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2015 Subaru Forester electrical system problems

82 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2015 Subaru Forester, which is 9% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
82 9% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
40,000 miles 51 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 3
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2015 Subaru Forester Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 40,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 16 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 9 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 15 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 40,000 miles
Based on 51 complaints that include mileage. 78% 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 miles16
20k to 40k miles9
40k to 60k miles15
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 51 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 40,000 miles, and 78% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 3 fires.

What owners wrote

I bought the car and less than a month later the engine light came on. I took it into the dealership that I bought it from and they told me to take it to the subaru dealership if the engine light came back on. It never came back on. Four days later I was driving and the gas pedal quit working. I looked down to see if any lights were on and they weren't. I pulled over to the side of the highway to turn the car off.

Reported at 53,800 miles, November 2017 Fire

The electrical keeps having problems. This problem is all over the internet for several years of the forester. I don't know why there hasn't already been a recall. There will be a be a beep, usually when driving - sometimes when trying to start the car or move out of park, and about any "safety" feature that this car has exhibits a light and/or warning. While this happens over days, sometimes the gears stick in park. I have to take a tool and press beside the gear stick to get out of park.

Reported at 30,000 miles, July 2018

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