Brake Light On problems of the 2014 Subaru Forester

Two problems related to brake light on have been reported for the 2014 Subaru Forester. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2014 Subaru Forester based on all problems reported for the 2014 Forester.

1 Brake Light On problem

Failure Date: 08/01/2019

Tl the contact owns a 2014 Subaru Forester. The contact received a recall notice for NHTSA campaign number: 19v149000 (exterior lighting) regarding a brake lamp switch replacement. After the recall was serviced, while driving 75 mph, the hill assist warning indicator flashed and the vehicle drastically slowed down. The contact attempted to drive the vehicle to Subaru of georgetown (7501 I-35 frontage rd, georgetown, TX 78626, 512 930-2111) with much difficulty and the abs warning indicator illuminated. The dealer diagnosed that the recall repair was faulty. The dealer adjusted the brake light switch to the correct specifications and repaired the vehicle. The recall repair was performed by cleo bay Subaru (2125 e stan schlueter loop, killeen, TX 76542, (254) 634-3175). The manufacturer was notified of the initial recall, but not of the defective recall repair. The failure mileage was 76,032.

2 Brake Light On problem

Failure Date: 10/21/2017

I have a 2014 Subaru Forester 2. 0xt touring with push start and eyesight. My car wouldn't start with the push start button and the brakes were locked. I couldn't push the brake pedal all the way down. When this first happened months ago, the dealer said it was the battery and that was replaced in November of 2016. At that time the vehicle was parked in a shopping center parking lot and I had the radio on for 30 minutes while sitting in the car. I couldn't start the car afterwards and the brakes were locked up at the time as well. I could not press the brakes all the way down. The second time it would start was last Saturday, October 21, 2017 in the morning. The vehicle was parked overnight and I had trouble starting it in the morning. And the dealer could not replicate the issue. They replaced the brake light switch with no guarantees this will fix the push start issue.


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