NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Subaru Forester Recalls
The 2006 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 2006 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
- 88
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 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 2006 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, 2007–2008 Forester, 2 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 07V043000
- Reported
- February 12, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,004
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2006 Subaru Forester complaints by year
NHTSA has received 88 owner complaints about the 2006 Subaru Forester, the newest on November 27, 2023. Of these, 12 describe a crash (14%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Subaru Forester, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (23%), followed by the suspension (14%) and the engine (13%).
1 of the 2006 Subaru Forester's 2 recalls also concerns the suspension.
Where 2006 Subaru Forester owners gave the mileage (69 complaints), the median was 51,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Vehicle Speed Control20
- Suspension12
- Engine11
- Engine And Engine Cooling11
- Steering9
- Fuel/Propulsion System8
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 12 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Subaru Forester peaked in 2007, when NHTSA received 12. 36% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Subaru Forester drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Subaru Forester year in the same window: 17th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 88 complaints about the 2006 Subaru Forester are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Forester by model year
Other 2006 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: November 27, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted