2018 Subaru Forester battery drain reports
16 NHTSA complaints describe dead batteries and parasitic electrical drain on the 2018 Subaru Forester — roughly 3% of all complaints for this model year.
16
Battery drain reports
3%
share of complaints
18,000 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 |
| 2017 Forester | 26 |
| 2016 Forester | 19 |
Other symptoms owners describe on the 2018 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 2018 Subaru Forester report before drawing conclusions.