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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.
JF2SJABC4FH••••••2015 Subaru FORESTER
This build draws 2.7× more complaints than the average 2015 Subaru FORESTER build (11 vs 4).
11on this build
589on the model
146builds in total
1involved a crash
Most reportedPower Train 3Engine And Engine Cooling 2Fuel/propulsion System 2Vehicle Speed Control 2
What owners of this build wrote
StructurecrashSep 2023
I experienced unintended acceleration while parking my car. The car surged ahead, over a curb and collided with a metal lamppost. Damage was on the body of the car’s right front. While no one was injured the car went across a space used by pedestrians including schoolchildren.…
Air BagsNov 2022
The contact owns a 2015 Subaru Forester. The contact stated he notice that the front passenger’s side air bag warning light illuminated indicating that there was no one seated in the passenger’s side seat, even though there was someone seated in the front passenger’s side seat.…
Unknown Or OtherSep 2020
My horn is not working unless my steering wheel is turned all the way to the left/right. I was told it was a clock spring in the steering wheel.. The internet said this was a common problem. I believe this is big safety issue. When I called subaru they told me there was no…
SuspensionAug 2019
The contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While the vehicle was parked in the driveway, the contact's son noticed that the vehicle was leaning. When the contact look underneath the vehicle, he noticed that both rear springs were detached. The vehicle was towed to ganley subaru of…
Vehicle Speed ControlJul 2019
I drove into garage at about 1 m.p.h. And put the car in park. After idling for about 3 seconds the engine accelerated to 2,800 r.p.m. And stayed there,I couldn't get it to slow down. I pressed on the accelerator many times,it wouldn't slow down or speed up. It just stayed at…
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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 JF2SJABC4FH506655 · decoded Sep 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.