Subaru Forester Driver-assist systems problems

0.57 vs. all vehicles Within ±30% year on year

80 of the 2,453 complaints about the Subaru Forester (3.3%) concern Driver-assist systems, making it the model's #7 problem area. That share is 0.6× the Driver-assist systems share across all tracked vehicles.

80Complaints · Driver-assist systems

3.3%Share of complaints

0.57×vs. all vehicles

17Last 12 months

6.2%Share involving a crash or fire

0Related recalls

Analysis

17 Driver-assist systems complaints were filed in the last 12 months versus 14 in the 12 months before — up 21%.

5 of these reports (6.2%) describe a crash or fire, with 1 injury and 0 deaths mentioned.

No recall campaign addresses Driver-assist systems for the tracked model years.

By model year

Year	Complaints	Share of complaints
2018	8	1.6%
2019	13	1.6%
2020	14	2.3%
2021	12	5.7%
2022	10	10.2%
2023	10	13.5%
2024	2	6.7%
2025	10	10.3%
2026	1	9.1%

When complaints were filed

Last 12 months: 17 · Previous 12 months: 14

What owners report

The contact owned a 2023 Subaru Forester. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle independently accelerated, and the Forward Collision Avoidance system was inoperative, causing the front center of the vehicle to crash into…

Driver-assist systems · 2026-07-10 · ODI 11749571 · Crash
Vehicle suddenly lurched forward while vehicle was pulling into a parking space, causing a collision with a building.

Driver-assist systems · 2025-10-23 · ODI 11695238 · Crash
On October 7, 2026 at approximately 7:40 PM, the EyeSight system inexplicably stopped working with a warning light notification.

Driver-assist systems · 2026-10-08 · ODI 11769828
I had made a right turn onto an avenue, then crossed another main avenue that breaks up the first avenue, and attempted to continue onto the original avenue.

Driver-assist systems · 2026-09-25 · ODI 11767004
Driving in middle lane on i-87 heading towards albany (around it), car alarmed (flashed a red box on dashboard) and then the AEB braked for shadows in front and caused cars to swerve behind us with semi trucks getting too close.

Driver-assist systems · 2026-09-14 · ODI 11764222
On two occasions now, one on XXX and another in XXX our vehicle initiated a pre collision breaking sequence with no visible object in our path. On XXX this occurred while turning off of a main road into a shopping center located on route XXX in [XXX].

Driver-assist systems · 2026-09-13 · ODI 11763953

Excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA, trimmed for length. The ODI number is NHTSA's record identifier.

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