NHTSA Safety Recalls
2022 Subaru Forester Recalls
The 2022 Subaru Forester has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on November 9, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2022 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
- 100
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2022 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 2022 Subaru Forester
Power train: automatic transmission: park/neutral start interlock switch
- Campaign
- 23V755000
- Reported
- November 9, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 95,830
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
2022 Subaru Forester complaints by year
NHTSA has received 100 owner complaints about the 2022 Subaru Forester, the newest on October 19, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (8%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2022 Subaru Forester, the component group named most often is the visibility/wiper (20%), followed by the forward collision avoidance (15%) and the electrical system (11%).
The 2022 Subaru Forester's only recall does not concern the visibility/wiper.
Where 2022 Subaru Forester owners gave the mileage (14 complaints), the median was 5,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Visibility/Wiper20
- Unknown Or Other18
- Forward Collision Avoidance15
- Electrical System11
- Engine11
- Service Brakes11
Complaints received, by year
| 2022 | 37 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 24 | |
| 2024 | 9 | |
| 2025 | 13 | |
| 2026 | 17 |
Complaints about the 2022 Subaru Forester peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 37. 83% arrived between 2021 and 2025, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2022 vehicles, the 2022 Subaru Forester drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Subaru Forester year in the same window: 11th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 100 complaints about the 2022 Subaru Forester are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Forester by model year
Other 2022 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: October 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted