1. Subaru Forester
  2. Problems
  3. 2009
  4. Electronic Stability Control

2009 Subaru Forester Electronic Stability Control 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
60–100k mi1
30–60k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • November 11, 2019

    Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Service Brakes

    Weird things have been happening with my car, i know that someone is using the satellite radio port to tamper with the safety of my car. I took it to the shop it has a brand new engine in it, the steering light system flashing isn't even relevant to a problem that it could have. Everything listed on targeted cars, has happened with my car.

    ODI 11279714

  • February 27, 2015 · 73,332 miles

    Electronic Stability Control · Steering

    At approx 40 mph, on wet road (no standing water) vehicle lost control and began swerving uncontrollably across three lanes of traffic. Driver was unable to control vehicle with steering maneuvers. Immediately before incident, driver could feel traction loss in rear tires. Rear of vehicle slid to right than to left and continued fishtailing until vehicle regained traction. Driver was safely able to pull to side of…

    ODI 10691230

  • November 22, 2014 · 41,312 miles

    Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Vehicle Speed Control

    I have a subaru 2009 that i bought last yeay with around 25000 miles under an extended warranty . Vin [xxx] . And this as happened te times so far . While driving or just starting of the car shakes very hard , and the stability control light comes on the check engine ad cruise control and as the car tries to shift the whole car shakes . Then as you are driving down the highway it loses power almost as if it is…

    ODI 10660313

  • October 1, 2010 · 5,000 miles

    Electronic Stability Control · Engine And Engine Cooling

    ENGINE AND STABILITY ISSUES.

    ODI 10734171

  • November 29, 2009 · 21,000 miles

    Electronic Stability Control

    I am writing to you today with great regret. After a lot of researching and thought, i purchased the subaru forester on august 2008 from dunning subaru ann arbor mi 48103. What drew me towards the forester was the [redacted] so i was very happy to purchase this car. I was very happy with it up till a couple of months ago when i started experiencing problems. First, after returning from an oil change on may 2009, i…

    ODI 10294344