2004 SUBARU FORESTER

1 safety recall campaign, 1 defect investigation, 270 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints270
Complaints citing a crash19
Complaints citing a fire4

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 1 of 1

11V4640002011-09-06

SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM

A BROKEN CONTROL ARM CAN RESULT IN THE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

What owners report most

  • 63FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • 58FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
  • 23ENGINE
  • 20SUSPENSION
  • 19AIR BAGS
  • 10VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
  • 9POWER TRAIN
  • 9UNKNOWN OR OTHER

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Two 2004 SUBARU FORESTERs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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