2001 Subaru Subaru problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Suspension:front (1) · Equipment:appliance:air Conditioner (1) · Air Bags (1)
Safety recalls (0)
No recalls on record for this model year (campaigns announced since 2010).
What owners report
2005-06-26 · Air Bags · 💥 crash“(event)my wife was driving our 2001 subaru forester at 55mph when she was hit from behind, causing our car to swerve. she hit a lampost with the front of the forester hard enough to knock the post down, stopping our car. nobody was critically injured. (failure) the air bags did not deploy. (followup) the car has been declared a total loss. we …”
2003-07-30 · Equipment:appliance:air Conditioner“air conditioner compressor failed on 06/01/03. dealer advised consumer to replace it with a brand new compressor. replacement compressor failed on 07/01/03. dealer replaced compressor and "receptacle". on 07/26/03 while driving, consumer turned on air conditioning and vehicle stalled. vehicle is currently being checked by dealer. 2001, suzu…”
2002-02-03 · Suspension:front“i have brought my vehicle back to the dealer in delray beach fl and it stills pulls to the right and i had the cudtomer service rep drive it with me in the car and he agreed that it has a pull to the right . i have spoken to subaru and they have done nothing to take care of this problem. it is a serious safety issue.*ak…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.