9.1

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
2,000 miles

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problem #1

Jan 012008

Forester

  • 2,000 miles
"floating around" floor mat problem on my 2008 Subaru Forester. I bought my Forester in December of 2007. Within a couple of weeks the mats started to slide around the floor and have bunched-up under the pedal cluster. I am careful to reposition them. What happened is that the hundreds of rubber tabs on the bottom of the 4 mats started to fall off. This is on all four mats. Subaru told me this was not covered by warranty. I read about a similar problem with Toyota and I understand that Toyota has an ownership interest in Subaru. Perhaps they use the same vendor to supply floor mates in the usa. I know this is dangerous. My car is still under the new car warranty, so I am not looking for something for nothing. My bet is others have this problem too. Like I said it affects all four mats, and my back seats are rarely used, so it must be the mats. My car has 22,000 miles. Thank you

- Los Angeles, CA, USA