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Peterm

PetermPerth, WA

  • 5 reviews
  • 1 like

the best for this category of car

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Purchased in June 2021 at Subaru Dealers for $30,000.00.

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TransmissionAutomatic
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Year2018
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Daniel

Daniel

  • 3 reviews
  • 2 likes

Ticks many boxes, very versatile.

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Purchased in May 2021 at Subaru Docklands.

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TransmissionContinuously Variable (CVT)
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Year2018
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Anon

AnonSydney, NSW

  • 5 reviews

Love this car.

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Great for everyday use in suburban and off road. So great for camping because high ground clearance (same as land cruiser). AWD is great.
If serviced regularly it's a Good reliable car.

Purchased in February 2021.



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Year2015
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Raresense

RaresenseSydney, NSW

  • 8 reviews
  • 22 likes

Safe, Reliable and wonderful car to drive! Highy Recommend!

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Purchased in October 2021 at Trivett Subaru Paramatta for $47,500.00.

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TransmissionContinuously Variable (CVT)
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Year2018
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Clark Kent

Clark KentSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 27 reviews

XT: Amazing ride quality, effortless torque, Swiss Army knife of SUV’s

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Purchased in January 2021 at Subaru Dealers.

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TransmissionContinuously Variable (CVT)
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Year2016
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Marco Niere

Marco NiereGreater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC

  • 17 reviews
  • 1 like

TERRIBLE is an Understatement: AVOID Poor Quality and Over Hyped

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Purchased in October 2021 for $41,000.00.

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TransmissionAutomatic
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Year2015
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AliG

AliG

  • 2 reviews
  • 1 like

Serious Design Flaws and Product Issues

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Purchased in May 2021.

TransmissionAutomatic
Year2012

mike4005

mike4005

  • 2 reviews

This is a fantastic car

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A great and very safe car, ideal in traffic or on long intercity drives. Its very economical, very comfortable. I would recommend this vehicle to any person looking for a safe vehicle. Its also great value, cheep to insure and has a 10year warranty great boot, in fact I love it

Badge2.5i Luxury
Engine Size2.5
TransmissionAutomatic
Date PurchasedAug 2018
ALix

ALixBrisbane

  • 4 reviews

Best family car

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I got this car because I was starting a family and it hasn’t disappointed me yet. It’s a smooth drive and is the perfect size for the fam.

It is super spacious - I think because there is many windows and it’s a boxy-ish car now like the slick back type Rav 4 (which I was going to get).

Badge2.5i-S
Engine Size2.0
TransmissionAutomatic
Date PurchasedMay 2017
DavidAH

DavidAH

  • 4 reviews
  • 5 likes

Perfect for us

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This is our third Forester and have had it for almost 3 years now. It's been excellent with absolutely no issues. I find it's performance more than adequate and is so much better than competitors AWDs on indifferent quality roads (and I've driven most of the competitors for my work in rural areas) with the full-time all wheel drive being a major benefit. I see no reason to change it for many years to come (although the new model looks a bit enticing).

Badge2.5i-S
Engine Size2.5
TransmissionAutomatic
Date PurchasedJan 2016
DriveAWD

sarah

sarahGreater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC

  • 13 reviews

Spacious functional wagon

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Bought our Forester in 2014 and nothing has ever gone wrong since. It is very spacious for transporting large teenage boys around which is the best thing plus lots of boot space.
It cruises very well on long journeys, absorbs the bumps, and seems fuel efficient.
The only two annoying things are the automatic engine switch off which I find very irritating and you whilst you can turn it off for each journey, the default is always on. The other thing is it's not that attractive looking, a bit boring in my opinion but, it does the job and I'd highly recommend it for a family car with great safety features.

Badge2.5i
Engine Size2.5
TransmissionAutomatic
Date PurchasedApr 2014

Abba

AbbaCaboolture

  • 5 reviews
  • 1 like

Perfect car for the family

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I brought this car on 2015 and I love it.Its perfect car for my family and we have been in this car for few long trips and it is absolute pleasure to drive this car.The safety features are terrific.And then again,it efficiency is great and gives great mileage, its very smooth to drive around.

Badge2.5i-L
Engine Size2.5
TransmissionAutomatic
Date PurchasedOct 2015

Karen

KarenMelbourne

  • 15 reviews
  • 16 likes

Absolutely love the Forester

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I bought my 2016 Subaru Forester 5 months ago after looking at several different make of cars. I had previously driven ford falcons for the last 20 yrs I love the Forester. Its fun to drive, smooth and very stable on the road in all weather conditions. It has plenty of pep and excellent vision all around. The seat is at the perfect hight for me, I just slide in and out which puts no strain on my arthritic knees as do cars that are lower or higher to get in and out of. I'm not very tech savy but have had no trouble using the interface. It did take a while to work out what all the controls do but they are all easily accessed from the drivers seat. Fuel economy is around 6.4 country/freeways and 8.4 city.

Badge2.5i-L
Engine Size2.5
TransmissionAutomatic
Date PurchasedApr 2018

Ford

FordAdelaide

  • 10 reviews

Good vehicle wife loves it!

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Recently upgraded to the new Forester from our older Outback. Second Subaru and love the dependability of the car, it has taken a bit of getting used to the key less entry as previous cars all had keys. The drive of the car is faultless and comfortable and teaching our daughter on her "L"s to drive in the new car has been quite easy and she is more than comfortable with its size.

Badge2.5i-L
Engine Size2.5
TransmissionAutomatic
Date PurchasedNov 2017
Tristan

TristanBurpengary

  • 9 reviews
  • 4 likes

Love it

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really good handling love it I totally love it not a lot of noise in the car comfortable seats, average legroom, good Dashboard not expensive at all for a car! quite hard to connect up with bluetooth, didn't like the stereo, so it is an average car i reckon. ok

Badge2.5i-L
Engine Size2.0
TransmissionAutomatic
Date PurchasedApr 2013
Travis

TravisPerth, WA

  • 9 reviews

Terrible stereo can only be paired to 1 phone!

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The vehicle is a good solid ride. People who want to spice it up and select sports mode, or switch to economy mode, there is none of that. Put it in drive and there is only one setting. The stock tyres Geolanders seemed to generate a bit of road noise. The biggest annoyance is the stereo. It is crazy hard to setup and pair bluetooth and the system only has room to store one phone. The bluetooth always disconnects 5 minutes into the drive but switching off the stereo and doing some random things seems to reconnect it. Thank goodness it is relatively easy to replace it really is well below expectations from a modern vehicle.

Badge2.5i Luxury
Engine Size2.5
TransmissionAutomatic
Date PurchasedDec 2016

Raza

RazaSydney

Very Disappointed !

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Extremely disappointed after purchasing new XT Premium 2016 model.
Very very annoying CVT transmission, jerky, you cant able to control the slow speed.
Very very bad steering and poor handling, have to hold steering with both hands all the times because it always shaky.
Bad Fuel economy
Bad road control, vehicle shakes alot on highways.
Sat NAV is totally useless
Herman Cardin speakers are not impressive, it sounds like pretty standard speakers.

BadgeXT Premium
Engine Size2.0
TransmissionAutomatic
Date PurchasedNov 2016

Shantell W

Shantell W

  • 5 reviews
  • 4 likes

Perfect car for everyday.

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I love my forester. I purchased it just under 1year ago and I couldn't be happier. Previously I owned and Mitsubishi outlander, I wasn't never 100% happy with it but I have now found my perfect car. It has got everything I have wanted in my car and I and able to use it for my daily drive as well as taking it camping and fishing in the weekend with my major adjustment. The biggest down fall would have to be the fact that it has Pandora installed but is no longer available in Australia and no way of removing it or adding other apps to replace it. I have also be unable to sync my new phone to the Bluetooth system which is a huge inconvenience for me, as I spend a lot of time in my car daily.

Badge2.5i-L
Engine Size2.5
TransmissionAutomatic
Date PurchasedJul 2017

2014 forester

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Great car, love it, paid 37k for a car that we thought would last 10 to 15 years or at least 150k . but at 12k had to have a new motor fitted due to failed main bearings. At 0k we complained that the new motor sounded like the old one, at 34k another new motor, failed main bearings,cams and supports, Now number 3 new motor at 0km make same bottom end rattle as the other 2, glad for the 5 year warranty but what happens when that runs out, CVT trans has a lot to be desired as wll, slow shifting from R to D, lurching at lite throttle, will never buy another Subaru

Badge2.5i Luxury
Engine Size2.5
TransmissionAutomatic
Date PurchasedOct 2014

Sarena

SarenaSydney

  • 8 reviews
  • 1 like

MY18 Forester XT - best decision ever

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With Bub arriving, it was time for an upgrade. This was the best decision ever. The seats are really comfortable, especially sitting at the back with Bub. I am easily car sick and the forester was sturdy enough for me that I wouldn’t be sick in the back even if I was travelling for an hour. Favourite features are the front arm rest in the middle, leg room at the back, and keyless lock and unlock technology.

Only negative I can say is the GPS isn’t great and sometimes gives a route that doesn’t make sense. Otherwise we’re very happy

BadgeXT Premium
Engine Size2.5
TransmissionAutomatic
Date PurchasedFeb 2018

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Questions & Answers

Clio

Clioasked

Does the reversing camera come with a warning sound?

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Hussain

Hussainasked

Hi guys,
I am about to purchase a outback or forester in next few weeks. But I am really confused which one I would go for, pretty much I know ab both the vehicle specifications.
Though I want to know which one be more reliable to use for a family trips and cit driving all?
I am looking for top of the range model in both model, can anyone help me in this case?

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Karen
Karen

I think it all depends on what size you want and which model suits your needs best. I drove both but prefer the Forester. It just felt more comfortable to me.

Hussain
Hussain

Thank you Karen, anyway I’ll test drive the forester and decide which one I go for

Michelle
Michelle

Just bought the top of the range 2022 forester in December abd I am 100% happy. Have done almost 5000kms already. Easier to drive and park than my previous Ford Focus due to much better visibility, height and of course the cameras. The auto transmission is much smoother. I was worried initially about getting another CVT after my experience with the Focus. Fuel consumption currently 8 4/100kms. I feel safe, drives smoothly and is quiet. The driver recognition camera seems a bit glitchy as it doesn't always recognize me when i get it but my son who also drives it never has the same problem despite this I haven't regretted my purchase.


Ron

Ronasked

2015 Forester 2.5Si. The touch screen is not visible in the sunlight, and the reverse camera at night shows static. Is there a fix or replacement of a better quality? Is so, where from and how much? Cheers

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