiting for part to come in and for vehicle to be returned to me. I am not confident this will fix my vehicle since they said they were 99% sure of the fix the last two times. This vehicle is faulty and is endangering my family. It is by sheer luck that we haven't gotten into an accident and injured so far.

Evaporator core failure, during use of vehicle in motion, leaking refrigerant into the vehicle leading to a/c not working.

This vehicle has shut down mid-driving on the expressway 4 times. The battery, fuel sensors, fuel pump, and 'cluster' have been replaced. I received the vehicle back from subaru service on a wednesday afternoon, and on thursday morning as i was pulling out of my garage the fuel gauge was again displaying blank even though there was more than a half tank of gas in the car. I turned the car off and back on and then every warning light on the instrument panel lighted up. There have been 5 repair attempts on this vehicle and it has not corrected the issues. This vehicle is defective and dangerous.

From a stop, car hesitates when turning left crossing incoming traffic. Initial coasting, then accepting accelerator pressure, taking a second or two to respond. Dealer found no codes and offered no fix, other than to leave my car for additional test driving. In three years and 21,000 miles, there has been six left turn hestitions from a stop position. Very scary event that could be fatal with a stall in an incoming lane.

I bought the car a month ago around march 10,2018 from glanzmann subaru. After 2 weeks of driving, the car was shaking and had trouble accelerating intermittently when at stop signs or at low speeds. After words i noticed when the car is around 80 mph, sometimes the rpms go up but there is no torque. I was told to drop the car off at the service station which i did and after 4 days got the car back but they said they "could not replicate" the issue that i was having. I also get 18mpg while the advertised mpg is around 25. I should atleast get 22mpg. I have a very good feeling i was sold a car with a clutch that was on its way out. The dealer is not acknowledging the issue but i was able to replicate the issue on my way from the service center. I was told i would be able to drive the car with a tech but on the day of the pickup , the tech was unavailable. It has become a safety issue because sometimes when merging into a highway or turning into streets from a center lane the car does not have good pick uplike it is suppose. I know my car is an issue because the loaner that i got from glanzsmann was also a forester and i could tell the difference right away. thank you.

November 28, 2017 — a subaru transmission warranty extension has been issued for 2010-2015 legacy and outback, 2012-2015 impreza, 2013-2015 crosstrek, 2014-2015 crosstrek hybrid, 2014-2015 forester and 2015 wrx vehicles, all equipped with continuously variable transmissions (cvts) due to consumer complaints. I bought my car used in september 2017. I was never informed that there were potential problems with transmission performance and failures. A transmission failure on a highway could result in injury or death. And yet there has been no recall. I have already started to notice problems with the transmission- jerking while trying to brake and delayed turnover between 2 and 3rd gear. Consumers were not informed of this i found it online. I called the dealer and they verified that there was a warranty extension on the models above and my car is included. When i asked for paperwork the dealer service rep said none was sent to anyone, but the warranty follows the vehicle by vin #. So, there are potentially thousands of people driving around with transmissions that could fail, but who are unaware. Subaru did this quietly to not drawn attention to the problem. I think there should be an investigation and a recall. Transmission failure on a highway could cause injury or death. Again i feel "jerking" every time i try to break. It's like the car is trying to accelerate instead of coming to a stop. It has stopped so far, but what if it doesn't next time? This problem is constant. I thought it was due to cold but i always warm up my car until the indicator light shows transmission is warm. And the weather has been warm for a few days now and the same thing is happening. I have reported other problems to the dealer that are not safety related and they just blow it off such as the computer is not recording average mpg and average mph correctly. Joan 215-444-9054

Oil is leaking from timing cover. Also crankshaft sensor is bad. Mechanic tells me $2000.00 repair needed to correct leak.

Horn does not work when sterring wheel in straight ahead position. horn works in all other positions.

The car was parked on a city street, not running. When i approached to enter the car in the morning, after clicking the unlock button but before touching the car, the rear windshield spontaneously shattered into hundreds of pieces. Nothing hit or fell on the car, no one was touching it nor in it. It simply shattered and broke as it was sitting there stationary and off.

When using light acceleration such as in a parking lot or at a red light or stop sign to start going the vehicle bucks forward it will literally make you jerk back in the seat. Also while pulling onto a street it jerks forward but has hesitation which isnt to safe if you ask me when trying to get out on the road if cars are coming...

Several times when i slow to turn or slow in traffic then try to accelerate, the car doesn't respond. When i depress the accelerator again, it bucks and surges forward in a jerking motion. Its dangerous because someone following behind me in a turn could run into me or in traffic , i could suddenly surge into someone else's car. When i took it to the dealer, the only report i got when i picked it up was that they had re-programmed the computer and test drove it. That was 2 months ago and now i am having the same problem again. Every incident took place on city streets. I am alarmed about the other reports i am seeing on this and similar loss of control issues.

This complaint is potentially related to nhtsa recall id number :19v149 while we have not noticed break lights not operating properly, the vehicle has been rear ended twice, in 2017 and in 2018, possibly indicating that break switch was intermittently faulty.

Tl* the contact owned a 2015 subaru forester. While the contact's husband was driving 40 mph, the traffic stopped abruptly and he crashed into the rear of a ford explorer. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The air bags did not deploy. In addition, the driver's body lunged forward and struck the steering wheel. The driver sustained injuries to the chest and ribs that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to grayson subaru (8729 kingston pike, knoxville, tn 37923, 865-693-4550), but was not diagnosed. The insurance company deemed the vehicle a total loss. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 107,460.

Twice in the last four months vehicle has run out of gas while traveling on a level highway despite gas gauge indicating that there was 70 miles still to travel and the gas gauge reading one bar. Low fuel warning indicator did not display.

The cv axle joint went bad at 90k. Clicking noise. I thought that was an issue for down the road. Subaru corp gave me a $500 coupon for the right front axle going bad. Approximately 5 months later, that axle had to be replaced. Also both back wheel bearings had to be replaced. Currently, the driver side cv joint sounds like it is going bad again. About 60k later. Weak parts. This is a progressive issue and not a sudden one.

My car dies at highway speed with absolutely no warning. It has happened to me twice and to a technician from a subaru dealership once. I have tried to resolve this with subaru to no avail. Here is a summary: on august 31, 2018 i had been driving at freeway speed for about two hours. The trip computer said i had 70 miles till empty but the low fuel light had not come on. The car behaved as if it had run out of gas. The engine rev’d like it slipped out of gear, then completely quit. Zero warning. for the next 90 minutes i would try to start the car every 20 minutes or so. The engine would turn, but no indication it was getting any fuel. I looked at several forester blogs and found many identical incidents (highway speed, less than a quarter tank, engine revs then dies). One post said that after filling the tank it would start. A tow truck took me to a gas station where i filled it with ~13.5 gallons of gas. That means the tank had about 2.4 gallons left and @30mpg=72 miles just like the trip computer said. That’s all i did, and the car started immediately. my local subaru dealer had the car for a few weeks and worked with subaru to diagnose the problem. They detected an error with the fuel pressure sending units and replaced them. Still during multiple test drives after the sensors were replaced their technician had the exact same failure as i did. on january 2, 2019 it died on me again. Going 60 mph on a two-lane highway with 40 miles till empty. the dealer then had the car for over a month and consulted with subaru again. They test drove it for nearly 300 miles with special instruments attached but couldn't get the problem to happen again. They finally returned it to me but could not determine a root cause. searching the internet, you can find many reports from other owners of exactly the same type of problem with similar vintage subaru foresters.

The passenger airbag warning light first came on as soon as i started my car one morning in mid-october 2018, in which i took my car to subaru of kennesaw, ga to have it looked at. They first asked if i had spilled anything on the front seat (in which i responded "no") and then advised me that the whole seat bottom would need to be replaced (about $989 parts and labor) and that the part was on back-order. I followed-up with them in december 2018 and never heard back. When i recently went there for an oil change february 18, 2019 they brought the issue up to me again, in which i responded that nobody ever returned my call. They checked again to see if they had the part but stated it is still on a nationwide back-order. We are now going on 5+ months of my passenger airbag warning light being on (it sometimes turns off intermittently, but in those instances the passenger seatbelt light will come on and ding repeatedly until the seatbelt is plugged in - even if there is no passenger). I have done quite a bit of research into this issue and it seems like a lot of other consumers are experiencing similar issues. Subaru seems to have different explanations and seems very unwilling to fix their faulty passenger seat sensors. It is upsetting and discouraging to know that they have allowed me to drive around this long with a defective airbag/passenger seat sensor.

When highway driving multiple warning lights are illuminated on dash, traction control, eyesight, cruise control off, hill assist. The eyesight systems are disabled shutting off cruise control. When this happens the rear brakes light are not working. When the car is the shut off then restarted and the brake is depressed the car will not come out of park after starting. This happens when it is reset after the car sits off overnight. The last time i could not get it out of the park i went behind the brake pedal and move the brake switch and pressed the connection on top in. This reset the system and i was able to get the car out of park and all the warning light on the dash disappeared. The stoplight switch/brake switch part #83311fj001 is defective. On 3/1/19 subaru announced a recall not sure if it's this part/issues but i am hoping it is.

Excessive oil loss, 1 qt per 3,000 miles. started around 90,000 miles. mileage now 129,000 miles. at 129,000 miles, major engine and transmission issue. found oil in coolant. at oil temperature light flashing. evaluating cost of repair this week of feb 12 2019. at 126,000 miles, both front axles were replaced. heard clicking at 125,000 miles. at 100,000 miles, upper and lower front suspension arms replaced.

While driving at low speeds through a parking lot or slow moving traffic the car will stall. It's a 2015 forester turbo with a cvt transmission. If put in park, it will restart and go again. Stalling on the roads and in parking lots is unsafe. It doesn't throw any codes so there's nothing the dealer can do.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While driving 2 mph, the vehicle spontaneously accelerated and crashed into an electrical box. There were no warning indicators illuminated. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was towed to gresham subaru (1925 e powell blvd, gresham, or 97080, 866-584-3109), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and stated that an independent specialist would inspect the vehicle. The manufacturer provided case number: 1-39999345391. The failure mileage was 80,000. *Tr

The eye sight system will turn off while driving down the road which in turn turns off the cruise control. And the automatic brake then doesn't work, which becomes very dangerous in traffic.

Drivers side lower control arm have worn out twice with in 24 months. On any street or highhway was getting a knocking noise. First time my private mechanic stated it was bad. Took it to dealer their mechanic said there was no problem. Few weeks later went back to dealer for same reason. Then they admitted it was bad and repaired. Now on 2/18/19 i have the same problem. Went to the dealer their mechanic said everything was fine . Everything nice and tight. Took the vehicle which was still making the noise for state inspection he stated the lower control arm was bad . Now i must go back to the dealer for them to get warranty approval to repair. This is constantly making me do everything twice because the dealer mechanic fails ti be honest.

I purchased a certified preowned 2015 forester in november from northtown subaru in amherst, ny in november 2017. I was sold a basic model and assured that the remote car starter and heated seat that they could install at the dealership were as good as the ones included in more expensive forester models. safety issue: on wednesday 3/28/18 i was driving in the city of buffalo with my heated seat turned on. The back of my leg, right below my knee became intolerably hot. I turned the heated seat off immediately and reached down. The seat instantly burnt two of my finger tips. I shouted in pain and explained to my friend what happened. He said he smelled smoke and burning plastic. I got out of the car and looked at the front of the seat (near my calves) and the heated seat element had burned through the seat upholstery and was still burning inside the seat and smoking. i called northtown subaru as soon as they opened in the morning and explained the severity of the situation. I was passed to voicemail boxes that were full and put on hold for an extended period of time. I explained to everyone i spoke to the severity of the issue. I was told that i needed to speak to someone in the smart car department but their voicemail boxes were full. The service rep would leave a note on the smart car employee’s desk and have him call me immediately. This was at 9:30 and by 2 i had not heard back. I called the sales person who sold me the car and he said he would have his manager call me immediately. I finally heard back at 3 and was told that i should drop off my car monday morning and they would “make it right.” i felt that everyone at northtown was dismissive and not concerned with a product they installed that had severely malfunctioned and injured me.

While pulling into a parking space at low speed (<5mph) the engine surged suddenly and the vehicle accelerated uncontrollably. Required immense pressure on brake to eventually override engine after impact with other vehicle.

My 2015 forester stalled while driving in the middle lane on the nj parkway (going about 65-70mph.) there were no warning lights or any indications that this would happen. I had about 3/4 of a tank of gas left. When the car stalled, it felt like it downshifted and then completely stopped - almost as if we ran out of gas (but we didn't). The electric (lights, radio, heat) was on the whole time. We were stalled for about 15-20 minutes until the cops came. We put the car in neutral and they bumped us to the shoulder. While waiting for a tow truck, we tried to start the car again and it worked (about 30 minutes after the initial stall.) we then drove to the nearby gas station and filled up the car; it took 12 gallons of gas and i have the receipt. The subaru service center cannot find the issue. They said the computer isn't even showing a stall code. This could have been a fatal accident and i want to know exactly what is wrong and know it is fixed before i drive it again. It looks like other owners have had the similar issues.

Engine uses excessive oil. I change every 6,000 miles with synthetic 0w-20 as required. Before i reach the next 6,000 miles, the oil light comes on and i have to add 1/2 quart or more to return to the appropriate level of oil. I now carry oil bottles in my car at all time so i can act as soon as the light comes on. This has happened for the entire life of the car.

Car has jerky acceleration with hesitation, momentary power loss when accelerating from stop or at low speed.

My vehicle eats windshields. They seem to crack with the lightest tap from road debris or, in one instance, for absolutely no reason at all (while driving out of an underground parking garage). I have replaced 2 windshields in the past 4 months, and subaru keeps saying it is due to impacts (even when no impact occurred). It seems that this is a common occurrence, despite subaru denying it.

I was trapped inside my vehicle when the battery died. While sitting in my car using the accessories to charge my phone, the car battery died and i was unable to unlock the doors to get out. The key fob did not work either. There is no inside handle on the rear hatch. The dashboard lights flickered a couple times and after about three minutes the door did unlock. What if the battery was completely dead? What if i did not have access to a cell phone and it was cold temperatures? I do not think i would be strong enough to kick out the windows. I am concerned and hope you will investigate. Thank you.

Similar complaints already logged. while driving at any speed warning lights for abs, eye-sight, dynamic vehicle assitance, hill-start assistance come on. Took the vehicle to the dealership to get it checked out. They replaced the brake light switch and said the problem was fixed. upon driving, the problem persisted, this time with the brakes being applied by the vehicle itself while in motion on a highway moving at highway speed despite my foot not being on either the brake or gas pedal. With the decrease in speed, i attempted to accelerate the vehicle to no avail. At this time i pulled the vehicle off to the shoulder, put it in park, and then back into drive to see if the problem had been corrected. I pressed the accelerator for a period of time before ultimately the drive reengaged. online there appear to be numerous others who have had similar issues: https://www.carcomplaints.com/subaru/forester/2015/brakes/service_brakes.shtml

Right rear coil spring broke while car was parked. Car has only 43,000 miles and has never been used for towing, off-roading, and no accidents.

My forrester xt2.0 revs very loudly when it is started every time i turn it on. It goes from 0 to 2.5 on the gauge numbered from 1-8 gauge. The car is at a complete stop.

Rear coil spring broke after car had only 20,800 miles

Power door locks have failed in three of four doors, starting immediately after three year warranty expired.

When driving at speed and constant acceleration the car will jerk and the rpms appear to bounce up and down. Last weekend when merging onto the highway the car did not accelerate normally. The rpms spiked, but there was limited acceleration/response. This happened several times before and their seems to be no way to predict when this will happen.

Right rear suspension spring broke while vehicle was parked. Dealership replaced only one spring.

Driver parking vehicle into parking space (<5 miles/ hr) - brake applied, preparing to shift into park. Vehicle abruptly accelerated, unable to stop motion using brake. Vehicle hit curb and proceeded over embankment, with vehicle striking lower level parking pavement approximately 15 feet below at 90 degree angle and landing inverted (top on parking pavement). Vehicle severely damaged, driver with non-life threatening injuries - wearing seat belt. Airbag deployed when contacting lower-level parking pavement. Driver had previously experienced uneven acceleration and reported engine-related issues to dealership approximately 60 days (june 9, 2018) prior to incident. Vehicle was evaluated with no definitive cause identified; low oil identified and oil replenished. Vehicle served routinely by dealership and maintenance schedule followed since purchase.

Abs lights come on ,eyesight warning lights come on , cannot shift out of park.. Car was stationary. These warning lights have been coming on frequently when in motion, but now it wont shift out of park.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While driving 75 mph, the front of the vehicle shook. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer (cityside subaru, 790 pleasant st, belmont, ma 2478, (617) 826-5000) where it was diagnosed that the tie rod ends needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 59,129.

Vehicle in motion from a stop on city streets is experiencing hesitation, slippage, faulty acceleration from 0-25 mph. Afraid of making a left turn across traffic and a possible stall. Problem is exaggerated on any grade of incline. Called service company who said it sounds like a transmission issue that may be covered by a recent transmission recall. It appears my model is not included in the recall even though it's having the same reported problems.

Occasionally stalls when accelerating (usually to get on freeway or speed up drastically while on freeway). Doesnt completely lose power, only occurs for about 1-4 seconds but during that time car does not speed up even when pressing gas (actually acts as if foot was taken off gas), and makes a clicking noise. Has happened ever since purchasing car new, and mentioned at every service but they can never recreate the issue and therefore cant fix it. Saw a similar stalling issue on a recall for same type of car but not my vin. Dealership wont check unless i pay fee.

My vehicle has been exhibiting a low rpm when vehicle comes to a complete stop(ie red light or stop sign) and the vehicle shudders and almost stalls, and once actually stalling. The vehicle has been to the dealership several times for service for this issues. I have received information in the mail from soa in july 2017 concerning this issue and other know issues with the the cvt transmission equipped in the vehicle stating that it is an issue with the a solid bushing in the torque converter causing the converter clutch to stayed locked up and not release pressure. The dealership tells me that a case has been started with their technical assistance and subaru of america, that they do not have enough data(ie recorded stalls or dtc) to approve a repair on my vehicle for said issue, and that the vehicle would need to have a stall event for any futher repairs. Being a fully certified ase automotive master technician, i did my own checking and found tsb 16-107-17 which covers my vehicle and outlines that they have a extended the warranty period on the vehicle/cvt transmission for several issues, which outlined in the bulletin, shows multiple issues outlined in bulletins for diagnostic reference and the first(16-90-13r) is regarding a design change to lock-up torque converter- customer may experience sensation like coming to a stop in a manual transmission equipped vehicle and failing to depress the clutch. After obtaining and reading tsb 16-90-13r, which in no way states that a stall event is required and only low rpm at stops, i informed the dealership as such and was told that a stall even was required. I asked for that to recorded on my repair order and have yet to pick my vehicle up from the dealership. I would like to report s.o.a. For hiding a known issue that can cause a stall event which can cause a safety issue and should generate a nationwide recall.

Drivers side door un/lock function doesn't operate . All other locks work correctly from key fob. Manual operation of driver door lock works.

The electrical keeps having problems. This problem is all over the internet for several years of the forester. I don't know why there hasn't already been a recall. There will be a be a beep, usually when driving - sometimes when trying to start the car or move out of park, and about any "safety" feature that this car has exhibits a light and/or warning. While this happens over days, sometimes the gears stick in park. I have to take a tool and press beside the gear stick to get out of park. The lights will stay like this for days or weeks and then it just stops. I have had it checked, but it is just reset until the next time it happens. Just the other night, my husband was driving behind me and told me that my brake lights were not working consistently. This is dangerous!!! Who knows what else is not working when this electrical issue occurs.

2015 subaru forester made a right turn into parking space between 2 cars in a parking garage. Going uphill into the space when vehicle surged at great speed in a 10 ft distance hitting the wall at great speed, causing extensive front end damage, deploying airbags, and dislodging the front dashboard. The 2 cars on either side were not hit. The driver sustained lacerations to legs. The vehicle was repaired at lou fusz subaru. The second event happed on 7/6/16 (25463 miles) in the same parking garage, near the same parking space. While turning into the parking space, the vehicle surged forward striking the wall at great speed. Though the front end was again damaged, the airbags did not deploy. The driver checked the nhtsa website. There were a dozen similar reports for 2015 the subaru forester while parking. Aneighbor with a 2015 subaru legacy had three instances of unexpected accelerations. No cause was identified but repairs were made to the car at webster groves subaru. It appears to have resolved the problem. the subaru forester was repaired at an independent body shop and then checked at webster groves subaru. After speaking with the service manager of the dealership that sold the car to the driver (lou fusz), the subaru corporation sent an independent mechanic (from bosch eea) to evaluate the car. The driver was told in an email that the report was proprietary information and no details of the evaluation were made available. The email only reported the lack of any problems found that could explain the unexpected surging while parking. The driver spoke with the service manager at webster groves subaru. She was unable to help since no one had reproduced the problem. As far as subaru was concerned, the car was normal and offered no further help. The car has not been driven since the second repairs were completed.

On 6/7/18 after six hours behind the wheel, while traveling 78mph on cruise control my vehicle suddenly lost all systems, as if it had run out of gas, on interstate 85 in heavy traffic. Miraculously getting onto the right shoulder from center lane i sat for 10-20 minutes in shock. Thinking i had run out of gas even though no low fuel indicators had shown up i turned the key to see if the instrument panel would turn on. It did, a quarter tank of gas showed on gauge. I turned the ignition key and the engine started. I saw a sign for exit in 2 miles, put on hazards, went 50 mph to exit, straight to gas station. 9 gallons went in proving the gauge to be correct. I stopped for the night and googled what had happened and found many hits indicating a possible fuel system problem. I was still 5 hours from home so called nearest subaru repair shop, they couldn't fit me in for a week. Took back roads home, never going over 50 mph. Called subaru dealership where i bought my car and they had a two week wait for service. Called subaru of america who intervened and local dealer got me in that day. 6/11/18. That dealership could not find anything on the computer and said it had been wiped clean by someone. Regardless, i asked if they would look at fuel system but they would not, instead offering to purchase the vehicle for fair market price and sell it on their used car lot to a new unsuspecting customer. Took vehicle to another subaru dealer who did pull the fuel system and found fuel transfer pump faulty. This caused my car to think it was out of gas as i traveled. I asked subaru of na if they had seen this problem and they replied "there are no recalls for your vehicle", i know from my google search this is not an isolated event for my vehicle. In fact when i picked up my car the mechanic said he had another subaru come in the next day with same problem.

Our subaru forester shuts down as we drive on the expressway. It has happened 4 times now on 10/24/2016, 3/28/2017, 5/31/2017, and 12/31/2018. It happens only on the expressway during long road trips. The gas tank is usually below a quarter tank, but the check gauge light is not on and the meter says there's 50-70 miles left. We have been lucky to be on 2-lane expressways and to be able to coast the vehicle to the shoulder every time so far. Shortly after the engine stops accelerating, every single warning light on the dashboard lights up and 50% of the time we cannot get the car to restart. Our infant has been traveling with us in the backseat of the vehicle when this has happened and on the last occasion we had to be rescued by state troopers and taken to a safe and warm location because it was single digit temperatures. We have taken the car in for diagnosis and repair every time and they cannot replicate the issue. One time they said it was a bad batter cell and replaced the battery; another time they thought it was the fuel sensors and replaced both of those, yet we are still experiencing the problem. We believe there is a defect with our vehicle and it is putting us in a life-threatening situation. The car has now been in the shop since 1/9 without resolution.

Engine shut off while driving on interstate at 70 mph. No warning or engine sputtering. Plenty of fuel. Foggy weather and 37degrees f. Dash lights stayed on same as if it was in the on position. After 1 1/2 hours vehicle restarted and hasn't shut down while driving since. Took in to the dealer and they said battery was weak and replaced that. They said other engine codes pointed to power supply. I have never heard of a vehicle quitting while driving because of a weak battery so am suspicious about this as a good repair. This is potentially a very dangerous problem.

On acceleration from idle or slow speed, engine looses power and does not respond to throttle inputs. Several times stall happens during merging or crossing traffic. Seems to occur on left turns.

Front wheel bearing needs replaced in just two years.

When you step on the gas to pass another auto, occasionally the auto surges forward at a high rate of speed, not 5-10 miles an hour but more like 25-30. Taking your foot off the gas does nothing as the car continues to get faster and faster. Applying the brake pressed all the way down barely slows the car. When you let up on the brake it surges forward again at the high rate of speed. I thought maybe it was the 19 degree weather as it did it 3 times on the way to work one day this week. Last night it was 41 degrees when i drove home and it did it every time. I almost rear ended someone as i couldn't get it to slow down to a normal speed even with the brake applied. I am afraid to drive the car. Happened on a major freeway and on rural county roads when going straight

On two occasions: traveling at approx 65-70mph the engine suddenly stalls and we have been forced to stop on the shoulder. The steering works, but there is no power going to the engine which eventually stalls. It starts after 2 attempts and then drives normally. First occasion, it was raining and the 'eyesight cameras; were on. At first we thought this was the issue. The second occasion, it was again raining and i turned the cameras off (thinking that may have been the problem before) and it stalled again. Very dangerous to be traveling at such a high rate of speed in traffic to have engine stall.

While pulling in to park in the lot at a low speed- 5 mph or less- i took my foot off the gas to apply the brake and the vehicle accelerated and hit the side of the building. The (tin) building was dented and my car was scratched on the bumper- below the grill and also the subaru emblem was cracked.

I bought the car and less than a month later the engine light came on. I took it into the dealership that i bought it from and they told me to take it to the subaru dealership if the engine light came back on. It never came back on. Four days later i was driving and the gas pedal quit working. I looked down to see if any lights were on and they weren’t. I pulled over to the side of the highway to turn the car off. Before i could turn the car off i saw flames coming out of the front passenger side of the hood near the lights. Then all of the warming lights came on. I quickly turned off the vehicle. Before i could get out of the vehicle the whole front end of the vehicle was in flames.

The car lost all power in the middle of interstate 95 heading south approx 17 miles north of the ga fl state line. The fuel indicator showed 30 miles until i had to refuel. This was on 12/3/2017. I was at speed(75 mph) and managed to go through traffic and go to shoulder. There was no power and the engine had quit. I waited a couple of minutes and the car restarted. I drove to the second exit and refueled. A few days later on 12/06/2017 on the way back to atlanta on i-95 south of savannah and the fuel gage reading 30 miles until i had to refuel, the very same thing happened. Except, this time it would not restart. I called aaa and continued to try to restart. After 45 minutes, the car restarted. I drove approx 10 miles and refueled. I have had no incident since but, i have not driven the car with low fuel. this could have had a very different result if i had not been able to get through the traffic on a busy interstate. Both me and my wife could be dead. I believe there is a flaw in the low fuel warning software and something shuts the power. I have driven this car with lower fuel levels. The instrument panel shows miles to you have to refuel, i.e., 50 miles, 40 miles, 30 miles, 20 miles then ------. You have access to data on these cars, i don't. Please have some advise me what is your thinking on this matter.

When shifting into drive form reverse or park the cvt transmission can take approx. 3 seconds to engage and for the car to start moving. This is an extremely long time when you are backing into a space or backing from a driveway onto a busy road. The service advisor said this is "normal" on a subaru cvt transmission. I insisted that the subaru service dept. Check my car and verify. This in case of an accident, i will have it recorded. I will update this after the dealer looks at the issue.

While backing up a winding hill on a hard packed gravel driveway i backed into a seven inch diameter tree on the edge of the road. Did not hit it hard enough to damage the back bumper. I put the car in drive and in an instant the motor went wide open. I hit the brakes, but no noticable effect. I narrowly missed the corner of the garage. The car dug four depressions in the driveway when it took off. And threw gravel all the way down the hill and on the flat until it hit a large tree, the motor still racing. The runaway happened in seconds. The car was totaled. My wife suffered a badly broken right wrist. I was nearly knocked out. I have been a safe driver for 60 years. Drove professionally for about four and a half years. I also have over 175,000 miles and counting on motorcycles. This car definitely did malfunction. Fortunately the house security camera captured the action. I don’t know if i can upload the video to your site. Please advise. Sabaru canada and the my subaru dealer ignored my complaint, with the dealer rep saying, “the floor mat was probably on the gas petal.”

After i slow down to turn a corner this car occasionally pauses, or will not resume moving for a few seconds when i step on the gas. This has caused cars behind me to almost rear end me numerous times. It sometimes happens twice in one day then won't happen again for several weeks. I have taken it to the dealer but it has never done it on any of their test drives. This has occurred ever since i bought this car new. I was told other owners have complained of the same problem but they have to experience it when they test drive it.

I leased this vehicle on june 2015. Back on 8/26/2017 while driving on freeway and going 70 mile and hour, car suddenly died in the middle of freeway. I almost got killed by a truck that was behind my vehicle. They towed this car to glendale subaru and after two days, they said they could not find anything. Since that incident i have taken the vehicle back to dealer for performance and transmission issue. In addition, some major electrical issue with the isite system. The dealer charged me over $2000.00 for unrelated repairs. The car has a major issue in cold and hot ideal. Many complaints were filed to subaru customer service and they did not assist me at all.

Car burning oil at substantial rate between oil changes. Need to top up oil twice between 6000 mile oil change intervals. Car is an automatic transmission. Subaru provides engine block replacement for issue for 2015 foresters with manual transmission and for previous model years with automatic transmissions. 2015 auto transmissions are obviously also affected -- our car is affected.

A vehicle running a red light impacted the subaru's front end and the airbags did not deploy.

I started driving and found that my hill holder, my vehicle dynamics control system, my abs, my subaru eyesight and multiple other warning lights were all lite up. I pulled over and turned off the car and when i restarted the car i couldn't put my car into gear. It was stuck in park on the side of the highway. After a few more tries i was able to get it into gear and continued driving with all the warning lights on. This problem occurred multiple times yesterday as i attempted to get it to the dealership.

Twice the forester surge forward --once it stopped before hitting a tree and the second time it hit a building. Both times pulling in to a parking space from a road and from a parking area.

I have a 2015 subaru forester (less than 32k miles) and my car has not started on 3 different occasions this last year. This last time i was with a friend and we parked on a somewhat darker city street late at night where i turned off the engine to not waste gas and talk. The only thing i remember doing was turning on the upper car light for 60 seconds to find my friend's phone and adjusting the driver window with key in accessory mode i believe (engine was not running). We did not use the radio because embarrassingly, the same friend had waited with me the time before when i played my radio for 10 minutes one time. So again, my car didn't start, and she had to wait with me once again 30-45 minutes until help came to give the battery a jump. it seems to happen either when i sit in the car with the key out and use the internal light (even for only 60 seconds like this last time) or if keys are in, listen to the radio for a few minutes only without engine running. Anything turned on after the car has stopped running seems to mess with the battery and i'm afraid it won't start. this last time when it wouldn't start the engine, i noticed that my drivers window did not roll up (even though the other windows did) and then it started to grind when i tried to start it multiple times, waiting a little time in between before trying to start it ...then it seems to slowly drain until no lights at all in car. the tow company tested the battery and said it is still good, there was no problem with it, but mentioned maybe it's not getting both cells to charge equally or has something to do with starter, not sure. when i first bought my car, i remember dealership mentioning the electrical and not holding them responsible (?) i think if they knew about this, they need to recall and fix, or give us a portable car jumper. Sad because i love my suv otherwise. :(

Soft brake fade. Brakes fade, in particular, when vehicle is warm after driving at highway speeds, brakes sink all the way to the floor. It seems like they won't stop the vehicle. This seems to be getting worse as vehicle ages. Happens regularly. Dealer and subaru say this is normal behavior. there are service bulletins about this safety issue on many other subaru models, but not on this model. dealer and subaru are incorrectly treating this as a customer satisfaction issue, not a safety issue. I recommend an investigation of subaru brake issues on all models.

The vehicles stutters when accelerating. The issue will go for a few days to a few weeks then disappear and return a few weeks later. Have tried changing to sport and sport + modes and also using the paddle shifters and none of them had any change in the stuttering. The car has 25,000 miles on it and the issue has been happening since about 10k miles. When i brought the vehicle in for a recall it was functioning fine and the techs could not find any issues. I have another appointment scheduled for 2 weeks from now.

Car passed state inspection on 8/3/2017 with 18500 miles. One week later, car was taken on short errand and burst into flames with driver inside upon being placed in park. Fire department and police assessed the situation.

Engine hesitates on acceleration, especially from a dead stop, leaving me stuck in the oncoming lane for several seconds. This is a recurring problem and is very dangerous! it?s virtually impossible to accelerate without feeling hesitation and surging. It feels like the car is very slow to go into gear and then lunges to catch up. This happens in all weather and all driving conditions, it happens every day. Very disappointing performance for a car i bought brand new.

Pulled into parking space with foot on brake getting ready to put car in park. Car accelerates out of control hitting parked car, tree and proceeded to role over. All power lost and could not unlock doors.

Our 2015 forester turbo has 15,00 miles on it. We have had it to the dealer 4 times now asking them to find out why it is loosing power in times of need. The dealers from 2 different locations have said they were unable to duplicate the issue. We are going to take it back this week, it happened again today on the highway at 60 mph. engine feels like it shuts off, cars traveling along side and behind had to skid the brakes to stop. this has become a life or death situation. We do not feel safe driving the car. it looses power in turns and highway speeds.

Since i bought the car new, when at intersections, car hesitates and stumbles on acceleration when requiring instant acceleration to avoid collision with on coming traffic. I reported this at the first oil change, that this has happened several times, and does it intermittently, and also reported it to subaru dealers at my second and third oil changes, and left car for 3 days but dealer cant duplicate. It scares the hell out of me not knowing if car will respond or not and getting hit for cutting in fron of on coming traffic. Subaru of america believes this is not a problem but this is a safety defect and refuse to buy back car. I drive defensively until i can get rid of vehicle due to this safety problem, car itself does fine but the accelerator problem is too dangerous to keep vehicle for me or anyone that would buy it if traded in without being informed of past history. I like subaru but failure to buy back car is putting other drivers at risk, and why would a dealer want to take my car in trade with this history since august of 2014. Subaru needs to buy back this car or risk liability or negligence on subaru of america and its dealers. Just buy back the car and get it off the road. This is the second report because i did not put the full vin number previously which was fh403648

Car was in park. Left running to come back & get something in house. When went back to car, opened door & vehicle started rolling backwards. By time i was able get in, the car rolled in ditch & damaged driver's side door. Happened in a matter of 3 minutes tops. Bottom of driver's door was fouled in on side of bank.

This is a follow-up on 12/05/15 (nhstsa id 10808561) - problem on check engine oil around 1,500 miles before the next scheduled oil change. Reported to subaru and did an oil consumption study, basically bringing the car to a subaru dealer at 1,200 miles after an oil change. Asked the technician at dealer what they did. I was told they just looked at the oil dip stick level - how very scientific. So, he said everything was ok and that was it. Since then, i have been putting a quart of oil around 1,300 miles before my next oil change. Mileage of my car is now over 58,000 miles. I am concerned that at 60,000 miles, the warranty will be over and i have to pay for repairs as this problem continues. Subaru still claims that this is normal. Previous cars i owned never had this problem. Why is subaru not held accountable and stand behind their product?

When applying the brakes (approx 40mph or less), i've had 6 occurrences where the brakes have failed. My foot is literally on the floor & the car is still moving. On the last occurence, i had to put the emergency brakes as my car was going into traffic. Started in mid apr 2016 to current.

What has been happening is i will be driving down the road (does not matter how fast i am going) and all of a sudden all the lights come on and i lose acceleration and control of vehicle. Each time it has been towed to subaru they cannot recreate the problem so it cannot be fixed. This last time i was on a very busy road going about 55 mph and all of a sudden again my check engine lights etc came on and i lost acceleration and power. I quickly checked my rearview mirror to make sure no one was too close behind me. It was very scary and i was able to coast and abruptly turn into an enterprise rental. I was lucky i was not hit from behind or have my kids in car. This last time too when the tow truck arrived the car would not turn on. I am now completely uncomfortable driving a car that consistently has had the same issue that no one can fix.

Within the last year, i have experienced on three separate occasions, instances where the warning lights for various safety systems on my 2015 subaru forester will come on, indicating that the system has been disabled due to a malfunction. These lights always come on while driving, within 15 minutes of the car being started. the first two instances related to my air bags being turned off. When brought to a dealership, they had no explanation, and desired $70 to do an electrical assessment. When i brought it in for that, i was told that the car would have to be displaying the light at the time i brought it in, which the indicator light had turned off in between visits. today, my abs, traction control, and incline assustance lights came on , indicating that those systems were disabled due to a malfunction. I brought it to my dealer, who told me that the air pressure in the tires was responsible, which ranged from 28lbs to 35 lbs. I had my car serviced at said dealership 2 months ago and the pressure was 35 lbs each. It was suggested to me that the cause of this discrepancy was "parking my car in the sun." both computer-related problems apparently didn't leave a code to be read, according to the dealership. Any information was wiped when the car was turned off.

Strong coolant smell since bought car new, occurs in upper right front passenger door area after engine has been running and occurs right after when engine is turned off and door is opened; dealer has not been able to resolve - independent mechanic is thinking it is transmission transfer case. Passengers and driver exposed to coolant smell on a continual basis.

Since i bought the car new, when at intersections or stop signs, car hesitates and stumbles on acceleration when requiring instant acceleration to avoid collision with on coming traffic. I reported this to subaru dealers and told there is no problem. Vehicle does this intermittently but scares the hell out of me not knowing if the car is going to accelerate or not and get hit by on coming traffic

Vehicle suddenly and unexpectedly accelerated while driver was parking while applying brakes. Vehicle hit house and porch, shearing off the gas meter where it meets the underground line. Eyesight object detection system did not stop the vehicle.

Forester sat for 2 weeks and battery was drained completely though no lights or accessories were left on. Recharged battery, drove it for two days then car sat for two days. Again battery was. Completely dead. Very disappointed and concerned over lack of reliability

Car shuts off while driving on the expressway, approx 70mph. All of the lights on the dash turn on as car dies. These incidents have happened multiple times, and the dealer cannot locate the issue to resolve the matter. The defect is unknown at this time. The date indicated is the most recent occurrence.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While driving in snowy conditions, the vehicle skidded and the all wheel drive and traction control warning lights illuminated. The failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 16,000.

7 months old, 20,000 miles. Driving 65.6 mph, in light rain with cruise control on. 1st time driving in bad weather, noticed wind or flat tires causing sometimes side shaking. Stopped to check tires. Noticed no wind nor low tires pressure. Continued on. Had used cruise control on and off, and turning on and off the traction switch to find a pattern for the iradic driving. Could not id a cause. Continued driving. Car took a sudden jerk to the left, knew we were going to crash and could not turn steering wheel. 'Crash' . We slid 40 feet down the center divide. The front wheels were still pointed straight ahead. The air bags did not deploy. We were lucky. the rear wheels had 'excessive wear' , front wheels were in good condition. when the car was torn apart, the main pully had a 1" ding and the fan belt was knocked off the main pully and partically of the 2nd pully. The belt was on all the other pullies.. i believe the traction device malfunctioned when i was in cruise control, the left front wheel hydroplaned. And the brake was applied sending me into a out of control crash, that i could not steer out of. subaru of america said wet payment, high speed and excessive wear on rear tires caused the accident. They documented the speed and wear of rear tires. rain was very light, a drizzle. Highway was straight and light traffic. No debre on the highway.

Car suddenly accelerated, about 10-15 feet, from reverse to drive into a brick building,in a private parking lot causing 7k damage to my cars. Prior to this crash, the lane departure and auto breaking lights were flashing on and off. I was going to take the car to the dealer however, the crash prevented that. The car was repaired and taken to the subaru dealer where purchased, and they examined the car and said it was working properly. Since then, my screen date was set and then reverted back to feb 4, 2010. Also, the lane departure and auto braking lights have turned off while driving twice since getting the car back. Additionally, the screen now displays additional messages that it hadn't in the past, such as vehicle ahead has moved, and road conditions might be icy. The latter should have shown up prior to this accident, living in the snow belt of ne ohio. Has there been any "silent recalls" placed on this car since 2010 regarding the sudden acceleration issues that have not received a formal recall on, rather that subaru has issued this information to it's techs only? I am concerned that this gas pedal issue has been dismissed due to weather mats, drivers age or driver's foot missing the correct pedal. I am an experienced and safe driver who does not like getting scammed by a manufacture of inferior product. Subaru is love....questionable since it seems to me they are making changes without informing the government of these problems.

While finalizing parking within a parking lot space at very low speed (last 2 feet) with foot on brake, the engine suddenly revved and the car accelerated without warning and struck the parked car on the opposite parking space. Both cars sustained moderate front-end damage. The other car was able to be driven away but ours had front fender parts pushed into the front drivers tire and had to be towed away to the repair shop. Not sure of the cost to repair the other (parked) car but ours ran approximately $5000 due to front frame damage. No air bags deployed, no one was injured. Police officer who responded said low speed impacts do not normally set off the air bags. Repair shop said they were not able to tell on the car computer what the sudden acceleration was due to. contacted our insurance agent who recommended we report the sudden acceleration to subaru and nhtsa. Subaru dealer denied any such accelerations and said there was no recourse. Found several instances very similar to our on nhtsa site for subaru foresters in 2014 and 2015 model years and decided to make a report. odometer reading at time of accident: 5,814.

My wife was driving to work, about 35mph on a paved road. Several electrical items suddenly failed, all at the same time - wipers, windshield washer, heater fan, turn signals all would not work. When she stopped the car, turned off the ignition, and turned it back on, the electrical system worked again. I am taking it in for warranty service at ganley subaru, wickliffe, ohio.

I was approaching a light that turned green, and when i touched the accelerator, no gas. Pulled around the corner, and put in park, engine revved high rpm. Check engine light, xmode light, and another ‘car on hill’ light came on dash…..messages on display window ‘hill start assist system’ and ‘emission control system’ messages flashed. We turned everything off, started engine again, same thing, same messages. Turned off again, restarted, and this time the gas pedal worked, but dash lights stayed on with warning lights. We were able to drive it about 5 more miles, then stopped for dinner. An hour later, the car started fine, no warning lights, no gas pedal issues. took to subaru west 2/25/16 where the technician hooked up his hand held computer thing to place near hood release. He said there was just one signal that told him it was probably from the fact i hit the gas and brake at the same time, and the vehicle senses this and shuts off the throttle. Safety issue? I am a one footed driver, so not sure how that happens, but he said he cleared the computer and all should be good, but to bring it back in asap if the ‘check engine’ light goes on. Hmm.

We were driving approximately 65-70 mph on the highway on saturday february 20, 2016. The car suddenly began to shake and jerk and we smelled burning rubber. We pulled onto the berm as soon as we could and waited for the tow truck. We knew it was a transmission problem because it was the second transmission placed in the car. We had the car back from the repair shop less than 3 weeks after the transmission and torque converter were completely replaced from the manufacturer's. Subaru has notified us that a new transmission and torque converter plus 4 new tires are being placed in the car now currently back at the dealer in the repair shop. The tires were ruined by the burning tread as they locked up when the transmission stopped working. This will be the third transmission in the car since it was at the manufacturer. This is no longer just a warranty issue it is now a severe safety issue. The car's tires were completely locked when it was being taken off the tow truck. It had to be jacked up and slid off the back of the flat bed ramp.

This is my first winter owning a suburu forester and most of the time it is stored in our garage. We live in wny and some times have to park it outside. On 3 different occasions, the suv was parked outdoors in temperatures less than 25 degrees and all the windows froze over on the inside. For those times it was parked 3 hours outdoors and it took us 15-20 minutes to defrost the windows before we could drive. A couple of times we ran into stores and in less than 15 minutes the interior of the windows began to freeze. This week we had a service call at our local suburu dealer and the service manager told us he was aware of the issue but suburu has given them no solutions. He told me to try lowering a window while parked in the garage overnight to try to get the moisture out. It appears this model is overly air tight and this design flaw has not been addressed. Since it is always cold during the winter months the prospects of this continuing to happen will result it me buying a different make vehicle next time around.

While starting to drive forward ( normal speed ) from a stop -went about fifty feet. I heard a clunk. Than the suv rolled to a stop. I than tried to put it in reverse - would not move. I than put it back in drive - it did not move. I checked to see if the engine was running - it was. I called my emergency hot line and had the car towed to the dealer. They found that the chain in the transmission ( or some place in the drive mechanism ) had broken. Still waiting for it to be fixed - 11 days have passed so far.

I had a remote starter installed by some one other than subaru. The starter failed repeatedly so i took it in. Was told and given a print out reflecting a low battery. I took it to north towne subaru on sheridan dr. It is a 20 mile trip one way, they said "no problem, charged the battery any way and sent me home. i purchased the forester in sept.2014, got the starter for christmas,and after the visit to subaru it worked sometimes. This winter again it failed to start. Now that the winter has become extremely cold i returned to the installer who replaced it and it still failed due to a low battery. This, as i understand it, is a continuing problem with this model, and the fix is a stronger battery. I am not about to take another trip to subaru in erie co. As i am in pain most of the time and driving long distances increases the problem. I told the starter store to order me a battery to fix the problem as i can't see subaru in amherst doing anything for me. But i do think subaru should reimburse me. Of course i will not hold my breath. Also i will never go to that dealership again.!!!!!!

I've noticed i run extremely low on oil at about 1,500 miles before my scheduled oil change. I've been adding a quart at every 5,000 as to not run dry and damage the engine. I mostly drive highway miles and starting having this issue at 30,000 miles.

I have had several occasions where the wheel lugs have snapped while the wheels were removed for tire replacement, rotation and replacement of brake pads and rotors. I have also had the brake caliper retainer bolts snap while the vehicle was in motion so that the rear brakes on the vehicle were next to inoperable as only a portion of the brake pad came in contact with the rotor. The dealer did not make any attempt to resolve or repair the brake rotors or pads under warranty when this happened. what made it more of an issue was the the local dealer didnt have these parts on hand and gave me the specs for the bolt to purchase from the local hardware store. These new bolts have held.

While starting the car with only 2.2k miles the check engine light came on and disabled the vehicle dynamics control, the cruise control and the incline start assist leaving the vehicle without important safety features in bad weather conditions.

The current mileage of my car is 45,751. I faithfully follow all maintenance schedule, particularly, oil changes. On two occasions now, my oil light has come on, the last one 2,000 miles before the next oil change. When i questioned the subaru dealership service guy about this, he said, well, i need to have oil changes at 5,000k instead of the recommended 6000k. He said 6000k is for ideal driving condition - temperature should not below 30 degrees, no stopping here and there, no idling, etc. Synthetic oil is expensive enough and i certainly do not need to be paying someone to top it off every time. And i do not want to be caught with this problem while i'm travelling. I bought this car new and at this mileage, i should not be having this problem. Fyi, the mileage of this car is mostly highway miles. From reading online, i learned that other forester owners are having problem with oil burning as well. There is definitely something wrong with the car and subaru needs to remedy this. Would appreciate any assistance to this problem. thank you.

My vehicle is bucking/jerking under light to medium acceleration loads between about 10 mph to 30 mph. The issue occurs intermittently, but it will occur several times during a single trip to work 25 miles away. I have taken it to the dealer, but the technician was not able to replicate the issue in the parking lot. They believe it is an issue with the cvt. Others online have expressed concern with the exact same issue. Specifically, you depress the gas pedal a constant distance, but the vehicle will give you unreliable amounts of acceleration: sometimes an initial lurch and then a pause and then another lurch or very little acceleration and then a pause and a lurch. Depressing the gas pedal farther during one of the jerky periods has little effect except to make the lurch more violent once it finally happens. Not being able to accelerate reliably during a turn with oncoming traffic is extremely dangerous and the reason for me writing a report. I will continue to work with the dealer, but from the research i have done, this is not an isolated issue. I believe the only reason i was not able to find recorded car accidents referencing this issue is due the newness of the vehicle.

Within 1 week of purchasing the vehicle, small, unknown road debris hit the windshield causing a divot the size of a pencil eraser. This was repaired. Over the next several months, the same thing happened 5-6 times. This vehicle is driven on paved roads in good repair. On a recent cross country trip, a new chip expanded before it could be repaired, progressing to a crack several inches long and requiring that the windshield be replaced.

Around 14000, engine oil light was on. I brought the car to subaru dealer. The service advisor said it was because appox. One quart oil left. He said he will do the engine oil consumption test for me. The technician filled the engine oil in normal level. After appox. 1000 miles, i brought back to dealer fo measuring engine oil level.they found one quart oil burnout. The advisor said it was normal oil consumption under the rule. Ok, i drove around another 1500 miles. The engine oil light was on again. I brought the car back for engine oil consumption test and check the engine oil light. Got the same answer from the advisor." normal oil consumption" i asked the advisor that my car fills 4 quarts oil for each oil change, and subaru recommend 6000 miles to change oil. But my car will burn out the whole 4 quarts of engine oils. The answer is "yes". I need to keep checking the engine oil before next oil change and need to keep adding the change oils before each oil change. It is because the oil consumption met the rule. My car was 2015 model and 17000 miles now, and i only drove 14 months. I asked the advisor what kind of the rule, then he said it was hard to explain. ??? Is it true??? If the rule is true, how come i can't see any info in owner manual. Now, i am worry about the situation will get more worst after the warranty was expired.

Car was driven out of new car dealer without incident by driver with 50 plus years experience. Approximately three to four miles into trip car experienced sudden unintended acceleration after going through a traffic light. Car proceeded into wooded area and hit tree causing lower leg injuries to driver and moderate to severe damage to car. Driver was not entrapped upon emt arrival. Engine returned to normal idle speed. Driver is confident car has problem with vehicle speed control and /or engine computer. Car traveled at over 40 mph during incident and could not be stopped through normal braking action.

On two occasions about a week apart, after slowing to make a right turn, the car suddenly lost all power mid turn for approximately 4 seconds. This caused the cars behind me to have to slam on their brakes & i was nearly hit both times. No check engine light came on. I called the dealer & was told the cvt causes pauses, however this was way too long & extremely dangerous. The service representative told me i could bring the car in for a test drive, but because it only happens occasionally it would be hard to duplicate. Also if the check engine light didn't come on there would be no code.

My new 2015 subaru forester with about 3,000 miles on it developed a long crack from the center top of the windsheild caused by what looked like an insignificanlty small pebble. The impact was barely noticible. I was going about 45 miles an hour. After inspecting the windsheild, i noticed a super tiny pit where a miniscule pebble must have hit the window. In the morning the tiny pit turned into a full on crack extending half way down then curving midway towards the driver side. I have an extended warranty with my insurance and they replaced it. It would have cost me 625.00. I paid the 50.00 deductible. The dealer would not cover the windsheild. It was replaced with an oem subaru windsheild. This was highly irregular. Never in all my years of driving has a small pebble, the pit size of a millimeter caused this kind of damage. I thought it must be a fluke until it happened again last night while driving home on the freeway. I heard a pop and then another pop. It sounded like it came from under my car. Soon i saw a crack coming right down the middle of my windsheild. After inspecting it this morning, it was caused by another super tiny pebble as there is a small pit less than a millimeter in size at the middle top of my windsheild. 2 windsheilds in 7 months! This is riduclous. This quality of the windsheild is substandard to not handle the impact of tiny pebbles. In all my years of driving many types of vehicles with windsheilds hit but much larger rocks has this type of problem occured. This is a huge saftey concern. This needs to be investigated.

I was very disappointed with my 2015 forrester.2.5i. intermittent loss of power of 4 seconds duration. dealer's service department states is normal and nothing is noted on the diagnostic history in the car. felt driving this was unsafe and took a loss and traded it in for a 2015 crv honda. i feel the public should know this, you need to check into this or /and do a recall or whatever is necessary. thank you for having this website. *Tr

This is not exactly a safety problem, but could be a critical issue. We left the brand new subaru 1015 forester for two weeks while we were on vacation. When we came back the battery was dead. Aaa tech told us this is not an uncommon problem in 2015 cars with full complement of features, and typing "subaru battery drainage problem" into google brings up a litany of complaints. Apparently all the electronics in the car drain the battery even when the car isn't running. Subaru implied it was our fault for not starting the car. That's absurd. We have a 2010 honda civic that was under the snow for 6 wks. And it started right up. Subaru checked our battery, pronounced it healthy, suggested we buy a trickle charger (which we have done), and sent us $100 for our loyalty. Nowhere in the subaru literature does it say that the car must be started every few days or warn about battery drainage. If we'd had an emergency that required us to use the car when we first got home, we'd have been pout of luck. This technology is not ready for prime time, and at the very least consumers should be warned.

I'm having an issue with my 2015 forester 2.5i cvt that has nearly caused accidents, but when i took it in for service today i was dismissed without being helped. my car has about 24,700 miles on it, so it's thoroughly broken in and i'm used to the way the cvt works. In the past month or so, i've noticed bucking, shuddering, and power loss during initial acceleration from a stop. Sometimes this is just a little bumping, but other times it's a near total loss of power for several seconds, long enough to be very dangerous while accelerating or especially while turning. when i took the car in for service, the advisor there started to tell me that the behavior is normal even before anyone had started to look at the car. After a tech took it for a test drive, the advisor told me that my concerns "describe a perfect cvt" and he doesn't see a problem, and that it's expected behavior to have dangerous power loss like this. I was told that my problem is not a problem and sent away. power loss like this during acceleration is clearly a problem, despite the claims of the subaru employees, and i do not feel safe in this car. Subaru refuses to address this issue. The service advisor suggested that i avoid accelerating or turning any time power loss would be a danger or issue - this is clearly not an acceptable solution.

This model vehicle has a safety defect. The speedometer is located under a visor which limits the amount of light falling on the instrument, and the instrument panel does not have any back lighting under daylight driving conditions. The result is that under most daytime driving conditions is impossible to read the speedometer and determine the speed that the vehicle is traveling at. This is a universal problem as dealer staff has told me that they have has numerous customers complain about this safety defect. I have contacted subaru of america to discuss this defect, and was told they do not have any solution.

While traveling down i81 at approximately 65 mph a small pebble tapped the windshield on the passanger side and it cracked. Within 24 hrs it has grown half way across the window. Planning on having it replaced within five days. Going down highway 31 at approximately 35 mph three days after the first crack another rock hit the windshield and the same thing has happened on the drivers side. ( Windshield had not yet been replaced) as well as one month of purchasing the car a small rock hit the top of the windshield in the rear view mirror area and only made a small ding in it. I believe these windshields are very dangerous. If you hear anything hit your windshield and you see nothing initially, please stop asap and inspect it as these line cracks expand very fast. Not knowing if these windshields contain the ability to stay together if it shaders. I have a small child, this could become devastating very fast. Please stay aware of the smallest hits to these windshields. Concerned for all.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that the engine burned excessive amounts of oil. The contact mentioned that the engine burned a quarter of oil every 2,500 to 3,000 miles. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vin was not provided. The failure mileage was 24,000.

When the transmission is put into drive or reverse from park, or from drive to reverse or vice versa there is a delay of approximately three seconds before the transmission engages. On a hill, the car starts to roll if the foot is removed from the brake before the transmission engages. I have asked subaru to correct this, but i have been told that this is a characteristic of this transmission and that they will not correct it. While it may not be a major defect that will lead to serious injury, it represents a risk to the people and cars around the vehicle.

On the highway during a road trip, a tiny rock hit my windshield and cracked part of it. Over the course of the next 24 hours the crack grew in two directions rapidly. This forced me to have to get a complete windshield replacement only 1 month after purchasing the brand new vehicle. Looking online, this sounds like a very widespread issue with subaru windshields that are easily cracked.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While driving the vehicle during the daytime at 25 mph, the speedometer was not as visible and failed to illuminate properly. The vehicle was to taken the dealer where it was diagnosed that it was standard for those models of vehicles. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 1,200.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While pulling into a parking space, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into a brick wall. The contact stated that the air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed and no injuries were sustained. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 3,277. ...Updated 10-13-15 *bf the consumer stated the vehicle was repaired. Updated 10/15/15*jb

While driving eastbound on i-80 in iowa just east of exit 220 (williamsburg) our car lost power but, because it has a manual transmission, i was able to depress the clutch and coast to the left road margin. The low fuel indicator had come on a few miles before but the display indicator showed that we had sufficient fuel to drive 60 miles at the displayed average of 30.5 miles per gallon. This should have been correct as the manual states that when the low fuel indicator comes there are 2.6 gallons remaining. I tried to restart the car as the indicator continued to show one increment in the gas gauge and a range of 60 miles on the display. After several attempts it was apparent that the engine was not getting fuel. We eventually were assisted by an iowa state patrol officer who took me back to the casey's station in williamsburg where i bought a gasoline can and about 3.5 gallons of fuel. With his assistance i was able to fuel my car (the traffic at that time and place was very heavy and fast), and the car started immediately. It is be important to note that the low fuel indicator did not come on after i started the car. I had not put all of the gas in the can into my car, and the manual states that the indicator will not come on when the tank is holding 4.5 gallons of fuel, so there was clearly a gallon or more of fuel in the tank when it died. Also, that section of eastbound i-80 is slightly uphill. It seems then that either the electronics associated with the reading fuel levels are very inaccurate, or the gas tank is built in such a way that when the tank is lower on fuel and going uphill gas is not getting to the engine. Had i not been driving a manual transmission and able to roll onto the margin uphill but simply slowed to a sudden stop in that traffic when the engine died, i believe it would have caused a very serious series if collisions.

Sudden unintended acceleration: the vehicle vigorously accelerated immediately after shifting from park to drive without touching the accelerator pedal. The vehicle crashed through a fence ~8 feet away, pushed over 2 eight foot trees behind the fence then became high centered on a 30" "retaining ~5 feet beyond the fence. The vehicle accelerated in spite of full application of the brakes. The vehicle was unable to move forward any more after it was high centered on the retaining wall but the engine speed remained at a high rpm. The engine slowed down only when the ignition was turned off.

6/2/15 morning i drove my 2015 subaru forester to work. The windshield was not hit by a rock or anything else, there was no crack or damage on the windshield. I parked it in the company's parking lot at 7 am. in the afternoon when i was ready to go home at 4 pm, i found a long crack on the windshield. It was too large to repair and it must be replaced. I have heated windshield with eyesight cameras, it would cost under $500 to replace the windshield. Vehicle is less than 6,000 miles and less than 6 months old, and i've got a cracked windshield before its first oil change.

From a full stop, a/c on, i began to accelerate at a green light. Car stopped acceleration at aprox. 2 miles per hour and coasted thru large intersection before accelerating again. I checked to see if the car was in drive and that the emergency brake was off. I took car to dealer who said no "error code" is available that would indicate a problem and they were unable to replicate the issue. Obviously there is an issue because another driver made this same report. This is a huge concern for me because 1) what happens if the car fails again when i pull into traffic with my kid in the car? And 2) i bought a subaru because they are supposed to be safe and reliable. I'm seriously reconsidering my decision now.

I was driving vehicle at normal rate of speed on city street when suddenly there was a sensation/sound of gravel and then i could no longer accelerate. The car died and i had to pull over to the side of the road. The lights and sensors were all functioning, but the car would not start. Had oil change done at 6000 miles with synthetic oil as recommended. Dealer says engine is blown. Had no warning prior to this happening -- just stopped working. Unacceptable for brand new car. *Tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that the rear door latch failed to open from inside the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician stated that the vehicle was working up to specifications and was unable to alter the design of the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 0.

I purchased my car from colonial subaru in danbury ct. It’s a 2015 subaru forrester xt with only 11 miles. unfortunately, i was dissatisfied for the following reason(s): i just purchased the vehicle in jan 2015 but the exhaust on the vehicle has a lot of rust building up on the pipe. I took it to the local subaru dealer where i purchased it and they said contact subaru headquarters. I contact subaru hq and they said contact the local subaru dealer.

2015 subaru forester. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle air bag system problems. *Smd the consumer stated if a passenger is not a certain weight, the air bag system does not register the person sitting in the seat and there air bag is not activated. *Jb

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While driving approximately 65 mph, a popping noise was heard from the front windshield before the glass began to crack. The crack was located on the driver side in front of the steering wheel and extended upwards approximately 4 inches before extending to the center of the windshield. The windshield was replaced, but the failure also occurred on the replacement window. Since obtaining the vehicle, the front windshield had been replaced three times for the same failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 4,000.

The electronic screen on the 2015 subaru forester that includes the back-up display reflects a solid black bar down the middle if you are wearing polarized sunglasses. I've almost backed over walkers in parking lots who were in the obscured area of the screen because of this. I checked at the dealer, and other 2015 foresters have the same problem, but the outback does not. Since i first noticed the problem i have driven a number of cars, including toyotas and bmws that do not have the problem. Subaru's suggested solution is that i don't wear polarized sunglasses. I wear corrective lenses, and it is virtually impossible to buy corrective sunglasses that aren't polarized. The alternative is to wear non-corrective lenses that are not particularly good for my eyes, and through which the world is blurred. I don't think i should have to go spend $300+ to buy sunglasses to correct a problem that subaru could have corrected by putting a different display screen in the car, since based on other subarus i've been in and cars from other manufacturers, they had the option to do so. Thank you.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. After stopping at a stop sign, the accelerator pedal was depressed but the vehicle did not accelerate. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who stated that the vehicle was functioning as designed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 5.

I have a 2015 forester premium with winter package, i bought it new with 10 miles on it. When starting out from a dead stop. I step on the gas and there is a delayed throttle response ( like a hesitation or a slow shift on the automatic transmission ) either from the computer module or transmission. Other owners , that i know, have experienced this issue also. Friends that have the outback say its less pronounced. As you might guess>> i have a bunch of subie fans !!! This is my 2nd subaru , and while i am happy with it, i still can't get my dealer to do anything to resolve the issue. They say " its the nature of the beast ! " I'm hoping there will be a service bulletin to fix this annoying problem.

Vehicle does not warm up well in cold climates. I live in alaska and during the winter the vehicle would stay cool even with the heater maxed out driving down the highway. Normally this would not be a big deal, but having a newborn in the car, the heat would be nice. *Tr

Heat system does not heat the car and window keep freezing over. have to keep turning from floor heat which is none, to windshield to keep it clear. Always cold which takes your mind and control away from driving, could cause to accident taking time to keep trying to get heat to where it is needed. People should not buy the subaru forester till they fix the problem, and should be banded till fixed. The did not have heat problem till this year by the sounds of it, so they should be able to switch it back to the way it was in older model year before someone gets hurt. A recall is pass due before someone gets hurt or killed. *Tr

I would like to make all prospective subaru forrester owners aware that the front passenger airbag does work if you sit on an additional cushion. These sensors do not work on weight but on some sort of electrostatic sensor that is blocked by any cushion or pillow. This if a dangerous problem for back patients and also for short people who sit on cushions to elevate themselves. Needless to say that, although this is a documented problem the dealer who sold me the car did not notify of this situation although i mentioned that i always sit on a pad because of a fused back. With all the safety notices posted in cars today, this is one problem that needs to be made obvious. Needless to say i have a $35,000 useless vehicle being used as a spare car. I cannot take this car on the road. *Tr

Ever since i purchased this car, the heater does not heat the interior of the car very well. The air blowing out of the vents is weak and cold to tepid. Even after 30 minutes of driving the car, it is still lukewarm. This is for temps between 0 degrees and 40 degrees outside. The temp inside the car never goes over 45 degrees when it is cold outside. If the temp is over 40 degrees outside, the inside will warm up to about 55 degrees after 30 minutes of driving. this is a safety hazard since the defroster does not remove accumulated ice off the front window during the cold temps. I have to stop on the road, scrape the windshield after a few miles and then do that repeatedly during the 45 minute drive each day. it is also a safety hazard when you are too cold to drive, even with gloves, and your fingers are numb and your body is shaking from the cold. the dealer says nothing is wrong. There is something wrong. Maybe an incorrect thermostat, or something. But, subaru should do something about this. *Tr

The bluetooth does not work properly. Most of the time it doesn't work at all. When it does it keeps on repeating itself and freezes the screen. The only way i can un freeze the screen is pull the car over and restart the engine. The dealer says they have done everything they can and " i'll just have to live with it ". *Tr

I purchased a new 2015 subaru forester january 31, 2015. Anytime the temperature is below approximately 10f, the interior windows ice over. Have to continually switch from 100% defrost to 100% side windows to be able to see out one or the other. If anyone is riding in the back seat, the rear side windows are never clear. This poor visibility is a safety hazard. In addition, the car is extremely cold inside, especially in the foot well. My feet are numb from the cold as the heater is blowing cold air on your feet and legs. Even when no air is directed to the foot well, there is a continual cold draft. Have taken this vehicle to the dealer twice with these complaints ? Both times they contacted subaru and was told that the car is operating as designed, so no effort was made to improve. For comparison the dealer provided a loaner car ? Same make, model, year and features. We drove it and our car on the same 60 mile route at the same ambient temperature (0f), the loaner car heated up quicker, was more comfortable inside, had minimal foot well draft, had higher engine oil temperature and the windows were much clearer. This was communicated to subaru, with the same response ? Your car is behaving as designed, no service is required. In addition to my complaint, there are over 1100 comments complaining about these same issues as detailed on http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/f77/2014-forester-weak-heater-263009/. Although many of the comments are follow ups, the trend is clear ? There is a shortcoming in some cars that result in poor heater performance, with the symptom being poor visibility and very uncomfortable passengers. For whatever reason, subaru is either unable or unwilling to correct this issue or even admit it. *Js

Tl*the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that the speedometer was inoperable. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The failure mileage was 1,500. Updated 03/30/15*lj updated 6/23/2015*js

Within one hour of getting this new vehicle, the eyesight warning and braking system turned itself on and off repeatedly. This continues after two dealers have made repeated attempts to fix the system. Subaru headquarters forced me to pay for a new windshield, because they said i had put a nick in the windshield. After replacing the windshield the eyesight system still continues to turn itself on and off approximately 3 times per hour of travel. This is a serious safety issue, because you are expecting the eyesight system to warn you of unusual lane changes and your proximity to the vehicle in front of you. Also when you are using the eyesight system with cruise control at highway speeds the vehicle slows down whenever the system turns itself off. Since no brake lights are activated, the vehicles behind you do not get a signal that you have reduced your speed. This is also a serious safety issue. It is also impossible to reactivate the eyesight system yourself, unless you stop, turn of the engine and restart the car. Subaru headquarters cannot make the eyesight system function correctly and therefore it should be removed from the market. *Js

I had my new vehicle only 4 days with 120 miles or so that i personally put on it. I was out one day and came to a stop sign and stopped. The car just powered down to not running at all. I put it in park, restarted, put it in drive to move on and it did it again. I put it in neutral and had someone push me to the other side of the road where i would be out of the way. This continued for about 5 times when finally it took hold and i managed to get home ok. The next day i had to go out and it seemed to be ok and had to put gas in it. I took it in to the dealers on friday and told them about it so they kept it to find out what the problem was. Got a call back today on monday 2-9-15 and they told me it was a faulty fuel pump. Wow, on a new vehicle! Said the part should be in on thursday due to being the only fuel pump anywhere near our area and the weather being iffy it would take longer. This was so unexpected of a highly rated vehicle. I had my pontiac vibe for 10 years w/ only a a/c problem once. With 130k miles on her i decided to upgrade to all the bells and whistles and now this. I am disheartening for sure. Let's hope this is the problem and nothing more. Thanks for listening. *Tr

Tire pressure monitor indicated low pressure. Right rear tire needed air. Tire continued to slowly leak and the pressure monitor tripped again days later. Mentioned problem to dealership during service. Dealership found no problem with the tire and properly inflated all wheels. A few days later the tire pressure was low (tire pressure monitor tripped again). Bringing vehicle back to the dealer for possible replacement of tire. probably a problem isolated to my specific car, but logging the incident in case there are more tires out there with similar problems. *Tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the check oil warning light illuminated continuously. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the oil needed to be changed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 9,000. The vin was unavailable.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that after the transmission was shifted into the reverse position, the accelerator pedal became stuck and accelerated without warning. As a result, the contact crashed into a pole and the air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained cervical nerve damage that required medical attention. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 3,000.

Pulled into parking space, foot on brake. Sudden acceleration, could not stop vehicle. It drove down a hill, finally stopping with brake pedal and emergency brake fully activated. Two flat tires on driver side of car from running over an elevated sidewalk pad. Dealer could find nothing wrong with it. *Tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 5 mph, the throttle response was delayed. The failure recurred on multiple occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 12,400. Updated 03/10/15*lj updated 9/18/2017*cn

2015 subaru forester. Consumer writes in regards to steering wheel issues. *Smd the consumer stated her jacket with a zipper had a tendency to get caught on the steering wheel and on several occasions, she almost caused an accident, as she was unable to move her arm, to steer the vehicle. *Jb

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that while in park, the vehicle rolled away. As a result, the vehicle crashed into trees and the air bags failed to deploy. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries reported. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 2,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While driving 20 mph through a green light, a vehicle crashed into the driver side of the contact's vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The driver sustained injuries to the head and neck that required medical attention. The vehicle was repaired, but the specifics were unknown. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 625. updated 07/06/15.*jb

I was turning into my parking space at my condo, and the car suddenly accelerated and went over the car stop and the sidewalk and finally stopped when i hit a wall and palm tree. I stood on the brake, but it would not stop. I kept thinking "why isn't it stopping". I know i was going slow because i have to make a turn to go into my space, and as my neighbors said, i never drive fast coming into the parking lot. *Tr

The vehicle was left running in park on a slight uphill grade in a private driveway while the driver ran into the house to drop something off. She came right out of the house to find that the vehicle drove itself forward up the grade into a garage door. It was still running in park wedged into the garage door. Only minor damage was caused to the front bumper and garage door. *Tr

The vehicle was driven several miles with the passenger sitting on a thin pillow. When arriving at the destination it was noticed that the passenger airbag off light was illuminated. The light is very difficult if even possible to see in the sunshine, so it is unknown how long it had been illuminated. There was no audible indication that was noticed. The vehicle's manual was later read where it was discovered that this is as the vehicle is built, that a passenger needing a pillow must use the back seat. Without that knowledge beforehand and a non-noticeable light, a life was endangered. The secondary complaint is that the manual states to write to "contact the vehicle manufacturer concerning modifications for persons with disabilities that may affect the advanced airbag system." i propose that may have been put in the manual as a legal sidestep and that handicapped persons rights are abused with this design. I recommend writing to that address to see if there is a response. (100 mileage is estimate). *Tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact stated that while driving approximately 10 mph, the brakes failed to engage. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The mechanic was unable to locate a failure. The vehicle has not been repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vin was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 2,000.

I just purchased this car and cannot believe the dash board lights. They praise this car for reliability, so that is why i purchased this car. however the speedometer and all the other lights are so small you can't read them. Also, with the running lights on the lights on dashboard turn pink on black. Without the running lights the numbers are a pale gray on black. With the dial to brighten...that is a joke. i am worried about the safety of this oversight. I wish i had realized this before i purchased this car. I am a senior citizen, but i have pretty good eyesight. *Tr

When applying the brakes at low speed and attempting to come to a stop the vehicle occasionally accelerates requiring a much harder brake pedal pressure to stop the vehicle. This has happened on city streets when pulling into a parking place or coming to a stop sign. While not a common occurrence i have experienced this more than a dozen times over the 5 years i have had the vehicle.

Going 70 miles an hour on interstate with cruise control on, when the gas light came on the car lost power like it switched to neutral. We made it to the side of the road and the engine shut off. This happened twice. *Tr

Cruise control stopped working while i was driving at high speed, 70mph, on interstate. Car speed immediately started dropping. Cruise control would no longer engage.

Own a 2015 subaru forester 2.0 xt touring. Have driven 48,200 miles. Have driven on regular highways/roads with zero off-roading. Began hearing a creaking noise when i used to brake and come to a stop. Took the car to the dealer and found the bushing on the front were cracked. Was told it will take $800 to fix this at the dealership. Checked with a google search on the issue - found plenty of other posting on this issue. This seems a very common issue with the subaru forester 2.0 xt models on a poorly designed suspension and the crash risk increases especially while driivng at high speeds. We use this car now for mainly our outdoor trips and now iam scared to drive this car with our daughter in it at high speeds on the freeway. Request to open an investigation into this since there are multiple reports on the bushings going bad on the 2015 subaru forester.

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While driving approximately 35 mph, the vehicle suddenly failed to accelerate when the accelerator pedal was depressed. During the failure, the instrument panel warning indicators illuminated and the check engine message displayed. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer (jones bel air subaru, 1317 bel air rd, bel air, md) where it was diagnosed that the accelerator pedal was faulty. The accelerator pedal was replaced and the failure was remedied. Approximately two years and 12,000 miles later, the same failure recurred. The vehicle was towed to the same dealer where it was diagnosed that the accelerator pedal failed and needed to be replaced again. The contact was informed that the replacement pedal was a new and improved version. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 24,000.

Bought car in anchorage and windshield cracked on way back to my father's home in fairbanks. Dealership reported no known problems with subaru windshields, (which isn't apparently accurate). As of now, i'm living in colorado and there are a million cracks in the windshield (a slight exaggeration). I'm hesitant to replace it, if it's merely going to start the process of cracking windshields all over again. Windshields are not cheap to replace.