NHTSA Safety Recalls
2014 Subaru Forester Recalls
The 2014 Subaru Forester has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 28, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2014 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
- 403
- Crashes reported
- 48
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2014 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 2014 Subaru Forester
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 19V149000
- Reported
- February 28, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,303,530
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015–2016 Forester, 3 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 13V159000
- Reported
- April 24, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10,137
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2014 Subaru Forester
2014 Subaru Forester complaints by year
NHTSA has received 403 owner complaints about the 2014 Subaru Forester, the newest on June 12, 2026. Of these, 48 describe a crash (12%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 28 injuries.
In complaints about the 2014 Subaru Forester, the component group named most often is the suspension (23%), followed by the engine (17%) and the air bags (14%).
None of the 2014 Subaru Forester's 2 recalls concerns the suspension.
Where 2014 Subaru Forester owners gave the mileage (298 complaints), the median was 53,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Suspension94
- Engine69
- Air Bags57
- Unknown Or Other44
- Electrical System42
- Vehicle Speed Control42
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 35 | |
| 2015 | 19 | |
| 2016 | 22 | |
| 2017 | 29 | |
| 2018 | 30 | |
| 2019 | 110 | |
| 2020 | 57 | |
| 2021 | 32 | |
| 2022 | 14 | |
| 2023 | 18 | |
| 2024 | 17 | |
| 2025 | 13 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2014 Subaru Forester peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 110. 27% arrived between 2013 and 2017, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2014 vehicles, the 2014 Subaru Forester drew 1.5× the complaints of the median Subaru Forester year in the same window: 8th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 403 complaints about the 2014 Subaru Forester are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Forester by model year
Other 2014 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: June 12, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted