2011 SUBARU FORESTER

16 safety recall campaigns, 195 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns16
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints195
Complaints citing a crash41
Complaints citing a fire7

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 6 of 16

22V8380002022-11-10

SEAT BELTS

The seat belt assembly may not properly restrain an occupant during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

20V0030002020-01-02

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

20V0020002020-01-02

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

20V0010002020-01-02

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

19V2970002019-04-11

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH

The engine turning off unexpectedly can increase the risk of a crash. If a crash occurs under this condition, the air bag may not deploy, increasing the risk of injury.

19V0070002019-01-09

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An explosion of an inflator within the passenger frontal air bag module may result in sharp metal fragments striking the front seat passenger, driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

What owners report most

  • 60ENGINE
  • 29AIR BAGS
  • 17SERVICE BRAKES
  • 13VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
  • 12UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 11ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 8POWER TRAIN
  • 8STRUCTURE:BODY

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Two 2011 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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