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2015 SUBARU FORESTER ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

smell includes words BURN, BURNING, MOLD, MOLDY, MUSK, MUSKY, ODOR, ODOR!, ODORER, ODOROUS, ODORS, SMELL-HAS, SMELL-PULLED, SMELL!!, SMELLE, SMELLED, SMELLIN, SMELLING, SMELLOCCURS, SMELLOF, SMELLS, SMELLY, SMOKE, SMOKING, STENCH, STINK, STINKS

Model FORESTER only

electrical includes systems ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT PANEL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: SOFTWARE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BATTERY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BATTERY:CABLES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT CONTROLLER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:RELAY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:SOLENOID, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING: REAR COMPARTMENT/TRUNK, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ANTI-THEFT DEVICES, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM), EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.

Includes model years 2014 to 2016

11319699 2020-03-30
2015 SUBARU FORESTER
WENT OUTSIDE BECAUSE I SMELLED SMOKE AND SAW SMOKE POURING OUT OF MY PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR. DOUSED WITH HOSE, NOW CAR WON'T LOCK. CAR IN DRIVEWAY. NO PHOTO BECAUSE IMPORTANT TO PUT OUT ANY FIRE.

11207462 2014-12-09
2015 SUBARU FORESTER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 SUBARU FORESTER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS BECAME ILLUMINATED WITH ALARMS AND SEVERAL BEEPING SOUNDS. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME WHERE THE VEHICLE STALLED ONCE AND THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. THE CONTACT LIFTED THE HOOD AND BECAME AWARE OF AN ABNORMAL BURNING ELECTRICAL ODOR COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. ADDITIONALLY, THE BATTERY LOST ITS CHARGE AND WAS REPLACED. FLEMINGTON SUBARU LOCATED AT 167 NJ-31, FLEMINGTON, NJ 08822, (908) 824-2334, WAS CONTACTED AND AN ARRANGEMENT WAS MADE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE PICKED UP AND TOWED TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 14 DAYS THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS OFFERED A REPURCHASE PRICE OF THE VEHICLE AT THE BLUE BOOK VALUE PLUS AN ADDITIONAL $400. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A DECISION WAS NOT MADE AS WHETHER OR NOT TO ACCEPT THE REPURCHASE ORDER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE WAS 900.
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10746100 2015-08-01
2015 FOREST RIVER FORESTER
RV STARTED TRIPPING INSIDE BREAKER. UPON INSPECTION THE NEUTRAL WIRE GOING INTO THE GENERATOR TRANSFER BOX WHICH IS LOCATED UNDER THE BED WAS FOUND TO BE BURNT THRU THE INSULATOR AND INTO THE HOT LEAD WHICH CREATED A DIRECT SHORT. THIS IS THE MAIN WIRE FROM THE OUTSIDE SOURCE GOING DIRECTLY INTO THE RV. PROBLEM IS WITH THE TWIST CONNECTORS USED TO CONNECT SINGLE STRAND ELECTRIC WIRE TO MULTI STRAND WIRE. UPON INSPECTION OF OTHER WIRES INSIDE THE BOX USING THE SAME SINGLE STRAND WIRE TO MULTI STRAND WIRE AND TWIST CONNECTOR LOOSE CONNECTIONS OR POOR CONNECTIONS WERE FOUND WHICH CAUSES WIRES TO HEAT UP AND CATCH FIRE. THE BURNT WIRES AND CONNECTORS AND PICTURES ARE IN MY POSSESSION IF NEEDED. THE RV WAS NOT RETURNED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION DUE TO THE SIX WEEK WAITING PERIOD, SEPTEMBER 13TH, BEFORE IT COULD BE EVEN LOOKED AT AND INSPECTED.
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