10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
18,108 miles

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problem #4

Mar 012018

Forester

  • miles
Front passenger airbag warning light comes on intermittently, either on start up or while driving, stays on for hours or days at a time, unrelated to whether the seat is occupied or not. When it is on, passenger seat belt light indicates it is not fastened even if it is. The seat has never had spills, rain or otherwise wet. This has been going on for at least 6 months. Subaru dealer states past error code B1760 which they reset and say there is nothing they can do because they can not find an immediate problem. Dealer admits that when warning light is on, the airbag will not deploy. This is so unsafe I hesitate to Transport any front passengers. It is a large safety issue that is being ignored! can you do anything?

- Coatesville, PA, USA

problem #3

Jul 122017

Forester

  • miles
Takata recall I am a fitness instructor and in the health field for very long time. Subaru along with other car companies are using the new mandated forward -head rest. It should mandated that the head rest also come with 2 or 3 (forward and back adjustment options) all you can do is move up or down. I am tiny. I have to sit close to the wheel--and this headrest juts me forward and has caused me horrible neck pain for the first time in my life. I am 39 years old. I know this was tested on dummies and it for prevention of whiplash-- but can car companies --make them adjustable"?????????? forward and back ??????? not just up and down. Forward head posture is also leading to horrible posture problems, arthritis, neuromuscular diseases from the spinal cord being squeezed from forward head which is already happening from texting and computer use... I do not understand how this got passed " I have to play in so many ways and turn the headrest backwards and have tried to use the back seat headrest.... NHTSA...may read this and go----whiplash etc.. but this is so upsetting and distressing ---for me to drive with....my neck is in terrible spasm... change head rest settings

- Oceanside, NY, USA

problem #2

May 032017

Forester

  • 2,000 miles
Driver's Subaru was struck from behind by a box truck while stationary on a highway (driver had stopped just short of a multi-car collision but the box truck behind her was unable to stop); box truck pushed the Subaru into the car in front. Driver's seatbelt was on, but driver's chest struck the steering wheel and her head possibly hit the side window. Airbags did not deploy and seatbelt did not stop driver from striking steering wheel. Also, the empty front passenger seat rocketed forward on its rails all the way to the front, and at least three hinges flew off the passenger seat rail mechanism.

- Leominster, MA, USA

problem #1

Jan 222017

Forester

  • 5,000 miles
I have caught the back of my right shoe 4 times( since buying the car in August) when getting out of the car. It catches on the hard plastic on the front left of the driver's seat. The first three times I was exiting the car in town and could have fallen into passing traffic had I not been holding onto the door. The last time my sister was standing in front of me and caught me. I have tried to locate seat covers to cover the piece of hard plastic with no luck. Any suggestions would be helpful. The design certainly needs to be changed.

- Edinburg, VA, USA