Used car guide

2011 Subaru Forester: petrol or diesel?

Petrol, diesel and hybrid versions go wrong in different ways, so each has its own figures from the MOTs these cars had during 2023–2025. Pick the one you’re looking at: the fuel is on the logbook and in the car’s MOT history.

Petrol 69% pass first time (all 2011 cars: 62%) Stands out: suspension arm bushes and joints 2.4×, anti-roll bar bushes and joints 15.3× 775 MOTsSee the petrol guide › Diesel 61% pass first time (all 2011 cars: 62%) Stands out: suspension arm bushes and joints 2.8×, anti-roll bar bushes and joints 18.5×, ball joint 2.3× 1,834 MOTsSee the diesel guide ›

Hybrid versions had too few MOTs for figures of their own, or weren’t sold.

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Other years

Every year of the Subaru Forester compared

YearMOT testsMost flagged
2026–Too new for MOT data
2025–Too new for MOT data
2024–Too new for MOT data
2023–Too new for MOT data
2022282Tyres 20%
20211,470Tyres 23%
2020700Tyres 22%
20193,291Tyres 23%
20182,755Tyres 21%
20172,699Suspension 23%
20163,545Suspension 30%
20152,960Suspension 33%
20143,403Suspension 37%
20132,494Suspension 41%
20121,291Suspension 50%
20102,342Suspension 56%
20091,367Suspension 53%
20081,682Suspension 48%
20072,529Suspension 43%
20062,721Suspension 44%
20052,982Suspension 45%
20042,426Suspension 46%
20031,866Suspension 51%
2002835Suspension 48%
2001669Suspension 47%
2000512Suspension 51%
1999382Suspension 53%
1998199Suspension 48%
1997–Too few tests