Federal complaint record · Subaru Forester · model year 2001

2001 Subaru Forester

Owners submitted 139 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 34th percentile for complaint intensity within its 1999 to 2003 compact suv cohort. The largest reported component group is speed control. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Speed control · 18% · group n = 30Powertrain · 15% · group n = 25Engine · 11% · group n = 18Brakes · 10% · group n = 17Suspension · 10% · group n = 16
139
Complaint records on file
57,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 73 complaints reported mileage
18%
Of classified component reports name speed control · group n = 30
34th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 22 model years

Speed control · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Speed control18%

Speed control reports

Subaru Forester · model year 2001

Reports in this group30
Share of classified reports18%
Component groups on file6
Open the failure files

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Brake performance · 25 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 1 of 32001 Subaru Forester
Transmission behavior · 13 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 2 of 32001 Subaru Forester
Airbag concerns · 8 reports

Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns

Cluster 3 of 32001 Subaru Forester

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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