10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
5 / 2
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
29,669 miles

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problem #6

Mar 182016

Forester

  • 27,409 miles
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.

- Norton Shores, MI, USA

problem #5

Nov 162015

Forester

  • 12,500 miles
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.

- Charlotte, NC, USA

problem #4

Oct 022015

Forester

  • 200 miles
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.

- Owasso, OK, USA

problem #3

Aug 282014

Forester

  • 800 miles
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.

- Media, PA, USA

problem #2

Jun 012015

Forester

  • 8,088 miles
I purchased my car from colonial Subaru in danbury ct. Its 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.

- Danbury, CT, USA

problem #1

Feb 022015

Forester

  • miles
2015 Subaru Forester. Consumer writes in regards to steering wheel issues. 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.

- Concord, NH, USA