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2019 Subaru Forester electrical system problems

135 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2019 Subaru Forester, which is 12% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
135 12% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
8,000 miles 42 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
7 and 7
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2019 Subaru Forester Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 8,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 32 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 7 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 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: 8,000 miles
Based on 42 complaints that include mileage. 95% 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 miles32
20k to 40k miles7
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 42 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 8,000 miles, and 95% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 7 crashes, 7 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owned a 2019 subaru forester. The contact stated that all the automatic safety features failed on the vehicle. While driving between 50-55 MPH and changing lanes, the lane departure warning failed. As a result, the contact rear ended another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained a fractured sternum that required medical attention. The contact was able to exit the vehicle before it caught fire and burned to the ground. The fire department extinguished the fire.

Reported at 14,000 miles, November 2019 CrashFireInjury

Vehicle completely dead first thing in the morning. No warning. I take 27 mile each way trips several limes a week as well a daily short 3mile each way trips. This same pattern of driving with both a ford escape and a hyundai for more then ten years. This subaru forester has less than 12,000 miles. No lights were left on. There was a sound that I heard last night that I occasionally hear the whurr noise and a klunk as I exited the forester.

Reported at 12,011 miles, July 2020

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