Safety Score
82
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2005 Subaru Forester.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-10 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | Moved car 30’ from gas pumps to air pump. Slowed to almost complete stop to move closer to air tank. Car accelerated at… |
| 2023-02-02 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | A part of the front frame was recalled because of rusting and was breaking on 3-20-12 they put a rust proof on the part… |
| 2022-11-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Subaru Forester. The contact stated while starting the vehicle, the vehicle accelerated uninten… |
| 2022-09-16 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Subaru Forester. The contact stated that while driving from a complete stop at approximately 25… |
| 2022-03-07 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Raw fuel smell inside cabin of card when cold outside |
| 2021-07-08 | SUSPENSION | Yes | 0 | I was driving down the highway when my front drivers side control arm broke causing me to completely lose control of my… |
| 2021-02-04 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Subaru Forester. The contact stated while driving 55 MPH, the vehicle failed to respond to the … |
| 2020-11-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I'VE EXPERIENCED THE LEAKING FUEL LINE WHEN TEMPERATURES DROPPED BELOW 20 DEGREES AND GET TERRIBLE GAS FUMES INSIDE THE… |
| 2020-11-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY CAR IS BURNING UP OIL. I JUST DID AN OIL CHANGE 400MILES AGO, AND MY CAR STARTED MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE AND DRIVING… |
| 2020-08-17 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUBARU FORESTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND… |
| 2020-02-21 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE WE DROVE IT ON A 3 HOUR ROAD TRIP ON THE HIGHWAY TO VISIT OUR DAUGHTER AT COLLEGE. AFTER … |
| 2020-01-07 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THERE IS A SEVERE GAS LINE LEAK WHERE THE VEHICLE IS VERY UNSAFE LEAKING GAS BY THE ENGINE SPRAYING THE SIDE OF THE PAS… |
| 2019-08-06 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THERE'S A KNOWN UNDERCARRIAGE RECALL ISSUE ON THE 2005 FORESTER FOR WHICH I NEVER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION. UPON DISCOVERY… |
| 2019-06-04 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THIS VEHICLE IS ONLY 14 YEARS OLD AND I'VE HAD IT FOR 2 YEARS. I HAD IT TAKEN TO MY FAMILY MECHANIC FOR MINOR ISSUES AN… |
| 2018-10-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHEN IT IS BELOW 30 DEGREES OUT AND HEATER OR DEFROSTER IS ON AND THE VEHICLE IS MOVING BETWEEN 25-65 MPH, THE ACCELERA… |
| 2018-05-09 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THIS IS A 1 OWNER CAR WITH ONLY 65400 MILES ON IT. I DROVE DOWN A 30MPH ROAD AND THERE WAS SUCH A LOUD SCREECHING SOUND… |
| 2018-04-26 | ENGINE | Yes | 0 | I WAS BACKING UP MY 2005 SUBARU FORESTER IN A DOWNTOWN, STREET-LEVEL CORNER PARKING LOT. WHEN I PUT MY VEHICLE INTO RE… |
| 2018-03-29 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | MY CONTROL ARM BROKE FROM CORROSION WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE |
| 2017-11-21 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | FRONT RIGHT LOWER CONTROL ARM AND AXLE BROKE WITH NO WARNING WHILE IN MOTION. MY SIGNIFICANT OTHER BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAN… |
| 2017-10-23 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR EXPERIENCED: -LOSS IN POWER (STUTTERED A COUPLE TIMES), THEN COMPLETELY STALLED -WE HAD TO COA… |
| 2017-10-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I CAN SEE GAS RUNNING DOWN MY ENGINE BLOCK. THE LEAK IS ON PASSENGER SIDE UNDER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD OF MY EJ255. SMELLS… |
| 2017-07-04 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE REAR BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH AND FAILED WITHOUT NOTICE. ONE SEVERAL MODEL OF SUBARU, BRAKES LINES WERE REPL… |
| 2017-06-24 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUBARU FORESTER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GALLEY WEST SIDE IMPORTS TO GET THE NHTSA CAMPAIG… |
| 2017-04-15 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUBARU FORESTER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR GENERAL INSPECTION, T… |
| 2017-03-27 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | SEPTEMBER 6, 2011, SUBARU RECALL 11V464000 OR WYX-34, FRON LOWER CONTROL ARMS MAY BREAK DUE RUST AND CORROSION FROM ROA… |
| 2017-03-27 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUBARU FORESTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS RUSTED OUT. THE VE… |
| 2017-01-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUBARU FORESTER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SURGED AND THEN IDLED FAST AND S… |
| 2016-12-15 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | IN COLD WEATHER, AROUND 20 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND BELOW, I AM EXPERIENCING A FUEL LEAK UNDER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CAUSED… |
| 2016-11-26 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 1 | I NOTICED SMOKE AND FLAMES IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AS I WAS PARKING AT MY HOME. FLAMES DRIPPED DOWN ONTO THE DRIVERS … |
| 2016-11-03 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FUEL LINES LEAKS IN COLD WEATHER . THERE IS A RECALL ON THE WRX FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. ON START UP THE VEHICLE WILL LEAK … |
| 2016-10-26 | WHEELS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUBARU FORESTER. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN HIGHWAY SPEED, A BURNING RUBBER ODOR EMITTED I… |
| 2016-01-16 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | DURING COLD WEATHER STARTS THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT FUEL LEAK UNDERNEATH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, WITH GAS POOLING ON TOP OF … |
| 2015-12-15 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | STRONG FUEL SMELL IN COLD DAYS IN CABIN, LEAKING FUEL |
| 2015-09-03 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUBARU FORESTER. WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMALLY LOUD NOISE EMIT F… |
| 2015-08-27 | STEERING | No | 0 | LEFT FRONT CONTROL ARM BROKE IN 2 EXACTLY AS PREDICTED BY THE RECALL NOTICE. SUBARU SAID THE RECALL HAD BEEN COMPLETED… |
| 2015-06-24 | SUSPENSION | Yes | 0 | AFTER A SCRATCHY, METALLIC NOISE THAT APPEARED SUDDENLY IN THE LOWER FRONT, WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION,STEERING WAS CE… |
| 2015-06-15 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUBARU FORESTER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE ENGINE MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND … |
| 2015-05-10 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUBARU FORESTER. WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT INTO A DITCH. UPON… |
| 2015-02-20 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | MY CAR WAS AT MY MECHANICS GETTING LOOKED AT. HE NOTICED THE LOWER FRONT CONTROL ARM BRACKETS WERE CORRODED (THE PASSEN… |
| 2015-02-15 | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES | No | 0 | THIS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT (YET) BUT THE REAR VIEW MIRROR IS FAILING - IT WAS THE KIND THAT HAS ALL THE "FEATURES" DIMMER,… |
| 2015-01-04 | STRUCTURE:BODY | Yes | 0 | I HAD JUST LOCKED MY RESIDENCE GATE, LEAVING MY PROPERTY, I FASTENED MY SEATBELT, ADVANCED VERY SLOWLY, SAW THAT BOTH W… |
| 2015-01-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | 2005 SUBARU FORESTER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE SHUDDERS IN FRONT WHEN EXECUTING SHARP TURNS EITHER LEFT, … |
| 2014-12-21 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON TWO DAYS PRIOR. CHECKED FLUID AND WAS A BIT LOW. I HADN'T NOTICED AND FLUIDS UNDER CAR SO DI… |
| 2014-11-13 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FUEL LINES ARE LEAKING DUE TO COLD WEATHER THE SAME THING THAT WAS RECALLED FOR THE WRX ONCE ALREADY.S WHEN IT GETS COL… |
| 2014-07-28 | STRUCTURE:BODY | Yes | 0 | ON JULY 28, 2014 I WAS PULLING INTO MY PARKING SPACE AT MY CONDO.THE BRAKES WOULDN'T STOP THE CAR AND THE ENGINE SEEME… |
| 2014-05-08 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SUBARU FORESTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH AND REVERSING FROM A PARKING … |
| 2014-01-24 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | THE MORNING OF JAN 24, 2014 MY WIFE AND I CAME STARTED THE CAR AND NOTICED A STRONG GASOLINE SMELLS WHEN WE STARTED THE… |
| 2014-01-24 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | ON JANUARY 24TH, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00AM, MY WIFE AND I GOT INSIDE MY SUBARU FORESTER. I STARTED THE VEHICLE AND … |
| 2014-01-19 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | FUEL LEAK LOCATED NEAR THE FUEL RAIL ONLY APPARENT WHILE VEHICLE IS COLD, ONCE IT WARMS UP IT APPEARS TO GO AWAY . *TR |
| 2014-01-02 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | IT HAD BEEN COLD, BELOW FREEZING IN THE MID WEST, MOST OF THE TIME I WOULD RECIRCULATE THE CABIN AIR, BUT EVERY TIME WH… |