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2017 Subaru Forester brakes problems

Owners reported brakes problems in 15 complaints for the 2017 Subaru Forester, 2% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
15 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
24,000 miles 11 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
7 and 0
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Brakes complaints by mileage, 2017 Subaru Forester Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 24,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 6 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 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: 24,000 miles
Based on 11 complaints that include mileage. 91% 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 miles3
20k to 40k miles6
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles0
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 11 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 24,000 miles, and 91% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 7 crashes, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

On May 20, 2022, I was attempting to back into a parking space when my car lunged forward and crashed into two parked cars. I suffered a cracked sternum. No one else was hurt but I was just a few feet from the ground-level windows of a motel. Much body damage to my car (in excess of $13,000) and the other two cars. Police report was filed. Insurance claim filed. No reproduction of problem sought from manufacturer or dealer. No warning signals from car. Assumption made of driver at fault accident.

May 2022 CrashInjury

Accident 9/24/2017, 2017 subaru forester, 11,000. Miles. Driving slowly in a shopping parking lot, on a dry sunny morning, around 10 am, after pushing on the brakes my car accelerated. My car ran on it's own when turned off, then I put it in park, it lunged over a cement planter, on off and put in park, it hit a tree a few times before it stopped itself. There was bumper damage.

Reported at 11,000 miles, September 2018 Crash

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