Subaru

Subaru Forester

For the Subaru Forester, model years 2000–2026 on this site have 114 matched recalls and 6,288 matched complaints (recall file dated Oct 23, 2026; complaint file dated Oct 23, 2026). Matched complaint counts run from 29 in 2026 to 834 in 2019. These are raw counts, not rates. EPA rates non-electric configurations 18–35 mpg combined (file dated Sep 29, 2026).

ABOUT THIS DATA

Subaru Forester by model year puts the same counts in one sortable table.

Model years

One row per model year. Complaint and recall figures are matched raw counts.
Year	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Fire	Investigations	Stars	Comb mpg
2000	0	75	7	0	0	Pre-2011	21
2001	0	139	31	0	0	Pre-2011	21
2002	1	88	21	1	0	Pre-2011	21
2003	3	189	17	0	1	Pre-2011	21
2004	2	219	13	4	1	Pre-2011	18–21
2005	1	93	15	1	1	Pre-2011	19–23
2006	2	88	12	7	1	Pre-2011	20–22
2007	1	74	13	1	1	Pre-2011	20–22
2008	1	50	5	3	1	Pre-2011	20–22
2009	17	178	19	7	0	Pre-2011	21–22
2010	17	262	21	6	0	Pre-2011	21–22
2011	16	147	21	6	0	4	21–23
2012	15	105	15	5	0	4	21–23
2013	12	78	13	3	0	4	21–23
2014	2	403	48	3	0	5	24–27
2015	3	615	53	7	0	5	25–27
2016	3	415	40	3	1	5	25–27
2017	1	592	40	1	1	5	24–28
2018	3	498	26	1	1	5	24–28
2019	3	834	37	11	0	5	29
2020	0	603	26	9	0	5	29
2021	0	211	16	5	0	5	29
2022	1	100	8	6	0	5	26–29
2023	1	74	8	4	0	5	26–29
2024	2	31	5	1	0	5	26–29
2025	3	98	12	2	0	5	26–35
2026	4	29	0	0	0	5	26–35

Fuel economy by model year

Combined mpg below is EPA's figure for non-electric configurations in the file dated 2026-09-29. Electric configurations are shown as MPGe when that is the only figure. Annual fuel cost is EPA's published fuelCost08 range for the configurations of that year.

EPA combined fuel economy and annual fuel cost by model year
Year	Comb mpg	MPGe	kWh/100 mi	Range	Annual fuel cost
2000	21	—	—	—	$3,200
2001	21	—	—	—	$3,200
2002	21	—	—	—	$3,200
2003	21	—	—	—	$3,200
2004	18–21	—	—	—	$3,200–$4,550
2005	19–23	—	—	—	$2,900–$4,350
2006	20–22	—	—	—	$3,050–$4,100
2007	20–22	—	—	—	$3,050–$4,100
2008	20–22	—	—	—	$3,050–$4,100
2009	21–22	—	—	—	$3,050–$3,900
2010	21–22	—	—	—	$3,050–$3,900
2011	21–23	—	—	—	$2,900–$3,900
2012	21–23	—	—	—	$2,900–$3,900
2013	21–23	—	—	—	$2,900–$3,900
2014	24–27	—	—	—	$2,500–$3,300
2015	25–27	—	—	—	$2,500–$3,300
2016	25–27	—	—	—	$2,500–$3,300
2017	24–28	—	—	—	$2,400–$3,300
2018	24–28	—	—	—	$2,400–$3,300
2019	29	—	—	—	$2,300
2020	29	—	—	—	$2,300
2021	29	—	—	—	$2,300
2022	26–29	—	—	—	$2,300–$2,600
2023	26–29	—	—	—	$2,300–$2,600
2024	26–29	—	—	—	$2,300–$2,600
2025	26–35	—	—	—	$1,900–$2,600
2026	26–35	—	—	—	$1,900–$2,600

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