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2015 Subaru FORESTER Wheels Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1532774
Internal NHTSA #	11172455
Manufacurer	Subaru of America, Inc.
Brand	SUBARU
Model	FORESTER
Model Year	2015
File date	03/01/19
Component	WHEELS
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	While completing a tire rotation, i placed the spare tire on the hub as a placeholder while i moved on to other wheels. I hand tightened the lugnuts holding the spare on (no wrench, no over torqueing). I left the driver front jacked up supported by a jack stand while i completed the rest of the tire rotation; the spare was never lowered to the ground and weighted, it was simply installed as a backup to my jack stand. When i came back to the driver front to remove the spare and install the normal wheel, 2 of the 5 lugnuts that i had hand tightened seized. When i attempted to remove them after application of penetrating oil, two of the studs snapped rendering the car entirely unsafe to drive. When i went around the car with a torque wrench set to the manual specified torque of 89 ft/lbs a third stud stripped. I do not know what caused the studs to snap or strip. I did not over torque the lugnuts, they were hand tightened less than 30 minutes prior. There is no reason for hand tightened lugnuts to seize on a wheel stud and cause the lugnuts to snap other than deficiency or weakness of the wheel stud. I have never over torqued the wheels; i always use a torque wrench set to 89ft/lbs as specified in the owner
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	54000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	ROCKVILLE, MD
VIN pattern	JF2SJADC3FGXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	0
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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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2015 Subaru FORESTER Wheels Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2015 Subaru FORESTER Wheels Problems, Complaints and Defects

What is Recall?

What is Failure?

What is Defect?