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2012 Subaru Forester air bags problems

20 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2012 Subaru Forester, which is 14% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
20 14% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
3 and 0
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

Me and my 12 year old daughter were driving 20MPH down a small hill,a lady pulled out in front of us,I hit the brakes,which locked up and we slid so I let off them immediately,the roads were icy and snowy,so we gained a lot of velocity,we missed hitting her but went sideways,a little airborn and hit a telephone pole.I violently struck my head off the drivers side window,and my shoulder and arm were pinched between my body and the door.the tires popped,the front bumper clips broke.we both suffered seat belt…

Reported at 40,000 miles, January 2015 CrashInjury

Takata recall. I was turning left when I was struck by a car going in the opposite direction. According to police the impact was at 01-1 o'clock. . My car was spun into the guard rail causing damage to left front and rt rear of my car. The seat belt latch failed and released the seat belt and the front air bag did not deploy. There is substantial damage to the interior of my car ,steering column , gear shift ,etc.

Reported at 38,000 miles, October 2017 CrashInjury

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