Purchased in ak in 2007. Approximately 13,000 miles on engine. Paperwork listed entry-point: Hawaii. Current 2016 mileage: Less than 60,000. Ongoing intermittent problems since purchase: Doors' locks electronic-responses unpredictably fail. Sometimes they work; other times locks must be opened manually. (side note: Windows rattle distinctly when opening and closing doors; windows and doors have always felt too loose.) headlights and tail-lights fail sooner than normal, indicating an electronic problem causing shorts.these issues have been ongoing from purchase in 2007 to current 2016.

- Santa Maria, CA, USA

The hood latch will not engage all of the time. It has happened randomly since I bought the car. I've had my shop repair it more than once, but it never works for long. I never try to drive until I get a solid lock.

- Penobscot, ME, USA

I arrived at my house on 8/26/2012 at 8:00 pm, parked my car in the garage of my house and went to sleep. At 2:00 am I heard an explosion, went outside of my house to verify what it was and found my Forester in fire. With the help of my neighbors we control the fire within an hour. Serious consequences came out of the fire; the car was declared total loss, another car parked in front of the Forester suffer a lot of damage, the motor of the garage door had to be replaced, the paint of the house, vertical blinds and other belongings of the house were replaced because of the smoke from the fire. Subaru/-Forester/2006 recall no.wvc-13 related to the wiring harness for the airbag occupant detection system in the front passenger seat may have been pinched during production. Pinching of the wiring harness between the floor crossmember and the seat mounting bracket could result in a short circuit.that could cause a fire. The way that my car got in fire has to be because of an electrical.short circuit, having as a result the fire and total loss of my car. The VIN of my car was not included in the recall, but I will appreciate if your Agency could do an investigation that as a result have the VIN of my car included in the recall wvc-13.

- Naranjito, PR, USA

My Subaru Forester 2006 has spots of paint chip all over it. Sub dealer said a rep will call, no call yet. He says their rock chips I took it to a auto body paint shop one of the tech's said it's very odd for their to be rock chips all over the car we live in the city. I say it a bad paint job!!

- Idahofalls, ID, USA