Model overview · 25 published model years
Subaru Forester complaints by model year
Compare published NHTSA complaint evidence across Subaru Forester model years. Each signal is benchmarked within that year's same-segment, same-era cohort, so it is not a mechanical failure rate or complete reliability score.
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Published model-year records
6,200
Matched complaint incidents
2020
Highest signal in this published set
8.1
Signal for that model year
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2023Forester2021 to 2025 compact suv1.9interval 1.1 to 2.471matched incidents2022Forester2020 to 2024 compact suv1.4interval 1.4 to 2.694matched incidents2021Forester2019 to 2023 compact suv3.9interval 3.4 to 4.6207matched incidents2020Forester2018 to 2022 compact suv8.1interval 7.9 to 8.4594matched incidents2019Forester2017 to 2021 compact suv7.9interval 7.9 to 8.4831matched incidents2018Forester2016 to 2020 compact suv5.6interval 5.4 to 6.1489matched incidents2017Forester2015 to 2019 compact suv6.4interval 5.6 to 6.6580matched incidents2016Forester2014 to 2018 compact suv4.1interval 3.1 to 4.4405matched incidents2015Forester2013 to 2017 compact suv6.6interval 6.1 to 7.1613matched incidents2014Forester2012 to 2016 compact suv4.9interval 4.6 to 5.4403matched incidents2013Forester2011 to 2015 compact suv0.1interval 0.1 to 0.477matched incidents2012Forester2010 to 2014 compact suv0.9interval 0.6 to 1.1105matched incidents2011Forester2009 to 2013 compact suv2.1interval 1.9 to 2.4147matched incidents2010Forester2008 to 2012 compact suv3.4interval 3.4 to 4.1262matched incidents2009Forester2007 to 2011 compact suv3.5interval 3.2 to 3.7178matched incidents2008Forester2006 to 2010 compact suv0.9interval 0.7 to 1.450matched incidents2007Forester2005 to 2009 compact suv1.5interval 0.9 to 2.372matched incidents2006Forester2004 to 2008 compact suv2.0interval 1.4 to 2.688matched incidents2005Forester2003 to 2007 compact suv1.9interval 0.9 to 2.293matched incidents2004Forester2002 to 2006 compact suv3.9interval 3.5 to 4.3219matched incidents2003Forester2001 to 2005 compact suv3.0interval 2.6 to 3.8189matched incidents2002Forester2000 to 2004 compact suv1.1interval 0.7 to 1.188matched incidents2001Forester1999 to 2003 compact suv3.4interval 2.0 to 3.9139matched incidents2000Forester1998 to 2002 compact suv1.1interval 0.7 to 2.075matched incidents1999Forester1997 to 2001 compact suv5.3interval 3.3 to 6.3131matched incidents
How to read this: a higher complaint signal means that model year has a louder complaint record relative to its peer cohort. It does not establish overall reliability, ownership cost, or a recommendation to avoid that year.
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