2018 Subaru Forester Limited
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Federal records · buyer verification
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 adding these counts is not a way to total the campaigns — 3 vehicle campaigns are on record for this model-year.
- Air Bags1 campaign96 distinct complaints
- Fuel/Propulsion System1 campaign21 distinct complaints
- 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.
- Electrical System71 distinct complaints
OAV lists only communications filed as warranty extensions or service campaigns. Subaru filed 405 other service communications for this model year; those are not listed.
These federal records are not an input to OAV’s price verdict.
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 14 components with records above OAV’s publication floor — see all 14 for this model-year.
Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA. Mileage is self-reported and frequently rounded. Complaint records as of 2026-09-21. Recall records as of 2026-09-21. Manufacturer communications as of 2026-09-21.
Limited
Wiscasset, ME 04578
Is this 2018 Subaru Forester Limited a good deal?
OAV verdict: Fair Price
Why: Listed at $17,995, comparable market range $17,995–$22,494, based on 19 comparable listings. Listed 137 days · about typical for comparable local listings (typical ~30–195 days).
Market price position
$17,995 · within market range
- Comparable range
- $17,995 – $22,494
- vs. market
- $0 above low · $4,499 below high
- Comparable vehicles
- 19
Market Retail Price (MRP™)
$20,245This vehicle $17,995 · $2,250 (11%) 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™)
$15,597This vehicle $17,995 · $2,398 (15%) above TRV
TRV™ is the average paid price for cars like this in the last 60 days (sold data through 2026-09-23) — 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 15–47 days).
What does Demand-Verified mean?
- This listing has been available about 2.9x longer than comparable vehicles typically take to sell (cohort sells in 15–47 days; this one is at 137). Confirm its history, condition, availability, and out-the-door price before proceeding.
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.
Norm's Used Cars Inc
Wiscasset, ME
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About This 2018 Subaru Forester
Listing updated: Sep 23, 2026Listed by an independent dealer in Wiscasset, ME · On lot for 137 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA
This used 2018 Subaru Forester Limited is listed at $17,995 by norm's used cars inc in Wiscasset, ME 04578. It has 116,348 miles on the odometer (dealer-reported, not independently verified by OAV). The exterior color is White. It features a 4WD drivetrain with a 2.5L H4 engine and Automatic 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 19 comparable listings matched to this vehicle, the estimated market range is $17,995 to $22,494. The comparable range in ME is $17,995 to $22,494. 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 137 days.
Analysis powered by OAV's patented inventory standardization technology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477). Verdict methodology ptm-verdict-v1 · snapshot Sep 23, 2026. The comparable band (patent pending) 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 Wiscasset, ME 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 at least OAV's minimum-gap margin; a smaller gap under the floor is Fair Price.
- Fair Price — priced within the comparable range, or below the floor by less than that margin.
- Overpriced — priced above the typical range for comparable vehicles.
- Unscored — OAV withholds a verdict when the evidence cannot support one: too few or too widely spread comparables, a price it cannot validate, a branded or salvage title, or mileage that would distort the comparison. The listing stays visible; only the rating is withheld.
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How this listing is verified
This vehicle listing was aggregated from an independent dealer in Wiscasset, ME, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN JF2SJARCXJH437372 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 vehicle market standardization technology (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 ME
ME Market Listings
165
Average Price
$18,223
Price Range
$11,992–$24,315
Avg Days on Lot
93
Based on all 165 2016-2020 Subaru Forester listings in the ME market, the average asking price is $18,223. This listing at $17,995 is $228 below the broader ME average (1% below the ME average). This is a wider, all-trim comparison across ME; OAV's price verdict above uses the closer comparable set. Comparable prices in ME range from $11,992 to $24,315. Similar vehicles spend an average of 93 days on dealer lots in this market.
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