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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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JF2SKAUC3LH••••••2020 Subaru FORESTER
That is about average for the 2020 Subaru FORESTER — 6 complaints per build across 100 builds.
6on this build
587on the model
100builds in total
Most reportedVisibility/wiper 4Electrical System 1
What owners of this build wrote
Visibility/wiperJul 2022
Windshield cracked rapidly (seconds) from left bottom to center of windshield beyond repair. Windshield did not have previous damage or was hit by foreign object, appears to be a stress crack. Local Subaru Dealer referred that this situation should be discussed with Subaru USA
Electrical SystemApr 2022
Electrical defect in recent Subarus causes parasitic battery drain when the car is not in use. Our battery drained to the point that the vehicle couldn’t start without a jump due to this defect
Unknown Or OtherOct 2020
Windshield issue - on 10/24/20 discovered approx. 2 ft. Crack in the windshield of our 2020 subaru forrester. No idea when crack actually happened. No obvious debris from the road stuck the windshield while the car was being driven. Car stays parked in our garage unless it's…
Visibility/wiperMar 2022
Windshield cracked from no apparent damage. I was driving and a hairline fracture spread from the top driver side of the Windshield to the middle
Visibility/wiperJul 2021
Windshield cracked without cause overnight while car was not being driven. Stress crack emanating from the bottom edge where the defroster element for the windshield wipers is located ending in about the center of the windshield. Dealer inspected and could not find an impact…
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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 JF2SKAUC3LH559630 · decoded Aug 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.