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2016 Subaru FORESTER Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1274959
Internal NHTSA #	10854551
Manufacurer	Subaru of America, Inc.
Brand	SUBARU
Model	FORESTER
Model Year	2016
File date	06/04/16
Component	ENGINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	My sister and i bought this car on mar. 25, 2016. On april 6, 2016 the car stalled on her twice. She was coming out of a store parking lot, and crossed the intersection turning left and the car stalled in the middle of the road in the intersection on the broken yellow lines. She had to put her car on 'park' and restart. The second incident happened the same way, coming out of a parking lot but didn't reach the center of the street, and stalled on the fast lane of oncoming traffic. She did the same, put the car in 'park' and restarted. I then took her car to the dealer on thursday night 4/7/16 and left the car there with 382 miles on it. The service advisor did tell me that they did have another incident similar.... Some people were test driving a forrester and and it had to be towed back to the dealer, and they found that a fuel line was crinkled. She said, i hope this wasn't the car. They did check the car with a laptop, but drove it for only 1 or 1-1/2 miles and found nothing wrong. I brought the car home and have 385 miles on it now. My concern is, that i don't want my sister to be in an unsafe situation, she just recent lost her husband of 57 years, and i convinced her to trade in her minivan for a smaller safer vehicle.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	340
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	YUCAIPA, CA
VIN pattern	JF2SJABC6GHXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	29/06/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	15
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2016 Subaru FORESTER Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2016 Subaru FORESTER Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

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What is Failure?

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