Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1998 Subaru Forester

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
101
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
31
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

101 filed
7
Crashes
5
Fires
5
Injuries reported
1
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Vehicle Speed Control
    13
  • Tires
    7
  • VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
    6
  • SUSPENSION:REAR
    5
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    5
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
    5
  • Power TRAIN:AXLE Assembly
    4
  • Power TRAIN:CLUTCH Assembly
    4

Recalls

1 campaign
99V040000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER1999-03-03

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM (ABS). (THE 1999 2.2 LITER LEGACY VEHICLES ARE EXCLUDED). IN EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER, THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE IS INCREASED.

RiskTHIS CONDITION CAUSES THE VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE TO BE INCREASED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A CRASH.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER.

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