Model year record
2000 Subaru Forester
No recall campaigns on file for this model year. 95 owner complaints on file.
Recalls
No recall campaigns on file for this model year.
Owner complaints
A complaint is one person's report to a federal agency. It is not a finding.
| Component | Complaints | Median mileage |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension: front: wheel bearing | 10 | 67,243 mi |
| Power train: automatic transmission | 9 | 82,000 mi |
| Suspension: rear | 7 | 49,622 mi |
| Engine and engine cooling: exhaust system: emission control | 6 | 7,000 mi |
| Engine and engine cooling: engine: gasoline | 5 | 115,000 mi |
| Tires | 5 | — |
| Engine and engine cooling: engine | 4 | 125,336 mi |
| Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: filler pipe and cap | 4 | 101,000 mi |
| Engine and engine cooling: exhaust system | 3 | 83,000 mi |
| Power train: clutch assembly | 3 | 10 mi |
| Power train: manual transmission | 3 | 92,923 mi |
| Unknown or other | 3 | 25,000 mi |
| Vehicle speed control | 3 | 95,000 mi |
| Equipment | 2 | 45,000 mi |
| Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings | 2 | 101,000 mi |
| Power train | 2 | 20,000 mi |
| Tires: sidewall | 2 | — |
| Air bags: frontal | 1 | — |
| Electrical system | 1 | — |
| Engine and engine cooling | 1 | 169,000 mi |
| Equipment: other: labels | 1 | — |
| Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer: LPG systems: lines and fittings | 1 | 125,336 mi |
| Fuel system, gasoline | 1 | — |
| Fuel system, other | 1 | 46,792 mi |
| Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch | 1 | — |
| Power train: automatic transmission: cooling unit and lines | 1 | — |
| Power train: automatic transmission: park/neutral start interlock switch | 1 | — |
| Power train: axle assembly | 1 | 35,000 mi |
| Power train: driveline: differential unit | 1 | — |
| Seat belts: front: retractor | 1 | — |
| Seats | 1 | — |
| Seats: front assembly: recliner | 1 | — |
| Steering | 1 | 70,000 mi |
| Suspension | 1 | 90,000 mi |
| Suspension: front | 1 | — |
| Suspension: multiple axle | 1 | — |
| Tires: tread/belt | 1 | — |
| Tires: tube | 1 | — |
| Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal | 1 | — |
The 1999 model has about half as many complaints as this one. The 2001 model has about half as many complaints as this one. These figures reflect raw complaint counts, not failure rates. Higher-selling model years naturally receive more complaints.
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