2016 Subaru Forester defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2016 Subaru Forester. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Occupant Detection System (ODS) Failure
  Preliminary Evaluation PE19009 · opened Aug 6, 2019 · closed Jan 22, 2020 · led to recall 19V701000

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened PE19-009 to investigate 51 complaints and additional Early Warning Report (EWR) data related to allegations of front passenger seat Occupant Detection System (ODS) malfunctions in model year (MY) 2016 through 2018 Subaru Forester vehicles. These vehicles use a capacitive…