9.1

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
2,000 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

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2003 Subaru Forester accessories - interior problems

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2003 Subaru Forester Owner Comments

problem #3

Feb 012021

Forester

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

I have a complaint about the proposed recall remedy for NHTSA id: 21E002000. The notice says, "ningbo will notify distributors, and owners, and will replace the bulb with halogen bulbs, free of charge." This offered replacement of their defective led bulb with a halogen bulb is not an acceptable recall remedy because led bulbs are far superior to halogen bulbs. Especially led bulbs last much longer and drain much less power from the car's electrical system than halogen bulbs. I originally bought their led bulbs because of these advantages and replacing them with inferior halogen bulbs defeats the purpose of having bought led bulbs to begin with.

- Pleasantville, NY, USA

problem #2

May 242014

Forester 4-cyl

  • miles
Submission from constituent re defective crossbar. The consumer stated he had to replace, the luggage rack, because the crossbar was bent and bowed. The first time, he used the crossbar was May 24, 2014. The plastic clamp that held the luggage rack to the top of the vehicle broke off while driving, which caused the load he was carrying to fall off on the interstate. Fortunately, the wind blew everything toward the emergency shoulder. The vehicle, luggage rack crossbars and other personal belongings were severely damaged.

- Omaha, NE, USA

problem #1

Mar 062003

Forester 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 6,000 miles
A rock hit my windshield and within 5 min there was a crack across the entire bottomof the glass, radiating down into the heating element. $975. Ne year later, another rock hit the windshield and another crack resulted in exactly the same position. Is there a flaw in the Subaru glass? I will have this one replaced with after market glass without the heating element. $632.

- Goleta, CA, USA

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