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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.
JF2SJAHC4FH••••••2015 Subaru FORESTER
That is about average for the 2015 Subaru FORESTER — 4 complaints per build across 146 builds.
5on this build
589on the model
146builds in total
1involved a crash
Most reportedAir Bags 1Vehicle Speed Control 1Power Train 1Engine 1
What owners of this build wrote
Air BagscrashAug 2015
The contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. While pulling into a parking space, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into a brick wall. The contact stated that the air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed and no injuries were sustained. The vehicle was towed to…
Fuel/propulsion SystemApr 2025
UNKNOWN. Often when I attempt to accelerate after stopping at a stop sign, the car hesitates, sometimes lunges ahead and then sometimes practically dying before accelerating normally. There have been times when It simply feels like a fuel pump problem and I know that Toyotas…
Unknown Or OtherNov 2020
My wife and I were looking specifically for the 2014-2018 subaru forester. We looked over 25 of the same car and most of them had this noise coming from the AC compressor. The one we bought was 27000 miles only and did not have the loud noise on the AC compressor when we bought…
Power TrainJul 2019
On july 28, we were driving at ~70 mph on a freeway when the car lost momentum. The engine and electrical system seemed to still be operating, but the accelerator had not effect and we had to coast and brake to a stop next to the meridian. Due to dense, high speed traffic, we…
SuspensionJun 2019
I brought my 2015 subaru forrester into sheehy subaru for a va safety inspection and other work. I was advised that my right, rear coil had a crack in it. When I saw it, it was obvious that about one half coil turn on the bottom was totally detached (photo). Sheehy provided an…
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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 JF2SJAHC4FH449980 · decoded Sep 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.