Feb 23, 2021Transmission & drivetrainSpeed controlCrash
VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. FOOT ON BRAKE IN PARKING SPOT. THEN VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN.
NHTSA ODI 11397647
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What 592 owners told NHTSA about the 2020 Subaru Forester Wilderness
These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.
All (592)Crash / fire / injury (29)Visibility & wipers (301)Electrical system (99)Engine (73)Driver assistance (42)Transmission & drivetrain (30)Speed control (24)Lane Departure (22)Body & structure (15)Brakes (13)Airbags (11)
1 of 592 complaints match · Transmission & drivetrain · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters
Working with the data? Download all 592 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 19, 2026
How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2020 Subaru Forester Wilderness verdict →