2009 Subaru Forester seats problems

Filed May 22, 2021 · Seats · NJ

Sudden collapse of drivers seat bottom cushion. Now lower on one side.

Filed Oct 26, 2018 · Seats · 208,000 miles · WA

I was driving and my driver's side seat collapsed. Something isn't right with my seat.

Filed Oct 4, 2018 · Seats · 51,000 miles · CA

Power driver seat bracket collapses due to poor design flaw.

Filed Feb 14, 2018 · Seats · 93,000 miles · VA

Driver side seat bracket on door side has broken away from seat resulting in a seat which is unresponsive to height adjustments on the left side.

Filed May 27, 2017 · Seats · 100,500 miles · UT

I was getting in into the drivers seat when the front left corner of the seat collapsed. I inspected the frame and found a broken weld where the motor, that lifts the front of the seat meets the frame, had failed.

Filed Oct 11, 2016 · Seats · 93,000 miles · MN

Spot welds on the left side scissor bracket for seat adjustments have broken on the driver's seat, resulting in a leaning seat which no longer responds to seat adjustments and is very uncomfortable. Multiple reports of this exact problem exist on the internet. This problem occurred when entering the stationary vehicle, heard a "pop" and the left side of the seat collapsed.

Filed May 18, 2016 · Airbags, Electrical · 49,000 miles · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 subaru forester. While driving 25 MPH, the air bag light illuminated occasionally. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the front passenger side seat bottom had a short in the ods. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 49,000.....updated 07/05/16 *bf the consumer also stated the lights on the instrument panel lit up and the vehicle would stall when coming to a stop. The dealer worked on the battery terminals. However, the problem happened again, twice. Updated 07/14/16.

Filed Feb 28, 2016 · Electrical, Seats · 60,000 miles · PA

The past month or so I noticed that the driver side seat heater didn't seem to feel right on my butt. The seat seemed to almost burn me in one spot. I thought it was odd, but didn't look into it further. Just this past week I noticed that only the back heater was working. While cleaning the car out today I noticed a very small burn hole in the cloth seat. I decided to remove the seat and investigate the issue since the vehicle is no longer under warranty. During my investigation I noticed that it was definitely a burn mark and there was melted/black areas under the cloth. I did not dig too deep into the seat since I didn't want to have an issue putting it all back together. I have two pictures. One of the hole and one under the cloth. I did the best I could photographing under the cloth. I removed the power to the seat heater.

Filed Feb 17, 2016 · Seats · 79,000 miles · OR

The spot welds at the bottom of the driver's seat break and the seat cushion no longer is attached to the seat frame. The seat sinks several inches when the driver sits in the seat.

Filed Dec 31, 2015 · Seats · 46,345 miles · MD

While driving on 95 interstate I notice a crack sound and the left side of my driver's seat collapsed, rather dangerous! This is very uncomfortable especially since I have scoliosis. I am sitting at a diagonal position while driving and this is very distracting and uncomfortable. . I do not have the funds to pay to have this fixed and I see many others are having the same problem. I can lift the left side of my seat it is loose and sunken. I took it to the jones junction subaru dealership in md. To ask if there were any recalls and they said no and they never heard of such a thing. I feel this is a safety issue and should be recalled. I only had 46,000 miles on my car at the time. I have reported this to bbb and consumer reports. Also I will be contacting soa.