Subaru seats problems
Across all Subaru models in NHTSA's complaint database, 459 complaints involve seats. The Forester accounts for the largest share (55%). The single worst model year is the 2010 Forester with 76 seats complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 459 about seats, all Subaru models
- Most affected
- Forester 55% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 52,000 miles 247 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 35 and 16
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Subaru models
Worst model years for seats
- 2010 Subaru Forester76 complaints
- 2017 Subaru Forester34 complaints
- 2018 Subaru Forester30 complaints
- 2016 Subaru Forester24 complaints
- 2015 Subaru Forester22 complaints
Seats complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 1 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1993 | 1 |
| 1995 | 7 |
| 1996 | 9 |
| 1997 | 3 |
| 1998 | 7 |
| 1999 | 5 |
| 2000 | 3 |
| 2001 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 |
| 2003 | 6 |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 7 |
| 2006 | 8 |
| 2007 | 4 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2009 | 18 |
| 2010 | 86 |
| 2011 | 12 |
| 2012 | 21 |
| 2013 | 24 |
| 2014 | 25 |
| 2015 | 31 |
| 2016 | 32 |
| 2017 | 39 |
| 2018 | 43 |
| 2019 | 14 |
| 2020 | 11 |
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 |
Among the 247 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 52,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.