Lane Departure Problems of Subaru Forester

Subaru Forester owners have reported 75 lane departure related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 6 most common lane departure problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's warning (29 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's assist (22 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Lane Departure related problems of Subaru Forester


Recently reported Lane Departure problems of Subaru Forester

The Warning problem

While driving my 2022 Subaru Forester, the factory eyesight autonomous safety system completely failed and disabled itself permanently. The total system shutdown caused an immediate loss of pre-collision emergency braking, lane change detection, and adaptive cruise control, creating an active   Read details...

The Assist problem

Leading up to a windshield replacement, my eyesight cameras that help with adaptive cruise control and lane keeping assist kept failing. This feature would turn on and off repeatedly. When I got my windshield replaced, it took longer than expected because of the camera calibration.   Read details...

The Blind Spot Detection problem

When I am driving forward, or turning, sometimes the car automatically beeps very loud and puts on the breaks and the car in front of me is far away. It’s stressful and problematic. It doesn’t seem like an effective feature. This has happened like 10 times   Read details...

The Lane Departure problem

Tl the contact owned a 2019 Subaru Forester. The contact stated that all the safety features failed on the vehicle. While driving between 50-55 mph and changing lanes, the lane departure warning failed. As a result, the contact rear ended another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy.   Read details...

The Lane Keep Automatic Steering problem

The contact owns a 2018 Subaru Forester. The contact stated that after switching to the drive position the steering wheel suddenly became very difficult the turn in either direction and a power steering warning message had displayed.   Read details...




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