2003 Subaru Forester consumer reviews

$20,845–$21,645 MSRP range

side view of 2003 Forester Subaru

80% of drivers recommend this machine

Rating breakup (out of v):

  • Comfort 4.ii
  • Interior design iv.3
  • Performance 4.three
  • Value for the money iv.3
  • Exterior styling four.iii
  • Reliability 4.2

Best automobile ive owned and been in

i brought this automobile for $i,800 second hand with 293,000 on the meter, the engine has been running perfectly since ive had it. Ive only had a few problems with it as expected with the price i brought it for. the front end drive shaft gave out resulting in 1 of my wheels comming off completly merely was booked in with the mechanic anyway, other than that i've had pretty much no problems at all, ive driven information technology 4000 and take loved every 2d of it, being only night drives, random drives, beach drives its been a great car though it

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I honey my forester

May 25, 2021

By Kimmbalo from S Lake Tahoe California

Owns this machine

This is the longest I have ever endemic a vehicle. I got it in 2014 w/144000 miles on it. I went from tahoe to Bay Expanse and back almost every week for five years. It screamed upward the mountain in iii rd and 4 thursday gear no problem. I experience I button it at times because I often am driving up and down the mountain. I was making payments on it when coming dorsum from Bay Surface area, going up the colina in el Dorado hills, I threw a rod out the lesser of the motor at 154000. People had the nerve to ask if I had oil in it. Turned out mice had made a nest in the catalytic converter (because it was stored for a year before I bought information technology) . Supposedly that's why. Because I was still making payments I opted to buy a motor from Nippon, which is a 2006 Impreza motor. $1710.00 afterward new motor new clutch assembly. Runs great now. I have 203000 miles on chassis and only about 70,000 miles on new motor. My boyfriend rear concluded someone and we replaced the quarter panel, head low-cal assembly and found a matching hood with a scoop ( and so now I'm e'er challenged to race cause everyone thinks it'due south an STI-I wish). I accept replaced a lot of pause and steering parts, starter, fuel pump, control arm stop links, front brakes and rotors, front shocks, driveshaft, bombardment, front left cv axel, new front lower brawl joints, new clutch again, rewire head calorie-free assemblies, put premium rims and nice stereo organization, studded snow tired. Then a tourist hit and ran and destroyed my rear quarter console. At that point I was like "I have so much into it I may equally well fix information technology" and so I got all the dings and dents repaired and new paint job. I'm attached to this car. It's like no other in the Tahoe wintertime with the studded tires. It'due south safe and I don't have to worry and then much that it's such an expensive car if I practise happen to slide off the route in the snow. I will probably keep on repairing it unless the motor blows again. I am a female, but a lot of the maintenance and repairs I practise myself. Similar tune upwardly and oil change. I also replaced the drive shaft myself ($400) as opposed to paying between $800-$1200 to let someone else exercise it. Replacing the alternator was like shooting fish in a barrel also. If I tin can find how to do it on YouTube, I will do it myself.

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if your looking for a reliable car expect no further

July 7, 2020

By keef richards from scotland

Owns this car

all-time car always owned, every bit long equally you service it, will never let you down great in snow and water ice, good fuel consumption, endemic now for 5 years by every mot only affair i bought is new fix of tyres, it will never let yous downwards though, dont buy the 2.5lt they have head gasket bug buy the 2.0 engine indestructable.

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good automobile

July 22, 2019

By danny and rose from purcell oklahoma

Examination drove this car

this motorcar met and exceeded our wants and needs.The radio with cd actor could be better,just we yet have fm,am bands also, love the weather bands.

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Great except for being underpowered

April ten, 2019

Past TempleOS from Memeton IL

Owns this motorcar

Excellent build quality overall. 110kW on an AWD = pretty gutless, only that'south okay so many cops effectually now anyway lol. Excellent driver visibility. Exterior style nonetheless looks expert today. Interior layout is good but back seats a little cramped for adults. Good reliability and so long as yous do the nuts like bank check fluid levels, change oil on time, alter timing belt on time etc. If you don't do this kind of stuff then expect problems.

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Almost reliable car I?ve owed

November seven, 2018

Past AdofoLee from Brooklyn, ny

Used to own this machine

My Subaru made me ane of those guys. Yes the nut jobs that owned Subarus before 2016. We were a devoted difficult core set of fanboys and girls. Nosotros went around in our little engines that could. No ane but us knowing there were few places nosotros dared tread. We only gave respect to Land Rovers and Jeep CJ owners. 200k hah! That?s a wuss achievement! Races, Rally?s, into the woods, the beach, the SNOW! It was the most fun I?ve had in a car in my life (2002 Q45 excepted). 250k miles been in accidents where the other cars are totaled and she?s still running. Got a bigger, more luxurious, more than efficient 2019 Forester, not feeling as much fun, simply still nicer for my older behind. Permit?southward see what happens there.

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Great for hauling family and stuff too!

October 18, 2018

By SubaruFan03 from Lawrenceville, GA

Used to own this car

I bought this car new in 2003. It has met all my expectations and more. Great highway traveler plus economical and useful around boondocks. Great reliability for the coin. My son's family unit now owns information technology and it is about to turn 200,000 miles. With regular maintenance, this car tin last virtually forever.

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Very reliable car in all kinds of weather

August eleven, 2018

Past Danylallen from Bedrock

Test drove this machine

Great driver car, reliable, best Colorado type of car for all kinds of weather condition - never gets stuck in snow. Gets proficient mileage, and is a great investment.

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Amazing Reliability

July 25, 2018

Past zootmoney from Oxfordshire, UK.

Owns this automobile

Bought my XT in 2003 a demo with 900 miles on the clock, now 160,000 trouble gratuitous miles. Super reliability, hoping to get to 200,000. Just meaning expense two cam belts and a clutch.

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Nerds, Engineers and old Corvette men unite

February 18, 2018

By "Grief" after Rommel's command car from Magnolia Texas

Owns this car

Well! This infant grows on the crockels of my centre. I recall it will plough through more mud than a hummer and won't complain if you practice fawn over it when upkeep comes around. A tough, foam puff that can continue up with higher price cantankerous country cars that can merely ford a stone lesser stream. The more you get to know this "Thing" it is like the VW thing-gear up for "The Eastern Front" with or without much fanfare.

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