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Subaru Forester problems by year
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA for each model year, with the number of safety recalls. Tap a year for the breakdown by component and mileage.
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- Complaints are unverified owner reports. NHTSA does not confirm each one.
- No denominator: popular cars get more complaints. Counts are not failure rates; a best-seller will show more reports than a rare model.
Complaints per model year
Bars: owner complaints (each complaint counted once). "rec." = safety recalls. Most complaints: 2019 (834).
2010262 · 17 rec.2011
147 · 16 rec.2012
105 · 15 rec.2013
78 · 12 rec.2014
403 · 2 rec.2015
615 · 3 rec.2016
415 · 3 rec.2017
591 · 1 rec.2018
498 · 3 rec.2019
834 · 3 rec.2020
603 · 0 rec.2021
210 · 0 rec.2022
100 · 1 rec.
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