Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

2022 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
92
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
284
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Frontal
Side
Rollover

Consumer complaints

92 filed
8
Crashes
6
Fires
5
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • VISIBILITY/WIPER
    20
  • Unknown OR Other
    17
  • Engine
    10
  • Service Brakes
    9
  • Forward Collision AVOIDANCE: Automatic Emergency Braking
    9
  • Electrical System
    8
  • Exterior Lighting
    7
  • FUEL/PROPULSION System
    7

Recalls

1 campaign
23V755000·POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH2023-11-09

Subaru of America, Inc. is recalling certain model year 2021 Crosstrek, 2022 Forester, 2021-2023 Legacy, and Outback vehicles. An insufficient weld may allow water to enter the inhibitor switch, causing it to fail.

RiskAn inoperative inhibitor switch may prevent the reverse lights from illuminating and the rearview camera image from displaying, increasing the risk of a crash.

FixDealers will replace the inhibitor switch, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 8, 2024. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-800-782-2783. Subaru's number for this recall is WRQ-23.

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