2019 Subaru Forester electrical complaints

Filed May 12, 2019 · Body, Electrical · 300 miles · AZ

I had the new 2019 subaru forester for not even a month yet, and I have been in the dealership for 5 times regard of power rear gate not opening and cracked right rear quarter glass, which of the two I considered manufacturer defects, but they denied on both issues but could not provide me the reason and proper way of how they're going to handle the problem.

Filed Apr 12, 2019 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 1,000 miles · CA

In our 2 week old 2019 forester, we were driving on the freeway at 65mph and felt a sudden jolt and the car shut off: the lights on the dashboard went off, the headlights went off, the turn signals would not work and the accelerator wasn't working. We guided the car off the freeway and sat on the side of the freeway. The dealer's master mechanic cannot find any code that tells them what is wrong so they tell us there is nothing to fix. This is outrageous. This was a life-threatening event so we do not feel safe driving the car for ourselves and other cars on the freeway. Subaru is not taking this seriously. We read there have been other "car stall" problems similar to ours with foresters from other years.

Filed Mar 25, 2019 · Electrical · 1,500 miles · MN

Tl* the contact owns a 2019 subaru forester. While turning the vehicle, the entire electrical system shut off, including the power steering and emergency braking system. The contact was almost involved in a crash due to the failure. The contact pulled over, shut off the engine, and restarted the vehicle, but the electrical failures remained. The vehicle was slowly driven back to the contact's home. St. Cloud subaru (141 park ave s, st cloud, mn 56301) stated that water may have contacted the wiring under the hood and caused the malfunction. The contact was working on having the vehicle towed and receiving a loaner vehicle from the dealer. The manufacturer was notified via email. The failure mileage was 1,500.

Filed Feb 21, 2019 · Electrical · 400 miles · CA

Rear gate door would not open whether using keyless fob, rear gate door button or dash button. Had to have car battery disconnected for a short period of time and then reconnected it to get the rear gate door to work.