Year · Make · Model

2025 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.

Open recalls

NHTSA complaints

Defect investigations

138

Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall

Frontal

Side

Rollover

Consumer complaints

66 filed

Crashes

Fires

Injuries reported

Fatalities reported

What people complain about

VISIBILITY/WIPER
12
Unknown OR Other
11
FUEL/PROPULSION System
8
Exterior Lighting
8
Forward Collision AVOIDANCE: Automatic Emergency Braking
6
Forward Collision AVOIDANCE: Warnings
5
Service Brakes
4
Power Train
4

Recalls

2 campaigns

25V419000·CHILD SEAT2025-06-19

Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2025 Forester vehicles. The child seat anchor bolts may have been improperly tightened, allowing the bolts to come loose.

RiskA loose child seat anchor bolt increases the risk of injury to a child during a crash.

FixDealers will inspect the child seat anchor bolts and, if necessary, tighten the bolts, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed August 15, 2025. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-844-373-6614. Subaru's number for this recall is WRC-25.

25V033000·WHEELS2025-01-23

Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2025 Forester vehicles equipped with 18" aluminum alloy wheels. The wheels may have been manufactured with an incorrectly specified lug seat surface, which can result in the wheel being improperly attached and cause a loss of vehicle stability.

RiskA loss of vehicle stability increases the risk of a crash.

FixDealers will inspect and replace the wheels, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 28, 2025. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-844-373-6614. Subaru's number for this recall is WRB-25.

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