2015 Subaru Forester Exterior Lighting Problems
- 11
- 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 11 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- exterior lighting · 6 records
- parts recall · 5 records
- lighting recall · 4 records
- recall remedy · 4 records
- issue able · 4 records
- able confirm · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 3 |
| 30–60k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Exterior Lighting
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact received a recall notice for nhtsa campaign number: 19v149000 (exterior lighting). The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. Evanston subaru ([redacted], skokie, il 60076, [redacted]) was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was made aware of…
ODI 11234451
Exterior Lighting
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 19v149000 (exterior lighting). The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. Tucson subaru (4901 n oracle rd, tucson, az 85704, [redacted]) was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was made aware of…
ODI 11218295
Exterior Lighting
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 19v149000 (exterior lighting). The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. Morrie's minnetonka subaru ([redacted], minnetonka, mn 55305, [redacted]) was contacted and confirmed that the next available appointment was not until august. The manufacturer was…
ODI 11204823
Exterior Lighting
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 19v149000 (exterior lighting). The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. Hassette subaru (3520 sunrise hwy, wantagh, ny 11793, [redacted]) was contacted and confirmed that the parts were available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was made aware of…
ODI 11205039
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Fuel/Propulsion System
Drivers are not seeing my brake lights off and on and pulling me over to telling us to get our lights fixed. I just looked up recalls to find out that we have a recall that no one notified us of for the brake lights. We always have our grand kids and everyone elses in the car on a daily basis which can be a deadly situation... Please assist.
ODI 11196155
Exterior Lighting
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 19v149000 (exterior lighting). The contact called carlsen subaru at [redacted] (located at [redacted], redwood city, ca 94063) and was informed that the parts were not available. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and was not able to confirm when the parts were to become available. The contact had not…
ODI 11218095
Exterior Lighting
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 subaru forester. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 19v149000 (exterior lighting) however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The dealer don miller subaru east ([redacted], madison, wi 53718 [redacted]) was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not…
ODI 11207242
Exterior Lighting
This complaint is potentially related to nhtsa recall id number :19v149 while we have not noticed break lights not operating properly, the vehicle has been rear ended twice, in 2017 and in 2018, possibly indicating that break switch was intermittently faulty.
Crash reported
ODI 11184256
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Unknown Or Other
The electrical keeps having problems. This problem is all over the internet for several years of the forester. I don't know why there hasn't already been a recall. There will be a be a beep, usually when driving - sometimes when trying to start the car or move out of park, and about any "safety" feature that this car has exhibits a light and/or warning. While this happens over days, sometimes the gears stick in…
ODI 11109975
Exterior Lighting
While driving at night, another driver let us know that our tail lights were not on even though the headlights were working. Also, the bright headlights are not working. Brake lights, emergency flashers, and turn signals are still working. When we have to drive at night until problem is fixed, we have to drive with flashers on. Checked all fuses and all are ok.
ODI 11010079
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting
This model vehicle has a safety defect. The speedometer is located under a visor which limits the amount of light falling on the instrument, and the instrument panel does not have any back lighting under daylight driving conditions. The result is that under most daytime driving conditions is impossible to read the speedometer and determine the speed that the vehicle is traveling at. This is a universal problem as…
ODI 10750097
Catalog parts for this system
Catalog year/make/model rows for 2015 Subaru Forester.
Catalog fitment does not by itself prove OEM-equivalent compatibility.