Three problems related to transmission failure have been reported for the 1999 Subaru Forester. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 1999 Subaru Forester based on all problems reported for the 1999 Forester.
Catastrophic transmission failure.
Gear shift resulted in a severe jolt to passengers and the driver of the vehicle due to transmission failure. Yh.
199 Subaru Forester. Letter from congressman sarbanes on behalf of constituent with concerns about mechanical problems with Subaru vehicles the consumer stated it was difficult to put the gear into drive. A mechanic informed the consumer the failure was with the clutch. The transmission failed with only a 119,000 miles on the vehicle.