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Year · Make · Model

1999 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
131
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
42
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

131 filed
5
Crashes
1
Fires
5
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    14
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL Bearing
    11
  • Engine AND Engine Cooling
    11
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    8
  • SUSPENSION:REAR
    7
  • Tires
    6
  • Power Train
    5
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    5

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.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
PE99020·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE1999-03-05 → 1999-03-26

SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE SEPARATION

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