Suspension complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2014 Subaru Forester has 91 NHTSA suspension complaints and 0 suspension-related recalls.
91
Complaints
0
Recalls
0
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2025 | SUSPENSION | LOW CONTRL ARM BUSHINGS DISTROYED,LOUD NOISE AND VIBRATION UNDER THE CAR. |
| Jun 21, 2024 | SUSPENSION,POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | Basically, as I was driving on the freeway with my son and his brother, I got 5 lights flashing on d... |
| Nov 1, 2023 | SUSPENSION | During driving on the highway control arm failure causing wheel bearing failure and loss of control ... |
| Apr 5, 2023 | SUSPENSION | Car started to excessively shake at 60,000 miles. The control arm bushings wore out. After doing som... |
| Dec 29, 2022 | SUSPENSION | Took car for 60000 mile check up mechanic said it should not have worn bushings and control arms at ... |
| May 1, 2021 | SUSPENSION | left rear suspension coil fractured when car put in reverse |
| Sep 14, 2020 | SUSPENSION | REAR COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE CAR WAS PARKED IN GARAGE. LEFT REAR OF CAR SAGGING. UNSAFE TO DRIVE. |
| Jul 13, 2020 | SUSPENSION | FRONT WHEELS WOULD SHIMMY AT HIGHWAY SPEED. DEALER IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS FAILING FRONT LEFT LOWE... |
| Jun 6, 2020 | SUSPENSION,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 SUBARU FORESTER. WHEN DRIVING AT 90 MPH DURING WINDY WEATHER CONDITIONS,... |
| Apr 1, 2020 | SUSPENSION,STRUCTURE,ENGINE | OIL IS CONSTANTLY HAVING TO BE CHECKED BECAUSE THIS VEHICLE GOES THROUGH LOTS OF OIL. I'VE PUT A NEW... |
| Mar 6, 2020 | SUSPENSION | WHILE REPLACING MY RIGHT REAR WHEEL BEARING, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE SUSPENSION STRUT WAS CRAC... |
| Feb 12, 2020 | SUSPENSION | WHEN GETTING REAR WHEEL BEARING REPLACED MECHANIC ADVISED THAT BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. N... |
| Jan 26, 2020 | SUSPENSION | I FOUND HALF OF THE COIL IN MY GARAGE. THIS WAS TO THE DRIVER SIDE REAR SHOCK. I AM NOT SURE ABO... |
| Jan 15, 2020 | SUSPENSION | MY 2014 SUBARU FORESTER SEEMED LOW IN THE REAR. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND THE SPRING ON THE REAR ... |
| Dec 26, 2019 | SUSPENSION | VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING, BOTH THE SPRINGS AROUND THE BACK SHOCK ABSORBERS ARE BROKEN. THIS VEH... |
| Dec 24, 2019 | SUSPENSION | AS I WAS TURNING RIGHT, TO PULL INTO MY DRIVEWAY, I HEARD A LOUD NOICE LIKE HEAVY CLANGING SOUND AND... |
| Dec 22, 2019 | SUSPENSION | A PIECE OF THE REAR SUSPENSION COIL SPRING FELL OUT ONTO THE ROAD WHEN I WAS DRIVING, AND CAME TO A ... |
| Dec 18, 2019 | SUSPENSION | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 SUBARU FORESTER. WHILE DRIVING INTO THE GARAGE, THE CONTACT NOTICED META... |
| Dec 15, 2019 | SUSPENSION | DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH AND THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR COIL SPRING COLLAPSED. WE... |
| Dec 9, 2019 | SUSPENSION | THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR SPRING BROKE CAUSING THE CAR TO SAG. I NOTICED THE SAGGING WHILE THE CAR WAS... |