Nine problems related to seats have been reported for the 2009 Subaru Forester. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2009 Subaru Forester based on all problems reported for the 2009 Forester.
Sudden collapse of drivers seat bottom cushion. Now lower on one side.
I was driving and my driver's side seat collapsed. Something isn't right with my seat.
Driver side seat bracket on door side has broken away from seat resulting in a seat which is unresponsive to height adjustments on the left side.
I was getting in into the drivers seat when the front left corner of the seat collapsed. I inspected the frame and found a broken weld where the motor, that lifts the front of the seat meets the frame, had failed.
Spot welds on the left side scissor bracket for seat adjustments have broken on the driver's seat, resulting in a leaning seat which no longer responds to seat adjustments and is very uncomfortable. Multiple reports of this exact problem exist on the internet. This problem occurred when entering the stationary vehicle, heard a "pop" and the left side of the seat collapsed.
The contact owns a 2009 Subaru Forester. While driving 25 mph, the air bag light illuminated occasionally. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the front passenger side seat bottom had a short in the ods. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 49,000.
While driving on 95 interstate I notice a crack sound and the left side of my driver's seat collapsed, rather dangerous! this is very uncomfortable especially since I have scoliosis. I am sitting at a diagonal position while driving and this is very distracting and uncomfortable. . I do not have the funds to pay to have this fixed and I see many others are having the same problem. I can lift the left side of my seat it is loose and sunken. I took it to the jones junction Subaru dealership in MD. To ask if there were any recalls and they said no and they never heard of such a thing. I feel this is a safety issue and should be recalled. I only had 46,000 miles on my car at the time. I have reported this to bbb and consumer reports. Also I will be contacting soa.
Driver seat failed/collapsed on left side while driving at 35 mph, I weigh 165 pound with my clothes on!.
This vehicle has not been involved in any accidents. I am of average height and weight. Upon entering my vehicle at a parking lot one night, the seat bottom collapsed and fell to the floor. I was able to drive the vehicle home, but was very uncomfortable trying to remain positioned properly in the seat. Closer examination of the situation performed the next morning revealed a portion of the seat frame was broken. Lou fusz Subaru in creve coeur, mo confirmed the broken frame and traced to failure of a spot weld. They wanted $1,000. To replace the seat bottom portion of the seat. All the controls are still functional, albeit not flawlessly due to misalignment of the structure. When asked if the frame could be welded the service adviser said this would not be possible to assess unless we agreed to pay for several hours labor to dissemble the seat so the welder could inspect the frame despite the service technician being able to see and diagnose the damage without dis-assembly. We have asked the the service adviser to contact the factory representative to resolve what we believe is a safety situation. We believe the seat failure directly affects our ability to maintain the required level of comfortable control of the vehicle - especially if another portion of the seat structure fails. Independent research on the Subaru owners website has revealed that ours is not an isolated incident. Similar failures, at approximately the same mileage point, lead us to question if there was a fault in the manufacturing process of the steel seat frame.