Oct 28, 2023BrakesDriver assistanceCrashFire
Hit a deer the vehicle immediately was on fire and burnt to the ground. It had 3000 miles on it
NHTSA ODI 11552427
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What 70 owners told NHTSA about the 2023 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 (70)Crash / fire / injury (11)Driver assistance (12)Visibility & wipers (12)Electrical system (7)Airbags (6)Engine (5)Lane Departure (5)Speed control (5)Lights (4)Body & structure (3)Brakes (3)
1 of 70 complaints match · Brakes · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters
Working with the data? Download all 70 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 2023 Subaru Forester Wilderness verdict →