1 NHTSA safety recall covers the 2022 Subaru Forester. Owners have filed 98 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 2022 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 98 complaints with NHTSA about the 2022 Subaru Forester, reporting 8 crashes, 6 fires, 5 injuries. Subaru has issued at least 321 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 98 complaints with NHTSA about the 2022 Subaru Forester. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“I hit a deer going 45 mph, the air bags deployed, and my engine caught on fire. Within 10 minutes my car burned to the ground.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11691363
“The vehicle was started with the remote start to warm up. It was about -15F. It ran for 10 minutes and then shut off as it is supposed to. The driver got in the car, started the car, all the gauges went crazy and all the dash lights lit up.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11566263
“The contact owned a 2022 Subaru Forester. The contact stated that while driving approximately 15 MPH the accelerator pedal remained depressed which caused her to crash into a stone wall. The air bags deployed. A police report was filed. The driver sustained injuries to her back, legs, and a tooth.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11540819
“My wife was driving our 2022 Subaru forester and I was following her in a second vehicle on the way to the airport for our honeymoon. The road we were on had a steep incline and then smoothed out to a plateau.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11528568
“I was trying to make a right turn but when I pressed the brake pedal it did not work. This caused me to hit another vehicle.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11523500
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2022 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.