2016 Subaru Forester Seats Problems
- 6
- 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.
What owners report
- passenger seat · 8 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 2 |
| 1–30k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Air Bags · Electronic Stability Control · Seats
Received recall notice about seat sensor and airbag defect. Need to,get,this repaired as a recall, but parts supposedly not yet available. Error messages since august when dealer told me that it was an air bag issue.
ODI 11289210
Air Bags · Seat Belts · Seats
Intermittent dash light saying the passenger seat belt and air bag is turned off with passenger in the seat and when car is being driven. Comes on in city and highway driving both..
ODI 11252254
Air Bags · Seats
Sensor in the passenger seat went bad under normal use and subaru does not want to cover expense to replace, and this sensor lets driver know if airbag is engaged (on) or not.
ODI 11241208
Air Bags · Electrical System · Seats
The airbag sensor in the front passenger seat randomly goes off when there's a passenger in the car or not. The seat belt alarm for the passenger side goes off without a passenger in the car. Airbag sensor says "off" with a passenger in the car. This is very unsafe, as i do not know if that airbag is truly functional, and also an annoyance, as the seatbelt alarm dings while i'm driving.
ODI 11221676
Air Bags · Seats
In early may 2019, the vehicle started giving airbag warnings and disabling the front passenger airbag when the front passenger seat was occupied. I reported the problem to my subaru dealer's service department when i took it in for routine service a couple weeks later. It took a month to get an appointment to have the warning diagnosed. Finally they did the analysis and told me the passenger seat sensor had failed,…
ODI 11243035
Air Bags · Front Passenger · Occupant Classification · Seats
Subaru is knowingly building its cars with faulty passenger side air bag sensors which will randomly turn off the air bag while the passenger seat is occupied under normal life driving conditions. It is in the 2016 and 2017 owners manual that if there is a cell phone or electrical device in the front area of the car then the air bag sensors could malfunction. It also states that if your passenger is wearing a jacket…
ODI 11124557