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2014 Subaru Forester cruise control problems

Owners reported cruise control problems in 42 complaints for the 2014 Subaru Forester, 7% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
42 7% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
28,000 miles 30 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
25 and 0
Injuries and deaths
13 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2014 Subaru Forester Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 28,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 13 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 7 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 28,000 miles
Based on 30 complaints that include mileage. 83% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles13
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles7
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 30 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 28,000 miles, and 83% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 25 crashes, 13 injuries.

What owners wrote

I was driving my 2014 Subaru Forester (about 148,000 miles) behind a minivan at a safe distance and speed. Without warning, my vehicle accelerated uncontrollably. Despite applying the brakes, shifting into low gear, and using the emergency brake, I was unable to slow it down. After impact, the car then hit a telephone pole, spun me around and rolled the car over. There is major damage to the car and we looked at it at the tow yard but the salvage adjuster is moving it shortly.

November 2025 CrashInjury

When slowly entering home garage vehicle suddenly accelerated & despite standing on the break pedal & pulling the emergency break it crashed into table & work benches at front of area causing damage to furniture & damaging front of vehicle. Previously in november 2016 when pulling into highway rest area parking place the car suddenly accelerated, jumped the curb a & traveled 15' onto a grassy embankment before stopping with maximum breaking applied.

Reported at 36,000 miles, May 2017 Crash

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