NHTSA Complaint #11298912 — 2015 SUBARU FORESTER

LESS THAN TWO DAYS AFTER HAVING ROUTINE SERVICE MAINTENANCE DONE AT A SUBARU DEALERSHIP, I WAS DRIVING MY 2015 SUBARU FORESTER WITH JUST OVER 46,000 MILES ON IT ON A CITY STREET WHEN I HEARD A THUMP AND NOTICED SOMETHING DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS DRIVING ON FLAT PAVEMENT AND DID NOT HIT ANYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION I COULD SEE THE LEFT REAR OF THE CAR WAS ALMOST RESTING ON THE TIRE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE SUBARU DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DETERMINED THE LEFT REAR COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN. SUBARU OF AMERICA DID PAY A PORTION TO REPLACE THE BROKEN SPRING AND THE ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE. IT SEEMS ODD THAT A COIL SPRING ON A VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON IT WOULD SO SUDDENLY FAIL AND IT WOULD SEEM THIS WOULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS THING TO HAVE HAPPEN IF YOU WERE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT HIGHER SPEEDS.