3 NHTSA safety recalls cover the 2015 Subaru Forester. Owners have filed 615 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Subaru dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2015 Subaru Forester. Check your Forester by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 615 complaints with NHTSA about the 2015 Subaru Forester, reporting 53 crashes, 7 fires, 34 injuries. Subaru has issued at least 502 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
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Owners have filed 615 complaints with NHTSA about the 2015 Subaru Forester. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“I was parking at the dentist office in their parking lot going slow, turned into a parking space and thought i was slowly braking but my car lunged forward and hit a tree. I would normally be minimally braking, so I'm not sure what happened but it was sudden.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11750125
“Subaru part # 63269SG002 "hatch lift support / stay tailgate (rear gate, right)". Pin that attaches hydraulic lift to rear tailgate snapped in half when closing trunk - available for inspection. Lift extended fully, preventing closure of rear tailgate.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11740025
“The Vehicle Dynamics Control safety system malfunctioned and forced me to drive straight on a curved banked overpass into the concrete barrier”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11638240
“The vehicle hit a patch of ice at about 55mph, spun out, and left the road. It rolled onto its right side (a total roll rotation of 90 degrees), and the side airbags deployed at some point during the roll.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11625052
“The contact owned a 2015 Subaru Forester. The contact stated that while driving at 10 MPH, in a residential parking lot, the contact stated while he was parking, the vehicle independently accelerated and crashed into a nearby tree.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11558358
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2015 Subaru Forester is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Subaru dealer.