# 2023 SUBARU FORESTER — POWER TRAIN
> NHTSA complaint `2252776` · 2026-10-02 · Subaru of America, Inc.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** SUBARU
- **Model:** FORESTER
- **Year:** 2023
- **Manufacturer:** Subaru of America, Inc.
- **Component:** POWER TRAIN
## Narrative
Transmission slipped, stranded me in the middle of a road XXX. Stopped wouldn’t go.  Started locking down in reverse 1 month after I purchased the vehicle. XXX, my husband was backing down a road that had no turnaround. The RAB locked down, slammed so hard, the car slid six feet and the motor shut down. I found out a week later that L-5 was fractured in my back. The lockdown has hurt my [XXX] mother’s neck also, in March of this year. The friction clutches is fried in my transmission. My transmission is jerking, slipping, clanking, shaking from multiple lockdowns. I took vehicle to [XXX] Subaru XXX for service. I told [XXX] about  it locking down, what is sounded like and what it done. He brushed me off, said that’s what it’s supposed to do and that it had something to do with backup camera. [XXX] went to my car and showed me how to turn backup camera off. Put car in reverse and hold RAB until off. XXX XXX, a dry rotted hose blew out. RAB light was on, check engine and more. I had it towed to [XXX]. I plainly told them it locked down in reverse. They told me my DOG tore it up and gave me a bill for a new transmission. Only 14 k miles. I took it to Hallmark Subaru XXX. I had 3 complaints. Clanking, locking down in REVERSE,  jerking. They replaced 3 parts, said it should solve all my problems. And as the usual the old phrase CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEMS.  Now the RAB system has gone haywire, it does whatever it wants to. My transmission is becoming to a point it sounds like it is 
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*Source: [NHTSA ODI](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*