NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Subaru Forester Recalls
The 2017 Subaru Forester has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on October 3, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Subaru Forester. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 592
- Crashes reported
- 40
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 Subaru Forester, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2017 Subaru Forester
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification
- Campaign
- 19V701000
- Reported
- October 3, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 366,282
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2015–2016, 2018 Forester
2017 Subaru Forester complaints by year
NHTSA has received 592 owner complaints about the 2017 Subaru Forester, the newest on October 20, 2026. Of these, 40 describe a crash (7%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 28 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Subaru Forester, the component group named most often is the air bags (28%), followed by the electrical system (18%) and the visibility/wiper (18%).
The 2017 Subaru Forester's only recall also concerns the air bags.
Where 2017 Subaru Forester owners gave the mileage (321 complaints), the median was 30,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags166
- Electrical System106
- Visibility/Wiper104
- Unknown Or Other97
- Engine47
- Power Train46
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 22 | |
| 2018 | 43 | |
| 2019 | 128 | |
| 2020 | 96 | |
| 2021 | 87 | |
| 2022 | 54 | |
| 2023 | 45 | |
| 2024 | 33 | |
| 2025 | 41 | |
| 2026 | 36 |
Complaints about the 2017 Subaru Forester peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 128. 50% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Subaru Forester drew 4.0× the complaints of the median Subaru Forester year in the same window: 4th highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2017 one of the Subaru Forester years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 592 complaints about the 2017 Subaru Forester are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Forester by model year
Other 2017 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: October 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted