# Wheel bearings on subaru foresters **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** forester, subaru\ **Created:** [November 17, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wheel-bearings-on-subaru-foresters/39608 "2009-11-17T01:11:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grady2652](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ccd318/32.png) [@grady2652](https://community.cartalk.com/u/grady2652)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wheel-bearings-on-subaru-foresters/39608/1 "2009-11-17T01:11:20Z")
i have had 5 wheel bearings replaced on a 2000 forester; like the car except for this expensive issue what has subaru done to fix this; am considering trading in for a 2010 model ---
**Author:** ![andrew\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@andrew\_j](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew_j)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wheel-bearings-on-subaru-foresters/39608/2 "2009-11-17T15:01:05Z")
Wheel bearing failure was common in that vintage Forester. It was alleviated in the early 2000’s. 5 times over seems like something else was going on like poorly designed aftermarket parts or unrevised Subaru parts. I would visit a Subaru Forester specific forum. I know my family with 4 Foresters with 150k-210k only a 1999 has had the issue.