Federal complaint record · Subaru Forester · model year 2007

2007 Subaru Forester

Owners submitted 72 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 15th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2005 to 2009 compact suv cohort. The largest reported component group is engine. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Engine · 17% · group n = 15Fuel system · 14% · group n = 12Powertrain · 12% · group n = 11Suspension · 12% · group n = 11Speed control · 8% · group n = 7
72
Complaint records on file
56,750
Median mileage at the reported problem · 56 complaints reported mileage
17%
Of classified component reports name engine · group n = 15
15th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 37 model years

Engine · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Engine17%

Engine reports

Subaru Forester · model year 2007

Reports in this group15
Share of classified reports17%
Component groups on file6
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Adjacent model years · same badge, different data

The complaint signal has a shape

Compare model years
2006
0.1complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
88 matched incidents
This car
2007
0.1complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
72 matched incidents
2008
0.1complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
50 matched incidents

The line compares submitted complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years, not failures per 1,000 cars. Vehicle-years use compiled US sales, a 0.25 prior-calendar-year plus 0.75 current-calendar-year model-year allocation, and the shipped survival curve. Rates appear only where estimated vehicles in operation are at least 5,000.

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Brake performance · 9 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 1 of 32007 Subaru Forester
Transmission behavior · 7 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 2 of 32007 Subaru Forester
Fire or smoke · 6 reports

Reports describe smoke, burning smells, or fire

Cluster 3 of 32007 Subaru Forester

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

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