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Subaru Forester · 2015

3 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·19V701000·2019-10-03

    Subaru Recalls 2015-2018 Foresters Due to Passenger Airbag Deactivation Risk

    Subaru is recalling 2015-2018 Foresters with heated seats because a loose electrical connection may cause the front passenger airbag to deactivate, increasing injury risk in a crash.

    Product
    SUBARU — SUBARU FORESTER
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·19V149000·2019-02-28

    Subaru Recalls Vehicles for Brake Light Switch Malfunction Risk

    Subaru is recalling specific Impreza, WRX, Forester, and Crosstrek models because a faulty brake light switch may prevent lights from working or the vehicle from starting.

    Product
    SUBARU — SUBARU IMPREZA, WRX, FORESTER, CROSSTREK
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V162000·2016-03-21

    Subaru Recalls 2015-2016 Forester and WRX for Turbocharger Duct Defect

    Subaru is recalling 2015-2016 Forester and WRX vehicles because a cracked turbocharger air intake duct may cause engine stalls, increasing crash risk.

    Product
    SUBARU — SUBARU FORESTER, WRX
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • PE19009 Preliminary Evaluation · air bags:frontal:passenger side:inflator module

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2019 · visibility 387 complaints, median 9,000 mi
  • 2020 · visibility 287 complaints, median 7,000 mi
  • 2018 · visibility 146 complaints, median 20,000 mi
  • 2019 · electrical 117 complaints, median 14,000 mi
    Includes 7 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2017 · visibility 106 complaints, median 35,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

1,465 manufacturer service bulletins across 22 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.7/5
  • 2025: 3.6/5 · 90 complaints · most complained-of: visibility
  • 2024: 4.0/5 · 29 complaints · most complained-of: airbags
  • 2023: 3.9/5 · 73 complaints · most complained-of: visibility
  • 2022: 3.8/5 · 97 complaints · most complained-of: visibility

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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