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2009 Subaru FORESTER Seats Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	968545
Internal NHTSA #	10502015
Manufacurer	Subaru of America, Inc.
Brand	SUBARU
Model	FORESTER
Model Year	2009
File date	02/03/13
Component	SEATS
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	This vehicle has not been involved in any accidents. I am of average height and weight. Upon entering my vehicle at a parking lot one night, the seat bottom collapsed and fell to the floor. I was able to drive the vehicle home, but was very uncomfortable trying to remain positioned properly in the seat. Closer examination of the situation performed the next morning revealed a portion of the seat frame was broken. Lou fusz subaru in creve coeur, mo confirmed the broken frame and traced to failure of a spot weld. They wanted $1,000. To replace the seat bottom portion of the seat. All the controls are still functional, albeit not flawlessly due to misalignment of the structure. When asked if the frame could be welded the service adviser said this would not be possible to assess unless we agreed to pay for several hours labor to dissemble the seat so the welder could inspect the frame despite the service technician being able to see and diagnose the damage without dis-assembly. We have asked the service adviser to contact the factory representative to resolve what we believe is a safety situation. We believe the seat failure directly affects our ability to maintain the required level of comfortable control of the vehicle - especially if another portion of the seat structure fails. Independent research on the subaru owners website has revealed that ours is not an isolated incident. Similar failures, at approximately the same mileage point, lead us to question if there was a fault in the manufacturing process of the steel seat frame.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	48160
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	CREVE COEUR, MO
VIN pattern	XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
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
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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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2009 Subaru FORESTER Seats Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2009 Subaru FORESTER Seats Problems, Complaints and Defects

What is Recall?

What is Failure?

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