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Smooth
Steve, 11/01/2020
2021 Subaru Forester Premium 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
28 of 48 people found this review helpful
It's a smooth ride with a lot of standard features and comes with AWD. Plus plenty of rear leg room. All and all a real good ride and ride
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Smooth ride
Apple user, 06/05/2021
updated 06/07/2023
2021 Subaru Forester Touring 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
15 of 25 people found this review helpful
Just bought this car this week. Very impressed-t is such a smooth ride, especially on rough farm backroads. Much more comfortable than the 2017 ford edge titanium i traded in. Engine has plenty of getup and go. BIGGEST COMPLAINT: the harmon carden stereo does not accept iphones. I am now understanding it is owner by samsung and people with apple iphones are having a ton of problems with the music skipping and being very distorted. I did not know this before i bought the car and i probably wouldnt have bought it because i am an apple person. Apparently all of the updates to both phone and car are not fixing it. I read about problems since 2018. Huge disappointment for such a great car. UPDATE: iphone does work but not when the wifi in on. That must be turned off. Lots of accessories (especially for safety), and it takes quite a while to learn them all. Eyesight is a little too sensitive-but that can be shut off. Best feature-the car is programmed to shut down at stops—thank god there is a button to shut that feature off! I looked at other cars when and none of them had that feature so i picked the subaru. Great in snow too!!! UPDATED: its June 2023, and I love my Subie. The iphone issue was resiolved in the first month and everything is great! I still dont know all of the safety features with the touring package. Had one incident where the person in front of me slammed on the brakes so he wouldnt miss a turn-my subie also slammed on the brakes-without me even touching the brake pedal. Worst thing is the glare on the touchscreen when the moonroof is open, and moonroof does not vent. Small things in a very large picture!!!
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Shake and Shudder On the Road
CC MOODY, 03/01/2021
updated 09/05/2023
2021 Subaru Forester Touring 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
55 of 97 people found this review helpful
Positively hate the ESS. The car shakes and shudders every time when stopped at the red light and shakes and shudders again when it restarts.Keep switching it off but it goes back into that mode as soon as I turn it on.
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Disappointed - Forester Sport 2021
AAA, 11/15/2021
2021 Subaru Forester Sport 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
20 of 35 people found this review helpful
I got my Forester sport in June 2021. First impression was great. After using the car for a week I started noticing many quality issues: 1- Engine noise is not good 2- interior noise such as plastic cracking and stuff moving that you can't find 3- Mpg is never honest after driving for 4 months I only got 22MPG combined not even closed to what it was advertised for. 4- Some mechanical noise stuff moving outside the car under the engine when you drive on a rough dirt road. 5- Not comfortable driver seat. If drive for a long distance you will for sure get back pain from setting into that uncomfortable driver seat or the passenger seat. 6- Eyesight system is never good when you enter a tunnel or driving in the city. It immediately stop and you almost lose control of the vehicle. Almost got me in a deadly accident + Adaptive Cruse control will not detect car who just pulled in front of you and you will need to stay alert all the time. 7- Engine power is like dragging a dead body. All sound but no power 8- Towing capacity is just 1500lb and you need to pay around 1k to install a good hitch that looks like a factory install and for what to add a bike rack! 9- Wind noise makes you feel that you are riding a bicycle 10- Sound system quality is bad 11- water leaks inside the door panel after car watch which could damage your speakers. Overall I wish I did some research and no got fooled by the look of the car. It's very disappointing to see that Subaru being advertised as a luxury safe while in many areas they have failed. Quality control team can do better special on the interior noise and the engine HP maybe STI brand can put their hands on Forester and show us what the real Forester will look like.
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Not That Great
Merlot57, 01/02/2022
2021 Subaru Forester Sport 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
8 of 13 people found this review helpful
I planned on buying a new 2022 Forester. But after test driving 2021 the engine is very underpowered, very noisy (I know it's a boxer engine), and leans too much going around corners. My wife has a CRV and it is much quieter, handles better and much more refined. Also, Windshield cracking issues...I will give the Forester a plus for off road handling and that's it. No thanks I will pass.