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2006 Subaru FORESTER Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	986362
Internal NHTSA #	10515925
Manufacurer	Subaru of America, Inc.
Brand	SUBARU
Model	FORESTER
Model Year	2006
File date	26/08/12
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I arrived at my house on 8/26/2012 at 8:00 pm, parked my car in the garage of my house and went to sleep. At 2:00 am i heard an explosion, went outside of my house to verify what it was and found my forester in fire. With the help of my neighbors we control the fire within an hour. Serious consequences came out of the fire; the car was declared total loss, another car parked in front of the forester suffer a lot of damage, the motor of the garage door had to be replaced, the paint of the house, vertical blinds and other belongings of the house were replaced because of the smoke from the fire. Subaru/-forester/2006 recall no. Wvc-13 related to the wiring harness for the airbag occupant detection system in the front passenger seat may have been pinched during production. Pinching of the wiring harness between the floor crossmember and the seat mounting bracket could result in a short circuit. That could cause a fire. The way that my car got in fire has to be because of an electrical. Short circuit, having as a result the fire and total loss of my car. The vin of my car was not included in the recall, but i will appreciate if your agency could do an investigation that as a result have the vin of my car included in the recall wvc-13.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	92000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	NARANJITO, PR
VIN pattern	JF1SG69646HXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	Y
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	4
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Vehicle speed	0
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Type of child seat code
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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WMWZC3C55CWL82077 1GNEC16Z14J243784 1FMCU9GX4FUC28945 WDD2211771A335539 JA3AJ26EX4U065807 KMHDH4AE3CU268447 1FA6P8R08T5502517 1FMDE7BH5SLA44670 WDB67603315513534 XLRTEH4100G231806 PE1BVPR131DC01077 SALAG25497A426936

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2006 Subaru FORESTER Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2006 Subaru FORESTER Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

What is Recall?

What is Failure?

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