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2018 Subaru FORESTER Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1504353
Internal NHTSA #	11139907
Manufacurer	Subaru of America, Inc.
Brand	SUBARU
Model	FORESTER
Model Year	2018
File date	09/10/18
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	It seems that my car has a poorly designed/not-current-limited usb jack, which fails to prevent a phone charging cable with shorted or shorting-intermittently interval power wires from burning up and possibly causing a fire. The details of my burnt-cable event: on tuesday evening oct. 9, 2018, i got into my car in my garage. I then started the car. The usb part of my iphone cable was already in the car's usb port, i believe. While the car was still idling in place, i then plugged the lightening end of the cable into my iphone's port to charge it. I was still idling in place when i heard a sound similar to a plastic bottle popping inward or outward and started to look around in my car for what's going on. I then, within seconds, i believe, started to smell a burning smell. I opened my center console, since that was the most recent thing i had handled, and had ports in it, and i smelled the burning smell more. I quickly pulled out the cable from the usb port and the iphone itself. I went onward with the night's activities, and then later that night, back at the car, inspected the cable and saw that the lightening end (iphone end) was distorted, with a wire protruding, and a brown burnt spot. I believe this could have turned into a fire if i hadn't quickly removed the cable from the usb port.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	800
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	SAN DIEGO, CA
VIN pattern	JF2SJAGC2JHXXXXXX
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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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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2018 Subaru FORESTER Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2018 Subaru FORESTER Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

What is Recall?

What is Failure?

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