In the six years we've had this car, we have had considerable issues with it. Subaru seems to have gone down in quality with this model of Forester, which we were disappointed to find. First of all, this model has an issue where it can take an extremely long time for the car to start...to the point where it sounds like it is going to stall out or not start at all. One has to turn the key slowly and in a specific way in order to avoid this. Subaru has not been pleasant to deal with about this issue either, and three different Subaru dealers we've taken the car to have tried to rip us off. One place finally fixed the issue for us. It turns out, it was that the car was simply idling too high and was an extremely easy fix. It should not have taken all that hassle to fix that problem. The car also had an issue with the heat shield being faulty, so we were told not to park the car on grass during the summer to avoid risk of fire. We recently had to spent quite a bit of money fixing other mechanical issues with the car as well that should not have been occurring. The interior quality of the car overall is just not that great. The doors are not very well insulated, the seats aren't terribly comfortable, and the audio system quality is awful. Overall, the car runs fine now that the startup issue has been fixed, but I don't like anything else about it. I definitely would not recommend this car.

I just love my car. I live in the Northeast. It has no rust! And most Subies do. I almost hit the 200,000 miles mark. I got it at 75,000. Since I wasn't the first owner, it came with all kinds of problems. The engine even blew up once. But I love it so much, I've kept it. I do most of my own maintenance (sometimes with assistance of friends), and it's pretty easy to work on. I love how it looks. Since it's all-wheel drive, I feel pretty safe in the winter. That means if I drive for the conditions, I feel I will arrive safely at my destination including someone in another car not hitting me or something like that.