11V464000
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.
2008 SUBARU FORESTER
1 safety recall campaign, 1 defect investigation, 67 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints67
Complaints citing a crash8
Complaints citing a fire6
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
What owners report most
- 11SUSPENSION
- 7ENGINE
- 6VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 6UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 5ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 5AIR BAGS
- 4STEERING
- 3FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2008 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.