SubaruForester2001
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  3. 2001
  4. Gasoline

2001 Subaru Forester Gasoline Problems

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Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi2

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • December 18, 2003 · 26,000 miles

    Gasoline

    Engine pinging noise resulting from short skirt valve design failure. Requested advice from manufacture was told to take vehicle to a dealer. Dealer refused to acknowledge problem. Engine life is greatly reduced by this problem. Dealer recognition has occured regarding this flaw. This is the second subaru i have purchased. Similar problem in first vehicle resulted in dealer replaceing short block. Although…

    ODI 10054542

  • December 18, 2003 · 26,000 miles

    Gasoline

    Engine pinging noise resulting from short skirt valve design failure. Requested advice from manufacture was told to take vehicle to a dealer. Dealer refused to acknowledge problem. Engine life is greatly reduced by this problem. Dealer recognition has occured regarding this flaw. This is the second subaru i have purchased. Similar problem in first vehicle resulted in dealer replaceing short block. Although…

    ODI 10054540

  • August 30, 2002

    Gasoline

    Vehicle keeps stalling out in the middle of operation, highway, street. *ak

    ODI 766503

  • May 20, 2001

    Gasoline

    Vehicle sputters and shakes intermittently after first taking off. Also, stalled at various speeds 3 times. Dealer cannot remedy the problem.*ak

    ODI 8008381