- VIN: JF2SHABC6CH40****
- MPG: /
- Year: 2012
Ownership Cost for 2012 Subaru Forester (2.5X PZEV)
Estimated: $42698 over the next 5 years
|
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Total |
| Depreciation |
$3033 |
$1456 |
$1274 |
$1153 |
$1031 |
$7947 |
| Insurance |
$1875 |
$1940 |
$2008 |
$2078 |
$2151 |
$10052 |
| Fuel |
$1625 |
$1674 |
$1732 |
$1802 |
$1883 |
$8716 |
| Maintenance |
$2397 |
$1723 |
$1111 |
$1253 |
$2123 |
$8607 |
| Repairs |
$849 |
$1020 |
$1161 |
$1282 |
$1480 |
$5792 |
| Taxes & Fees |
$1070 |
$1070 |
$1070 |
$1070 |
$1070 |
$1585 |
| Total Ownership Costs |
$10848 |
$7935 |
$7441 |
$7667 |
$8806 |
$42698 |
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st & 2nd Rows Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger) Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger) Body Class: Wagon Displacement CC: 2500.0 Displacement CI: 152.55936023683 Displacement L: 2.5 Drive Type: AWD/All Wheel Drive Engine Model: 2.5NA U5 GVWR: Class 1C: 4,001 - 5,000 lb (1,814 - 2,268 kg) Make: SUBARU Manufacturer: FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES U.S.A., INC. (C/O SUBARU OF AMERICA) Manufacturer Id: 1075 Model: Forester Model Year: 2012 Plant City: Ota Plant Company Name: FHI(Yajima Plant) Plant Country: Japan Plant State: Gunma Seat Belts All: Manual TPMS: Direct Transmission Speeds: 4 Transmission Style: Automatic Trim: X-Plus Turbo: No Vehicle Type: MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
| Model year |
COMPONENT |
Complaint |
| 2009 |
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING |
FOR SOME ODD REASON ON MONDAY, APRIL 23 MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, MY AWD INDICATOR, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT STARTED FLASHING ALL AT ONCE. I CAME INTO WORK AND GOOGLED THE ABOVE ITEMS ALONG WITH MY MAKE AND MODEL OF THE CAR...MUCH TO MY SURPRISE MULTIPLE LINKS, ITEMS, AND THREADS APPEARED. SO I READ MOST OF THEM AND THIS APPEARS TO BE A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM WITH SUBARU'S THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. I BECAME CONCERNED BECAUSE NO RECALL WAS ISSUED AND IT SEEMS MORE THAN COINCIDENCE THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. PLEASE ADVISE SINCE I CALLED THE SUBARU DEALER AND THEY COULD HAVE CARED LESS. *TR |
| 2012 |
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION |
2012 FORESTER 2.5X, 4-SPD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, 50+ MPH, ANY ATTEMPT TO QUICKLY ACCELERATE CAUSES THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TO DOWNSHIFT ALL THE WAY TO SECOND GEAR. THIS RESULTS IN VERY HIGH RPMS, BUT A LOSS IN VELOCITY AS THE DOWNSHIFT TO SECOND GEAR IS NOT APPROPRIATE AT THE HIGH END OF THE ALLOWABLE RPMS FOR THE ENGINE. THE LOSS IN SPEED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE IS VERY UNSAFE AND HAS CAUSED ME TO HAVE TO UNEXPECTEDLY RETURN TO MY LANE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. LIKEWISE, ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC TRAVELING FASTER IN ANOTHER LANE IS ALSO UNSAFE AS I LOSE SPEED WHILE EMERGING INTO THE LANE WITH FASTER TRAFFIC. THIS DOWNSHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR RATHER THAN THIRD GEAR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OCCASIONALLY CAUSES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO TURN ON AND THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT TO TURN ON. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM AND CAN BE REPLICATED AT ANY TIME. THIS OCCURS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AND CAN BE REPLICATED BY DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL QUICKLY, OR JUST TAPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR. THE VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DOWNSHIFT TO SECOND GEAR AT HIGH SPEEDS USING AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I HAVE RETURNED IT TO THE DEALER TWICE AND THE DEALERS MECHANICS ARE EASILY ABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM, THE DEALERSHIP CONTACTED THE SUBARU HEADQUARTERS AND WERE TOLD THIS IS NORMAL OPERATION. IT IS ANYTHING BUT NORMAL FOR AN AUTOMOBILE AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. THERE APPEAR TO BE A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON VARIOUS INTERNET SITES ON FORESTERS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *TR |
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