2025 Subaru Forester Consumer Reviews
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Base - $31,415 MSRP
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Prices based on sales in CA thru 8/18/25
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Great car, terrible camera mirror.
Randy, Marquette, MI, 08/01/2025
2025 Subaru Forester Touring 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
Overall this is a great car. But for Subaru to replace the homelink mirror with a mirror that has a camera mode was a mistake. I have bifocals, to see the mirror clearly, I have to tilt my head back like I was looking at the ceiling. As an example, sit in a chair and hold your cell phone where the mirror would be. Now see if you can read the screen clearly. The other thing I don't like is the panoramic view the mirror has. Every time I meet a car, it flashes in the left side of the mirror as the car goes by. This is very distracting. While I won't be using the camera option, the Touring model with this mirror included, does not have garage door openers. So it's back to having a remote clicker and the sun visor so thick, a garage door opener won't clip to it. The salesman said for $400 I could buy a homelink mirror. (Not sure if that included labor). I wish I could have had option of which mirror I wanted before I bought the car. So far, other than the mirror, the car is great.
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2025 Forester Touring is a DUD!
Bill G, 10/18/2024
2025 Subaru Forester Touring 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
46 of 71 people found this review helpful
I loved my 2000 and my 2022, and the preview comments about 2025 driver assistance upgrades sounded wonderful, so I immediately bought my Touring without even looking at it: A BIG MISTAKE. Here is a sample of poorly designed functions ... I'll start with driver assistance rear alerts for cars or people moving behind you because they come MUCH TOO LATE. In 2022, alerts came WELL BEFORE the car or people entered your rear camera view. In 2025 alerts come AFTER the car or person is already well into your camera view which means you may hit them. Also alerts for cars in your side blind spot as you drive ARE ONLY SILENT. ONLY a small light flashes, which you won't see unless you are looking sideways! They REDUCED ALL THE IMPORTANT CAMERA VIEWS to tiny hard to see views to display useless status info for static functions and the large screen has so much glare you can't read it. Now on to a few convenience features ... there is no way to link your Touring to your garage door other than clipping your old fashioner clicker to your sun visor because they put in an extra rear camera view and took out the HomeLink connection. And the wireless charger only works if you take your protective cushion cover off your iPhone. And you can't get more than 25 mpg unless you buy a major brand of gas such as Exxon or Sunoco but those stations are hard to find. I send one complaint to Subaru already but its been a month and they haven't answered. Don't buy the 2025 Forester Touring, and check the other models carefully to find out if they work,
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All Around Great Ride
Jay Kessler, 07/19/2025
2025 Subaru Forester Touring Hybrid 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl gas/electric hybrid CVT)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
My wife and I are really enjoying our new 2025 Subaru Forester Hybrid Touring. It has a quiet comfortable ride and we love having the 360 camera. We are a little disappointed with the fuel economy to date of about 33 mpg but still much better than the 2017 Legacy 3.6R we traded in for the Forester. In sum, we could not be happier with our choice to buy the Forester Hybrid Touring.
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Wonderful Car
PMC, 06/21/2025
2025 Subaru Forester Limited Hybrid 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl gas/electric hybrid CVT)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
We enjoy our new Forester Hybrid. We drove it on its first long trip and enjoyed the ride and comfort. Mastering the electronics is still a work in project, but the dealer has a trainer whom we will meet with to help. It could be a bit more quieter. Overall we are very pleased
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Walinator, 06/18/2025
2025 Subaru Forester Touring 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
I’ve purchased many cars since 1968. This without doubt the most comfortable and ergonomically well designed car I’ve ever owned.
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