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2023 Subaru Forester

Safety Score
83
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars

Recalls (1)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
2023-11-09 23V754000 POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT 4,701 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2026-04-03 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 This vehicle has died 4 times in one week. when this happens, multiple lights have flashed in the dash board, including…
2026-03-06 AIR BAGS No 0 1. The passenger seat air bag turn on mechanism malfunctions in a 2023 Subaru Forester Limited. The seat mechanism can …
2026-03-02 FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM No 0 Vehicle suffered a major oil leak at under 60k miles. My low oil light didn’t turn on but I was actually extremely low …
2025-12-20 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 In three years I've had the Automatic Emergency Braking system engage and almost cause accidents several times. The br…
2025-12-17 LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST No 0 Eyesight camera randomly turns off and on while driving. Has been consistent over several months pierced to be an ongoi…
2025-10-21 STEERING Yes 2 The contact owns a 2023 Subaru Forester. The contact stated that while driving at 15-20 MPH and attempting to make a ri…
2025-10-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 Traveling at approximately 45 mph through a green light at a 4-way intersection a car making a right on red turn turned…
2025-09-10 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 This complaint is in relation to a 2023 Subaru Forester. The car was purchased new at White River Subaru in White River…
2025-07-06 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 I had been driving for 30 minutes from Mokena towards Rosemont. I was on [XXX] near rosemont when the rear passenger-si…
2025-06-25 FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING No 0 In driving our 2023 Subaru Forester at 45mph at 10:00 am in the morning, with NO cars in front of us, in back of us, o…
2025-05-29 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 Air leak puncture on my left front tire driver side
2025-04-04 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 Currently suspected that the vehicle battery was installed incorrectly during assembly. Engine fire started at the batt…
2025-04-04 ENGINE No 0 Vehicle had just received an oil change at the dealership and the car caught fire. Oil leaked onto the catalytic conver…
2025-03-07 VISIBILITY/WIPER No 0 Windshield developed a crack during a week with wild temperature swings. There was no incident leading up to the develo…
2025-02-05 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 Front windshield crack came out of no where. No idea ever had a stone or anything connect with windshield.
2025-01-27 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 The battery is getting drained by the car's system
2025-01-20 FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM No 0 The check engine light and a flashing 'S' and other lights stating the safety features such as Eyesight, lane departure…
2025-01-05 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 I was stopped at a red light when, suddenly, my car engine completely shut down, a loud and high-pitched alarm began to…
2024-12-01 AIR BAGS No 0 The front passenger side air bag remains turned off when a 105 pound adult sits in it, but turns on when a 185 pound ad…
2024-11-15 LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST Yes 1 I was driving on a two lane highway in the mountains and came around a small right-veering turn in the road. I straight…
2024-09-18 FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL No 0 While driving on a highway, one lane in each direction, my lane was going to end. In front of me were painted yellow h…
2024-09-08 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 Windshield cracked after dust hit car while on road. Crack split aggressively in 1 day from 1 inch to 14 inches. This i…
2024-08-27 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 I see black/gray spots on the headlights and sometimes I cannot detect if it is something in the road. Especially if it…
2024-08-22 POWER TRAIN No 0 The contact owns a 2023 Subaru Forester. The contact stated while at a stop light, the brake pedal was released, but th…
2024-08-13 POWER TRAIN No 0 I checked on KBB.com and my car came up as having a recall for the drive shaft. The NHTSA Campaign ID - 23V754000 and w…
2024-07-21 POWER TRAIN No 0 I was driving the car, towards the end of about a 40-minute drive the car, I can best describe, lost its mind. Without …
2024-07-17 SEAT BELTS No 0 The front passenger seat and the seat belt attached to that seat suddenly started making creaking noises as if the seat…
2024-07-10 AIR BAGS Yes 1 The contact owns a 2023 Subaru Forester. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH, the vehicle accelerated unintendedly …
2024-06-30 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 I was driving down the main street of a small city. There is a decent amount of traffic, so I’m not sure what speed I …
2024-06-19 FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL No 0 We were traveling on a limited access highway at approximately 65 miles an hour. Both the adaptive cruise control and t…
2024-06-02 STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE No 0 See attached document for complaint.
2024-05-15 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 The car was parked for several weeks in a friend's driveway. I was on a trip overseas. When I came back, I started th…
2024-05-09 VISIBILITY/WIPER No 0 Rear windshield burst for no apparent reason in car less than one year old while car was stopped at a stop light. Othe…
2024-05-06 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 Windshield developed chip driving down a quiet residential street. Expected windshield to be much durable, but seems to…
2024-05-03 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Yes 1 The contact owns a 2023 Subaru Forester. The contact stated that while in a parking lot, the contact depressed the brak…
2024-02-08 VISIBILITY/WIPER No 0 Spontabeus stress crack in windshield in first 1000 miles.
2024-02-07 FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL No 0 If you have the adaptive cruise control (or regular cruise if you disable adaptive) and accelerate to pass another vehi…
2024-02-04 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 Car only has 6,000 miles,had 2 tiny stones hit the windshield and put 2 pebble sized holes in windshield, got those fix…
2024-02-02 VISIBILITY/WIPER No 0 I have owned the vehicle less than 6 months. There is now a 6 inch crack in my front windshield for no apparent reason.…
2024-01-10 TIRES No 0 225/60R17 99T
2024-01-03 LANE DEPARTURE: BLIND SPOT DETECTION No 0 On January 3, 2024, my Subaru forester suddenly lost emergency safety features such as the blind spot warning system. …
2024-01-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 The vehicles battery does not hold a charge during short term, (3-5 weeks of storage). I understand that some prior ye…
2023-12-01 SUSPENSION No 0 Both front control arm outer bushings failed. At 21,000 miles, both bushings were found to be almost completely torn. T…
2023-11-29 VISIBILITY/WIPER No 0 Just replaced my winshield for my 2023 suburu, first off safelite uses after market, also I haven't had the car for mor…
2023-11-20 VISIBILITY/WIPER No 0 Small pebble hit winshield and in no time I have about a 3 inch crack. Car purchased a few months ago, used I have abou…
2023-10-24 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 Spontaneous windshield crack. I parked car in garage overnight. In the morning, there was a spontaneous crack on passen…
2023-10-21 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA No 0 Subaru Infotainment system frozen I've been experiencing an issue where the screen suddenly freezes and emits a loud b…
2023-10-08 SERVICE BRAKES Yes 0 Hit a deer the vehicle immediately was on fire and burnt to the ground. It had 3000 miles on it
2023-10-05 VISIBILITY No 0 The contact owns a 2023 Subaru Forester. The contact stated while driving approximately 45 MPH, she noticed that a pea-…
2023-09-18 VISIBILITY/WIPER No 0 I believe Subaru STILL has issues I've found when researching them before I bought my vehicle, about weak windshields. …