2018 Subaru Forester

The 2018 Forester draws the most complaints around visibility and wipers, which is the dominant theme by a wide margin. Owners frequently report problems with the windshield itself, cracking, pitting, and stress fractures that appear without obvious impact, along with wiper performance issues. The airbag system is the second most-reported area, with owners describing warning lights illuminating and concerns about restraint system readiness. Electrical complaints come in close behind, and a recurring thread there involves parasitic battery drain: owners report returning to a dead battery after the vehicle sits for as little as ten days, sometimes cycling through multiple battery replacements. A separate cluster of complaints describes air conditioning failures, including compressor seizure, expansion valve failure, and evaporator core failure, sometimes occurring in sequence on the same vehicle, leaving owners without cooling after a series of costly repairs.