Service Brakes Related Problems of the 2016 Subaru Forester

Table 1 shows four common service brakes related problems of the 2016 Subaru Forester. The number one most common problem is related to the service brakes (24 problems). The second most common problem is related to the brake light on (two problems).

Table 1. Service Brakes related problems of Subaru Forester


Recently reported Service Brakes problems of the 2016 Subaru Forester

The Service Brakes problem

I had my foot on the brake, opened the garage door with my garage door opener, and before I took my foot off the brake the car surged, jumped, and smashed into the brick wall next to the garage. I did not put my foot on the gas.   Read details...

The Brake Light On problem

While getting ready to slow for a traffic light red signal the abs light came on including the need to tow the vehicle. I got the vehicle to a parking lot about 1 mile away with the warning light still on and the vehicle slowed to about 2 miles per hour until I stopped.   Read details...

The Brake Abs Warning Light problem

Abs warning lights comes on then after I turn off the car it disappears. Bothe time it happened I was stopped then while accelerating the warning lights came on. The first time I was parked then when I backed up lights came on.   Read details...


Service Brakes related problems in other Subaru Forester model year vehicles:



Forester Service Bulletins
Forester Safety Recalls
Forester Defect Investigations