2017 Subaru Forester Engine Problems
- 17
- 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 17 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 15 |
| 30–60k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Engine
While driving my vehicle wants to stall and i have to floor the gas pedal and it slowly starts to accelerate. I'm afraid that one of these days it will not accelerate and will cause a fatal accident. I brought it in to pine belt subaru in lakewood, nj for service and they said the software needs updating and they updated it. However, it's still stalling. This stalling happens many times. The last time was on…
ODI 11191384
Engine · Power Train
After full stop engine or drive train lost power on sharp left turn.resumed power in 2-3 seconds.engine did not stall and did not require restarting.has occured 5-7 times.
ODI 11195512
Electrical System · Engine · Power Train
Driving in the freeway around 20-30mph, some traffic. On the way to dropping daughters off to school. On the freeway switched lanes then car lost power and decelerated on its own quickly from 20mph to about 1mph, pressing the didn't do anything. Almost got hit by the rear driver behind me. Managed to move to right lane. Pressing the gas pedal did nothing, several lights on the dashboard appeared which included check…
ODI 11182910
Engine
2.5 manual, burns oil at excessive rate. Check engine oil light turned twice so far, once at 2k miles on a car and next time at 16k miles. Both lights were well within the oil change schedule and the car has not been subdued to any unusual use. Unable to travel in the car long distances without having 2 quarts of oil in a trunk due to possible engine failure for lack of oil. Both times the low oil lights went up…
ODI 11156601
Electrical System · Engine · Unknown Or Other
Screen blacked out everything went off, no lights, no radio, no dash board vision. This happened 3 times before i took it to the dealer. I was told it was an electrical issues and electrical cables were replaced, however, just this week my vehicle, while waiting at a light, turned completely off. It was so scary, good thing there was no one else behind me. A few minutes later i was able to turn the car on and…
ODI 11150690
Electrical System · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
On 9/29/18, 1:35 pm while in the process of parking the vehicle and initiating a turn to the right the car suddenly accelerated from idle to full throttle unintentionally and launched itself towards a 12' x 20' wood framed outbuilding on our property which has an attached deck. Before the vehicle could be shut off it had jumped up onto the deck and smashed into and partially penetrated the front of the outbuilding.…
Crash reported
ODI 11132690
Engine
I did my first oil change at 1500 miles, then the next two changes at about 3000 mile intervals. Then i decided to stretch them to the 5k miles recommended by subaru. I was about 4k miles into this change interval when my oil level light came on. I checked the dip stick and it was bone dry. I wouldn't have noticed oil consumption on the first few changes because i was doing them more frequently than needed and…
ODI 11170211
Engine · Power Train
Our defective, now discontinued model, new 2017 subaru forester xt touring has broken down while accelerating on the highway twice due to a faulty piston thus leading to our engine being replaced. The first time the car was moving east on i-70 in colorado and luckily my husband was able to veer in the median of an exit ramp. The second time we were traveling east on i-70 again and luckily were able to pull off on…
ODI 11258068
Engine · Power Train
After any driving in hot weather, smell of coolant in right side of engine compartment
ODI 11110075
Engine
Vehicle hesitates during acceleration, worse if ac is on. Engine nearly stalls, losing power. Initially happened during left turn and while vehicle is in middle of intersection in front of oncoming traffic. This is repeated issue over several months
ODI 11131474
Electrical System · Engine
I have a total of electrical power lost for 7 times. 2 times while driving i experience all electrical lost while driving on the highway. I was able to pull over to the side and was able to jump started the car with a jumper battery 5 minutes later. Other 5 times it happened when i try to start the car and i did not get any electrical power at all. I took the car to the dealer twice and they change/fix the car…
ODI 11098426
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Extreme hesitation from standing stop going straight ahead and turning. At 5 separate instances the car came to a complete rolling stop with no acceleration. After 5 to 7 seconds the car finally accelerated . When turning with plenty of room, for them, oncoming cars blared their horns, missing me by a few feet. Someone is shurely headed for a hospital or funeral home on this problem. Both nhtsa and subaru have been…
ODI 11098276
Engine
Upon starting, rpm surged to over 4500, and there was loud grinding noise, sounded as if the engine was destroying itself. Sounded like severe metal to metal slapping with vibration that stopped when key turned off ignition. Subsequent start appeared normal. Vehicle had been sitting for approximately an hour at 30f, date of occurance 11/22/2017, 4930 miles since new. Car was in a parking lot and was stationary.…
ODI 11054169
Electrical System · Engine
I was merging on i-95 at 4pm and it was raining, i was accelerating into the traffic pattern in the right lane when suddenly the accelerator would not respond, the car panel went black,no lights or info showed. I coasted off to the side of the road,the car was in drive,ignition on. The emergency light wouldn't go on, nor the bluetooth or sos call line. I shut the car down and into park and waited a couple of minutes…
ODI 11047382
Engine
Car stalls when making hard left turn with less than 1/4 tank of gas car was stopped and lurked left. Could eaily repeat the problem in an empty parking lot. Filled gas tank and problem dissapeared.
ODI 10992823
Electrical System · Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 subaru forester. While driving various speeds, the vehicle lost power without warning. The vehicle was able to restart itself after a few minutes. The contact mentioned that the failure occurred on several occasions. The vehicle was taken to profile subaru (1323 nh-16, conway, nh 03818 [redacted]), but the failure could not be duplicated. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The…
ODI 11015101
Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Power Train
Forester - 500 miles - consistent and continuing problems: car lurches forward on its own in first gear. - in motion engine not only has excessive (can last 5 seconds or more) "rev-hangs" shifting up from any gear but actually increases by 700-900 rpms. This has caused difficulty in slowing down (reducing speed with downshift). When using brake to reduce speed when this occurs, the engine will begin to race,…
ODI 10959901