2016 Subaru Forester battery drain reports
19 NHTSA complaints describe dead batteries and parasitic electrical drain on the 2016 Subaru Forester — roughly 5% of all complaints for this model year.
19
Battery drain reports
5%
share of complaints
39,884 mi
median reported incident mileage (all complaints)
Components reported on this vehicle
Battery drain in other Forester years
| 2021 Forester | 5 |
| 2020 Forester | 17 |
| 2019 Forester | 19 |
| 2018 Forester | 16 |
| 2017 Forester | 26 |
Other symptoms owners describe on the 2016 Subaru Forester
Symptom counts come from keyword analysis of complaint narratives. One complaint can describe several symptoms, and classification is approximate — read the underlying reports on the full 2016 Subaru Forester report before drawing conclusions.