Owner complaint 11763453: SUBARU FORESTER 2020

Owner complaint, unverified, from NHTSA Owner Complaints

Published by NHTSA: Sep 10, 2026
Manufacturer: Subaru of America, Inc.
NHTSA ID: 11763453
Applies to, as stated by NHTSA: SUBARU FORESTER 2020
Component, as stated by NHTSA: ENGINE; POWER TRAIN

Text of the owner complaint

Component/System Defect: Failed Thermo Control Valve (TCV) leading to sudden vehicle power loss / limp mode. Description of Safety Incident: While operating my vehicle at highway speeds late at night, the Thermo Control Valve (TCV) failed catastrophically without warning. The vehicle instantly experienced a massive loss of engine power and entered an aggressive "limp mode," causing a drastic, ...

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Date of incident: 2026-09-04

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For the 2020 Subaru Outback

Premium

Ignored

Relevance of 9% is under one half, so the notice is ignored whatever the other figures say.

Vehicle relevance: 9%
Attention: 51%
Interrupt probability: 52%

Importance to this owner: 1.2 of 4, minor
Vehicle area the notice is about: Engine

This owner complaint does not appear to warrant attention for this vehicle. Owner complaints are unverified reports.

Decided by jev-1.13.0 in 160 ms from 1,722 input tokens. Jev returns these figures and nothing else. It gives no reasons, and none are written for it here. The figures describe how relevant the notice is, not the condition of any vehicle.

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YesNHTSA names this make
NoNHTSA names this model
n/aNHTSA lists model year 2020 for this model

The same notice, every vehicle

Relevance	Attention	Interrupt	State
9%	51%	52%	Ignored
1%	14%	24%	Ignored
1%	20%	26%	Ignored
1%	19%	32%	Ignored
1%	27%	26%	Ignored
1%	15%	24%	Ignored
1%	20%	25%	Ignored
1%	20%	22%	Ignored
1%	22%	24%	Ignored
1%	26%	34%	Ignored
1%	18%	24%	Ignored
1%	14%	26%	Ignored
1%	23%	22%	Ignored
1%	13%	24%	Ignored
1%	19%	28%	Ignored
1%	21%	28%	Ignored

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