SubaruForester2006
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2006 Subaru Forester Body Problems

4
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.

Among these 4 stored complaint records:

  • 0 indicate a crash
  • 0 indicate injury
  • 1 indicate fire

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi3
60–100k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • May 8, 2016 · 13,000 miles

    Body · Electrical System · Exterior Lighting

    Purchased in ak in 2007. Approximately 13,000 miles on engine. Paperwork listed entry-point: hawaii. Current 2016 mileage: less than 60,000. Ongoing intermittent problems since purchase: doors' locks electronic-responses unpredictably fail. Sometimes they work; other times locks must be opened manually. (side note: windows rattle distinctly when opening and closing doors; windows and doors have always felt too…

    ODI 10863821

  • August 26, 2012 · 92,000 miles

    Air Bags · Body · Electrical System

    I arrived at my house on 8/26/2012 at 8:00 pm, parked my car in the garage of my house and went to sleep. At 2:00 am i heard an explosion, went outside of my house to verify what it was and found my forester in fire. With the help of my neighbors we control the fire within an hour. Serious consequences came out of the fire; the car was declared total loss, another car parked in front of the forester suffer a lot of…

    Fire reported

    ODI 10515925

  • May 2, 2008 · 20,000 miles

    Body

    My subaru forester 2006 has spots of paint chip all over it. Sub dealer said a rep will call, no call yet. He says their rock chips i took it to a auto body paint shop one of the tech's said it's very odd for their to be rock chips all over the car we live in the city. I say it a bad paint job!! *tr

    ODI 10227530

  • December 31, 2006 · 30,000 miles

    Body

    The hood latch will not engage all of the time. It has happened randomly since i bought the car. I've had my shop repair it more than once, but it never works for long. I never try to drive until i get a solid lock.

    ODI 10837730