Owner complaint 11766352: SUBARU FORESTER 2007

Owner complaint, unverified, from NHTSA Owner Complaints

Published by NHTSA: Sep 23, 2026
Manufacturer: Subaru of America, Inc.
NHTSA ID: 11766352
Applies to, as stated by NHTSA: SUBARU FORESTER 2007
Component, as stated by NHTSA: SUSPENSION

Text of the owner complaint

While driving in [XXX], the passenger-side front lower control arm on my 2007 Subaru Forester (VIN: [XXX]) fractured without warning due to severe internal rust corrosion. The structural collapse snapped the CV axle and sway bar link, causing an immediate loss of steering control that forced the vehicle to veer violently off the road—narrowly avoiding crossing the center median into oncoming ...

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Date of incident: 2026-09-12
Crash reported: Yes

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For the 2020 Subaru Outback

Premium

Ignored

Relevance of 2% is under one half, so the notice is ignored whatever the other figures say.

Vehicle relevance: 2%
Attention: 23%
Interrupt probability: 27%

Importance to this owner: 0.5 of 4, minor
Vehicle area the notice is about: Suspension

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

Decided by jev-1.13.0 in 309 ms from 1,751 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

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Relevance	Attention	Interrupt	State
2%	23%	27%	Ignored
1%	16%	27%	Ignored
1%	16%	27%	Ignored
1%	18%	28%	Ignored
1%	22%	23%	Ignored
1%	17%	29%	Ignored
1%	15%	23%	Ignored
1%	18%	26%	Ignored
1%	14%	24%	Ignored
1%	24%	27%	Ignored
1%	18%	26%	Ignored
1%	13%	24%	Ignored
1%	19%	22%	Ignored
1%	13%	29%	Ignored
1%	14%	33%	Ignored
1%	17%	27%	Ignored

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