2018 Subaru Forester Base
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2018 SUBARU FORESTER
A component is listed below if NHTSA records a vehicle recall campaign, a manufacturer warranty extension or service campaign, or at least 10 distinct consumer complaints.
Recall campaigns
NHTSA lists these campaigns as covering certain 2018 SUBARU FORESTER vehicles. One campaign can list several components, so these do not sum to the 3 vehicle campaigns on record.
- Air Bags1 campaign96 distinct complaints
- Fuel System1 campaignno complaint count above OAV’s minimum of 10
- Gasoline1 campaignno complaint count above OAV’s minimum of 10
- Tires1 campaignno complaint count above OAV’s minimum of 10
Federal law requires the manufacturer to remedy a safety recall at no cost to the owner — by repair, replacement or refund — for vehicles not more than 15 years old on the date the defect was determined.
Parts are sometimes on back-order and some remedies are interim, so a dealer may not be able to complete the work immediately. A specific vehicle’s current recall status is available through NHTSA’s VIN recall lookup.
Most-complained components with no recall campaign on record
At least 10 distinct complaints, ordered by complaint count.
- Visibility156 distinct complaints
114 carried a usable odometer reading; the middle 50% of those readings fell between 10,000 and 30,000 miles.
SUBARU filed 405 other service communications for this model year, nearly all routine repair instructions. OAV lists only warranty extensions and service campaigns; routine bulletins are not listed.
These records describe the 2018 model-year, not any individual vehicle, and are not an inspection. One complaint can be recorded against more than one component, so counts do not sum to the model-year total. Service records for any component listed here are worth requesting from the seller. Showing 5 of 16 components with records above OAV’s publication floor — see all 16 for this model-year.
Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA. Mileage is self-reported and frequently rounded. Complaint records as of 2026-09-18. Recall records as of 2026-09-18.
Base
Colfax, WI 54730
Reported title-brand history on this vehicle (salvage, 4 accidents). OAV indicator from reported history events — not an official title or NMVTIS report.
Is this 2018 Subaru Forester Base a good deal?
OAV verdict: Unscored
Why: Listed at $11,499. This vehicle has a reported branded/salvage title; OAV does not assign a price-to-market verdict to branded-title vehicles. Listed 10 days.
Market price position
This vehicle has a reported branded/salvage title, so OAV does not plot a price-to-market position for it — a branded car prices below clean-title comparables because of the title brand, not the market. Any comparable figures shown elsewhere on this page are clean-title reference only.
Branded-title price context: Branded-title Foresters like this typically sell ~30% below comparable clean-title vehicles. The market range shown above is for clean-title cars — this listing's price reflects branded-title history.
Branded-adjusted estimate: $8,084 – $8,084 (clean-title range scaled by the branded discount — an estimate, not an appraisal).
Colfax Chevrolet
Colfax, WI
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About This 2018 Subaru Forester
Listing updated: Sep 17, 2026Listed by a franchise dealer in Colfax, WI · On lot for 10 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA
This used 2018 Subaru Forester Base is listed at $11,499 by colfax chevrolet in Colfax, WI 54730. It has 106,387 miles on the odometer (dealer-reported, not independently verified by OAV). The exterior color is Gray. It features a 4WD drivetrain with a 2.5L H4 engine and Automatic transmission.
OAV does not assign a price-to-market verdict to branded-title vehicles. This listing has a reported branded/salvage title, so its price is not rated against clean-title market comparables.
This vehicle has been on the lot for 10 days.
Analysis powered by OAV's patented inventory standardization technology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477). Verdict methodology ptm-verdict-v1 · snapshot Sep 17, 2026. The patented comparable band is the input; ptm-verdict-v1 is the versioned OAV rule set that turns it into this verdict.
Market context
This listing is part of OAV's broader Colfax, WI suvs market analysis. OAV compares vehicles by local and regional price-to-market ranges and comparable count; days-on-lot and demand signals are shown separately, not as verdict inputs.
How this deal is rated
OAV compares this 2018 Subaru Forester against similar vehicles currently available for sale — same make, model, and year range, using trim where the data supports it. OAV does not adjust comparable prices for mileage; on used vehicles it withholds a verdict when mileage would distort the comparison — very high or unreliable mileage, or a lower price better explained by higher-than-typical mileage than by a genuine market discount — rather than overstate a deal. Based on where this listing falls in that comparable set, it is rated:
- Great Deal — priced below the comparable-range floor by a meaningful margin (OAV's minimum-gap rule); a listing below the floor by less than that margin is Fair Price.
- Fair Price — priced within the expected range for comparable vehicles.
- Overpriced — priced above the typical range for comparable vehicles.
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How this listing is verified
This vehicle listing was aggregated from a franchise dealer in Colfax, WI, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN JF2SJABC1JH499642 can be independently verified via the U.S. Department of Transportation's NHTSA VIN decoder, and safety recalls at NHTSA's recall database.
Vehicle attributes (year, make, model, trim, mileage, location) are standardized using OAV's patented methodology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477), which normalizes naming conventions and deduplicates cross-listed inventory across the dealership network. Listing data is processed daily; Price-to-Market analysis uses comparable vehicles.
2018 Subaru Forester Market in WI
WI Market Listings
150
Average Price
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Price Range
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Avg Days on Lot
47
Based on all 150 2016-2020 Subaru Forester listings in the WI market. Because OAV has not assigned a reliable price verdict to this listing, it does not state how it compares to this broader average. Similar vehicles spend an average of 47 days on dealer lots in this market.
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