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2019 Subaru Forester forward collision avoidance problems

Owners reported forward collision avoidance problems in 60 complaints for the 2019 Subaru Forester, 6% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
60 6% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
3 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 3 crashes.

What owners wrote

Driving down a side street I pulled into a parking space behind another vehicle I hit the brakes and instead lurched into the car in front of me. I pushed the vehicle in front of me about 8 feet and finally came to a stop. During this time I repeatedly pressed the brake pedal and had no response. After having the car repaired at the collision center they brought the vehicle to subaru. Subaru ran a diagnostic test and said that there was nothing wrong with the car.

Reported at 16,000 miles, November 2020 Crash

Windshield cracked sometime between 2/16/21 and 3/4/21. Vehicle was purchased as pre-owned certified on 2/13/21 from dealership. Came out to go to work on 3/4/21 and found large crack across windshield. I had no instances of objects hitting windshield while driving that would have caused initial crack. Internet search revealed numerous subaru owners complaining of defective windshields in model years from 2017 - 2019. Cost to replace windshield and recalibrate eyesight feature expected to cost in excess of $1,000.

Reported at 28,000 miles, February 2021

Other problems reported for the 2019 Subaru Forester

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Forward collision avoidance problems across all Subaru models