While the Outback is Subaru’s answer to the declining wagon genre in the United States, the Forester fits right into the country’s expanding SUV market as the brand’s versatile family SUV with room for more cargo and higher ground clearance. While it’s technically larger than any other Subaru, the Forester is still a compact SUV with seating for five occupants. Not every model year is built with the same quality, though. Subaru Forester problems vary from generation to generation, and year to year. We have already ranked every generation from worst to best in terms of reliability, but this article goes more in-depth into the three most recent generations’ problems and recalls, organized in chronological order.
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