2014 Subaru Forester electrical system problems
42 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2014 Subaru Forester, which is 7% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 42 7% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 61,000 miles 33 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When electrical system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 10 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 7 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 33 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 61,000 miles, and 42% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 4 crashes, 1 fire, 1 injury.
What owners wrote
On Friday, 12-3-21 I was in an accident in my local Costco parking lot while backing out of my spot. While backing out of the spot slowly with the wheel turned, my 2014 Subaru Forester had a sudden and extreme acceleration in reverse doing a reverse u-turn into a parked car causing considerable damage to the rear end of both cars. I am certain that I did not to press the gas pedal as this is a busy parking lot and I always back out very slowly just covering the brake.
This problem has been getting progressively worst. The car has been having troubles turning over on cold starts, and has experienced a loss of propulsion and stall going up hill including a loss of brakes since I bought it a year ago. On 9/6/2014 the car was started and was idling high (approximately 4000RPM), check engine light was on, speed control light was on, incline alert light on, sport mode light was on and check emissions system light was on.
Other problems reported for the 2014 Subaru Forester
- Suspension 95 complaints
- Engine 72 complaints
- Air bags 68 complaints
- Cruise control 42 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 41 complaints
- Brakes 31 complaints
- Body & structure 30 complaints
- Fuel system 21 complaints