SubaruForester2016
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  3. 2016
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2016 Subaru Forester Fuel/Propulsion System Problems

5
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 5 stored complaint records:

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

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi3
30–60k mi2

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • December 5, 2018 · 53,000 miles

    Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System

    I have had very similar issues to the gentleman whose nhtsa # is 11161972. On three occasions when i was driving on the highway at approximately 70 miles an hour and usually going up and incline, my engine would sputter and the car would die. All three times my car screen showed that i had between 60 and 80 miles left in my tank and my fuel gauge which show two clicks to the right of empty. The first time i thought…

    ODI 11162980

  • July 28, 2018 · 56,800 miles

    Electronic Stability Control · Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control

    2016 subaru forester xt with 57000 miles. The cel came on during a [redacted] and started to stall. After stopping and starting the car, the engine continuously sputtered. Cel came on, stability control disabled, traction control disabled, cruise control disabled. To keep the car from dying, driver had to rev engine. Driver took it to the dealership because the car was unsafe to drive (stalled in the middle of…

    ODI 11132777

  • November 24, 2017 · 30,000 miles

    Electrical System · Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System

    I've had this car for 1.5 years and it's already stalled twice times. Both times i was driving on the highway and without any warning my car just started to rapidly decrease speed. Both times, i my gas meter said that i had over 50 miles of gas left in my car. Its absolutely terrifying because when the car shuts off, i have about two minute to get to the shoulder before it's completely dead.

    ODI 11048323

  • March 23, 2017 · 12,000 miles

    Body · Fuel/Propulsion System

    Vehicle suddenly accelerated when i had my foot on the brake pulling into a parking space. It went over an embankment and crashed nose first into the parking lot below.

    Crash reported

    ODI 10981165

  • November 9, 2016 · 17,279 miles

    Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control

    At low speed (under 15 mph) a hesitation occurs causing the vehicle to loose acceleration power for as long as 3 or 4 seconds. It is an intermittent problem occurring only 8 times in three months. Problem almost caused a collision while turning left before oncoming traffic. Later recurrences produced the same problem during right turns also. We returned the car to the dealer and purchased a 2017 of the same model…

    ODI 10933997