3 NHTSA safety recalls cover the 2019 Subaru Forester. Owners have filed 833 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 2019 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 833 complaints with NHTSA about the 2019 Subaru Forester, reporting 37 crashes, 11 fires, 21 injuries, 1 deaths. Subaru has issued at least 577 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 833 complaints with NHTSA about the 2019 Subaru Forester. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“On 9/2/2016, my 2019 Subaru Forester was involved in a right-front collision. During the collision, the driver's frontal airbag did not deploy. Actually none of the airbags deployed.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11762369
“The contact owns a 2019 Subaru Forester. The contact stated that while driving at 30 MPH with the adaptive cruise control engaged, the vehicle accelerated independently.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11758532
“While at a Stop as the engine turns off and awaits decompression of brake to turn on again vehicle moves forward bit, then the engine shuts down while in drive (stalls) had a vehicle hit me in rear but luckily I had my trailer hitch on because it saved me from body damage .”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11711684
“The contact owned a 2019 Subaru Forester. The contact stated that while driving and merging onto the highway in the rain approximately 62 MPH, the contact's vehicle was rear-ended by another vehicle that was driving erratically.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11704694
“My Subaru smelled like gas and caught on fire while I was driving to work less than 72 hours after it left the service department at the local Subaru dealership. Earlier that week I dropped the car off for service due to a check engine light and multiple other warning lights on the dashboard.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11681834
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2019 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.