Forward Collision Avoidance Problems of Subaru Forester

Subaru Forester owners have reported 168 forward collision avoidance related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 5 most common forward collision avoidance problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's automatic emergency braking (72 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's warnings (50 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Forward Collision Avoidance related problems of Subaru Forester


Recently reported Forward Collision Avoidance problems of Subaru Forester

The Automatic Emergency Braking problem

I had two codes on my 2022 Forester over last two weeks. First one u0284 was for the active grill shutter. This happened because for some reason Subaru decided to put the fog lights on the same fuse as the ags.   Read details...

The Warnings problem

On 12/4/25, I was pulling into a space in a parking deck, was approximately one quarter of the way into the spot and the vehicle suddenly accelerated and struck a cement wall. I did not have my feet on the pedals at the time and was going at approximately 5 miles per hour.   Read details...

The Adaptive Cruise Control problem

My Subaru forrester eyesight system cuts out and is disabled while driving, including while the cruise control was engaged causing me to brake hard while driving to avoid a collision and a message announcing it is disabled is displayed on the screen.   Read details...

The Dynamic Brake Support/brake Assist problem

The contact owns a 2015 Subaru Forester. The contact stated while driving at unknown speed, the antilock braking system (abs), vehicle dynamic control (vdc) and check engine warning lights illuminated.   Read details...

The Forward Collision Avoidance problem

The contact owns a 2020 Subaru Forester. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 30 mph, the brake pedal of the vehicle was applied inadvertently without any vehicles surrounding the vehicle.   Read details...




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