NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Subaru Forester Recalls
The 2004 Subaru Forester has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 6, 2011.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Subaru Forester. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 219
- Crashes reported
- 13
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Subaru Forester, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2004 Subaru Forester
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 11V464000
- Reported
- September 6, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 318,215
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005–2008 Forester, 2 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 04V473000
- Reported
- October 1, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 26
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2004 Subaru Forester complaints by year
NHTSA has received 219 owner complaints about the 2004 Subaru Forester, the newest on March 28, 2024. Of these, 13 describe a crash (6%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2004 Subaru Forester, the component group named most often is the fuel/propulsion system (29%), followed by the fuel system, gasoline (28%) and the suspension (11%).
1 of the 2004 Subaru Forester's 2 recalls also concerns the suspension.
Where 2004 Subaru Forester owners gave the mileage (188 complaints), the median was 96,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Fuel/Propulsion System63
- Fuel System, Gasoline61
- Suspension25
- Engine23
- Air Bags21
- Engine And Engine Cooling16
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 9 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 24 | |
| 2011 | 21 | |
| 2012 | 11 | |
| 2013 | 17 | |
| 2014 | 40 | |
| 2015 | 16 | |
| 2016 | 16 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 14 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Subaru Forester peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 40. 10% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Subaru Forester drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Subaru Forester year in the same window: 20th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 219 complaints about the 2004 Subaru Forester are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Forester by model year
Other 2004 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: March 28, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted