Subaru WRX: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 23 recall campaigns for the Subaru WRX, model years 2002 to 2023. NHTSA has 752 complaints on file for this model line. 17 of the 22 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 20021
- 20031
- 20044
- 20054
- 20063
- 20073
- 20087
- 200910
- 201012
- 201111
- 201212
- 201311
- 201410
- 20153
- 20163
- 20171
- 20182
- 20192
- 20201
- 20211
- 20221
- 20231
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Subaru WRX NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 4,701 |
| 2022 Subaru WRX NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 4,615 |
| 2021 Subaru WRX NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 59,934 |
| 2020 Subaru WRX NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 59,934 |
| 2019 Subaru WRX | 2 | 0 | 0% | 235,902 |
| 2018 Subaru WRX | 2 | 11 | 32% | 235,902 |
| 2017 Subaru WRX NHTSA page | 1 | 11 | 32% | 59,934 |
| 2016 Subaru WRX | 3 | 13 | 38% | 149,831 |
| 2015 Subaru WRX | 3 | 29 | 85% | 87,299 |
| 2014 Subaru WRX | 10 | 6 | 18% | 3,289,509 |
| 2013 Subaru WRX | 11 | 7 | 20% | 3,353,688 |
| 2012 Subaru WRX | 12 | 2 | 6% | 3,407,168 |
| 2011 Subaru WRX | 11 | 4 | 12% | 3,353,688 |
| 2010 Subaru WRX | 12 | 1 | 3% | 3,446,897 |
| 2009 Subaru WRX | 10 | 41 | 120% | 2,692,903 |
| 2008 Subaru WRX | 7 | 65 | 190% | 2,463,365 |
| 2007 Subaru WRX | 3 | 0 | 0% | 497,922 |
| 2006 Subaru WRX | 3 | 14 | 41% | 497,922 |
| 2005 Subaru WRX | 4 | 19 | 56% | 498,052 |
| 2004 Subaru WRX | 4 | 42 | 123% | 498,052 |
| 2003 Subaru WRX | 1 | 60 | 176% | 5,724 |
| 2002 Subaru WRX | 1 | 427 | 1249% | 5,724 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
928 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 351.3 | 326 |
| Power Train | 154.1 | 143 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 95.9 | 89 |
| Structure | 52.8 | 49 |
| Service Brakes | 49.6 | 46 |
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 36.6 | 34 |
| Engine | 34.5 | 32 |
| Unknown or Other | 32.3 | 30 |
| Fuel System, Other | 30.2 | 28 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 29.1 | 27 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Outback71 campaigns
- Forester43 campaigns
- Legacy81 campaigns
- Impreza53 campaigns
- SVX0 campaigns
- B9 Tribeca7 campaigns
- Crosstrek13 campaigns
- Baja15 campaigns
- XV Crosstrek3 campaigns
- GL5 campaigns
- Loyale4 campaigns
- Subaru10 campaigns
- Justy4 campaigns
- Tribeca17 campaigns
- Impreza STI0 campaigns
- BRZ5 campaigns
- Ascent13 campaigns
- WRX STI2 campaigns
- DL5 campaigns
- XT4 campaigns
- 222 campaigns
- Solterra5 campaigns
- Crosstrek Hybrid3 campaigns
- Forester Hybrid3 campaigns
- 232 campaigns
- 622 campaigns
- 632 campaigns
- FF-12 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Subaru WRX: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/subaru/wrx/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Subaru WRX model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2012 with 12, 2010 with 12, 2013 with 11. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Subaru WRX model year has the most complaints?
- The 2002 model year, with 427 of the 752 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Subaru WRX name?
- Fuel System, Gasoline: 351.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 154.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 95.9 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Subaru WRX?
- 5 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.