NHTSA Safety Recalls
2025 Subaru Forester Recalls
The 2025 Subaru Forester has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 7, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2025 Subaru Forester. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 98
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2025 Subaru Forester, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2025 Subaru Forester
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 26V436000
- Reported
- July 7, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 541,237
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Child seat
- Campaign
- 25V419000
- Reported
- June 19, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,938
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2025 Subaru Forester
Wheels
- Campaign
- 25V033000
- Reported
- January 23, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 20,366
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2025 Subaru Forester
2025 Subaru Forester complaints by year
NHTSA has received 98 owner complaints about the 2025 Subaru Forester, the newest on October 16, 2026. Of these, 12 describe a crash (12%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2025 Subaru Forester, the component group named most often is the forward collision avoidance (13%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (13%) and the visibility/wiper (13%).
None of the 2025 Subaru Forester's 3 recalls concerns the forward collision avoidance.
Where 2025 Subaru Forester owners gave the mileage (11 complaints), the median was 2,800 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other19
- Forward Collision Avoidance13
- Fuel/Propulsion System13
- Visibility/Wiper13
- Electrical System8
- Exterior Lighting8
Complaints received, by year
| 2024 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | |
| 2026 | 54 |
Complaints about the 2025 Subaru Forester peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 54.
The 2025 is too new to rank against other Subaru Forester years: its window closes at the end of 2028.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 98 complaints about the 2025 Subaru Forester are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Forester by model year
Other 2025 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: October 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted