19V701000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
If the connection loosens, the front passenger airbag may deactivate even though the seat is occupied, increasing the risk of injury to the front passenger in the event of a crash.
2015 SUBARU FORESTER
3 safety recall campaigns, 897 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints897
Complaints citing a crash92
Complaints citing a fire12
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 3 of 3
19V149000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
Brake lights that do not illuminate properly will not alert other drivers that the vehicle is slowing or stopping, increasing the risk of crash.
16V162000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER
An engine stall increases the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 131ENGINE
- 101AIR BAGS
- 94POWER TRAIN
- 78ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 73UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 66VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 62SUSPENSION
- 55FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2015 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.