CarComplaints.com Notes: Is burning a quart of oil every 1,000 miles normal? Depends on who you ask. While Subaru says it's within "normal specifications," owners wonder why they need to top off their oil reservoir 4 times between every 5,000 mile oil change.

1.9

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
85,000 miles

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2014 Subaru Forester accessories - interior problems

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2014 Subaru Forester Owner Comments

problem #1

Sep 032021

Forester

  • 85,000 miles

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

The contact owns a 2014 Subaru Forester. The contact stated that he lowered the rear passenger-??s seat to make some room in the vehicle to install the child safety seat. While attempting to raise the seatback up to lock it into place, the rear passenger seat would not latch in place securely. The seat had to remain in the lowered position. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 85,000.

- Castro Valley, CA, USA

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