2015 Subaru Forester i
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2015 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 2015 SUBARU FORESTER vehicles. One campaign can list several components, so these do not sum to the 3 vehicle campaigns on record.
- Engine1 campaign135 distinct complaints
- Air Bags1 campaign101 distinct complaints
- Exterior Lighting1 campaign15 distinct complaints
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.
- Power Train95 distinct complaints
- Electrical System82 distinct complaints
51 carried a usable odometer reading; the middle 50% of those readings fell between 7,177 and 55,000 miles.
SUBARU filed 497 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 2015 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 15 components with records above OAV’s publication floor — see all 15 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.
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Alexandria, VA 22305
Is this 2015 Subaru Forester i a good deal?
OAV verdict: Fair Price
Why: Listed at $8,995, comparable market range $7,995–$18,998, based on 15 comparable listings. Listed 69 days · about typical for comparable local listings (typical ~15–90 days).
Market price position
$8,995 · within market range
- Comparable range
- $7,995 – $18,998
- vs. market
- $1,000 above low · $10,003 below high
- Comparable vehicles
- 15
Market Retail Price (MRP™)
$13,497This vehicle $8,995 · $4,502 (33%) below MRP
MRP™ is the midpoint of the comparable market range — the representative price the market is asking for similar vehicles. How MRP works.
True Retail Value (TRV™)
$11,256This vehicle $8,995 · $2,261 (20%) below TRV
TRV™ is the average paid price for cars like this in the last 60 days (sold data through 2026-09-17) — an estimate, not an appraisal. How TRV works.
Comparable vehicles nationally have sold faster than the market baseline, but this listing has been available longer than the cohort’s typical sell-time (about 9–50 days).
What does Demand-Verified mean?
Market Breakdown
Local = comparable listings in the same metro. Regional = comparable listings across the broader state or multi-state region. Both ranges are rebuilt from the market snapshot shown above.
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Alexandria, VA
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About This 2015 Subaru Forester
Listing updated: Sep 17, 2026Listed by an independent dealer in Alexandria, VA · On lot for 69 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA
This used 2015 Subaru Forester i is listed at $8,995 by cardeal auto sales in Alexandria, VA 22305. It has 104,838 miles on the odometer (dealer-reported, not independently verified by OAV). It features a 4WD drivetrain with a 2.5L H4 engine and CVT transmission.
OAV's independent, evidence-backed Price-to-Market analysis rates this vehicle as Fair Price — priced in line with the supported comparable range. Based on 15 comparable listings matched to this vehicle, the estimated market range is $7,995 to $18,998. These comparisons match year, make, and model, using trim where the data supports it. OAV does not adjust comparable prices for mileage — every price shown is the real advertised price. On used vehicles, mileage can still cause OAV to withhold a verdict — very high or unreliable mileage, or a lower price better explained by higher-than-typical mileage than by a genuine market discount — rather than call it a deal it can't support.
This vehicle has been on the lot for 69 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 Alexandria, VA 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 2015 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.
Listings show OAV's PTM-derived deal quality and live market context. OAV-claimed dealers manage their listing profile and route buyer inquiries directly. Paid OAV partners can surface additional verification signals, but commercial participation never changes a listing's Price-to-Market verdict, eligibility, ranking, or confidence.
How this listing is verified
This vehicle listing was aggregated from an independent dealer in Alexandria, VA, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN JF2SJABC5FH511251 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.
2015 Subaru Forester Market in VA
VA Market Listings
220
Average Price
$11,628
Price Range
$6,879–$18,329
Avg Days on Lot
88
Based on all 220 2013-2017 Subaru Forester listings in the VA market, the average asking price is $11,628. This listing at $8,995 is $2,633 below the broader VA average (23% below the VA average). This is a wider, all-trim comparison across VA; OAV's price verdict above uses the closer comparable set. Comparable prices in VA range from $6,879 to $18,329. Similar vehicles spend an average of 88 days on dealer lots in this market.
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8 similar listings shown (closest matches within ±2 model years) and ±30,000 miles (subject trim: i — compare trims below)
This is a broad, statewide same-model set (any trim, mileage, or title) — not the qualified comparable cohort behind the verdict above; lower prices here typically reflect a different trim, higher mileage, or a branded title.
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