2017 Subaru Forester Service Brakes 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:
- 3 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 5 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Power Train · Service Brakes
When breaking, the car acellerated on a city street and a second time in a very busy parking lot! Fortuately there was no accident> had the car towed to the dealer who later reported that they found nothing wrong with the car. I will not drive this car untill more is investigated.
ODI 11301737
Service Brakes
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 subaru forester. While reversing from the driveway, the brake pedal failed to respond and the vehicle crashed into another parked vehicle. A police report was filed and there were no injuries reported. The damaged was to the passenger side rear bumper. The vehicle was towed to a dealer yark auto group ([redacted], toledo, oh 43615 [redacted]) but the brake failure was unable to be…
Crash reported
ODI 11243586
Service Brakes · Steering · Vehicle Speed Control
I am writing in regard to fbi alert number 1-031716-psa. My husband and i believe that our 2017 subaru forester is being remotely exploited. Sep. 29, 2018 we purchased our forester from tucson subaru ([redacted] tucson, az 85704). Oct. 3, 2018 we took car to tucson subaru because car was braking when the brakes were not applied, and there was a diagnostic code in the power-train system. Dealer kept car and returned…
ODI 11219128
Service Brakes
9/24/2017 pressing on brakes to slow down the car speeded up, i tried parking in front of a cement planter hoping the pre-collision brakes would stop me, it didn't it lunged after hitting the cement divider in the parking space, i turned the car off and put it in park, the wheels turned in the dirt hitting a tree, the car bounced back then went forward hitting the tree again, the car ran on it's own turned off,…
Crash reported
ODI 11141556
Service Brakes · Unknown Or Other · Vehicle Speed Control
Accident 9/24/2017, 2017 subaru forester, 11,000. Miles. Driving slowly in a shopping parking lot, on a dry sunny morning, around 10 am, after pushing on the brakes my car accelerated. My car ran on it's own when turned off, then i put it in park, it lunged over a cement planter, on off and put in park, it hit a tree a few times before it stopped itself. There was bumper damage. Geico my insurer advised me to take…
Crash reported
ODI 11141018
Catalog parts for this system
Catalog year/make/model rows for 2017 Subaru Forester.
Catalog fitment does not by itself prove OEM-equivalent compatibility.