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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
JF2SH6DC1AH••••••2010 Subaru FORESTER
That is about average for the 2010 Subaru FORESTER — 3 complaints per build across 71 builds.
5on this build
237on the model
71builds in total
Most reportedService Brakes 2Air Bags 2Seats 1
What owners of this build wrote
Air BagsSep 2017
The contact owns a 2010 subaru forester. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16V358000 (air bags). The part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. Prestige…
Service BrakesMay 2015
The auto under warranty and has calipers that stick, this is a danger from every mechanic I spoke to, subaru refuses to honor the warranty, from everything I have read and heard, subaru has had a constant caliper problem and will not make good on it - they say it is ok to drive…
SeatsJan 2015
Noticed driver's seat (power) was not providing normal support on left side. Assumed it was just age related deterioration at first, but when I investigated I found two welds on the seat frame assembly (pn 64100sc001) had failed. I was concerned that this might have an impact on…
Air BagsNov 2016
Takata recall I received a recall notice from subaru america in july 2016. I contacted subaru at that time to inquire about the timing of the airbag replacement and was told that parts would be available in september 2016. It is now almost december 2016 and subaru has no further…
Service BrakesJul 2014
I own a 2010 subaru forester with only 31, 000 miles. I had to replace the rear right rotors and calipers and all 4 brake pads. I am very concerned, these are not normal wear and maintenance
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN JF2SH6DC1AH778868 · decoded Aug 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.