2025 Subaru Forester: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 82 complaints
82
Total Complaints
2,750mi
Median Mileage
VISIBILITY/WIPER
Top Issue
13
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

100 25th Percentile
2,750 Median Mileage
4,000 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

VISIBILITY/WIPER
12
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
10
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
7
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
7
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
5
POWER TRAIN
4
SERVICE BRAKES
4
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
4
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
4
WHEELS
3

Severity Assessment

13
Crashes
1
Fires
9
Injuries
1
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"The head lights are seriously defective in low beam. In low beam the car is not road worthy. It is dangerous! It is available for inspection upon request. We did not drive the car after dark until a week after taking delivery. We were at risk as was any other vehicle on the road at that time. ..."
"The head lights are seriously defective in low beam. In low beam the car is not road worthy. It is dangerous! It is available for inspection upon request. We did not drive the car after dark until a week after taking delivery. We were at risk as was any other vehicle on the road at that time. ..."
"Low visibility and dark (shadowy) spots on road surface when low beam LED lights are on, and you’re driving on a dark rural road. The cutoff of the visual field is uneven, with a shorter visual field and dark spots on driver side. Got the car on August 17th. I didn’t drive it at night until the..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28