2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek. The campaign is 15V366000. NHTSA received the report on 12 Jun 2015. The NHTSA record gives the component Forward Collision Avoidance / Crash Imminent Braking. NHTSA has 78 complaints on file for this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of campaign 15V366000, in the NHTSA record
Subaru will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the driver assist system, free of charge. The recall began on July 20, 2015. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-800-782-2783. Subaru's number for this recall is WQS-54.
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 .
Since the last update
No tracked figure of this page changed in a data update. What the log tracks
Recall campaigns
1 campaign. 71,710 units in total.
15V366000Received . 71,710 units.
Forward Collision Avoidance / Crash Imminent Braking
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain model year 2015 Legacy vehicles manufactured March 10, 2014, to April 16, 2015, Outback vehicles manufactured February 24, 2014, to April 16, 2015, Impreza vehicles manufactured September 9, 2014, to April 14, 2015, XV Crosstrek vehicles manufactured October 16, 2014, to April 15, 2015, and 2016 WRX vehicles manufactured March 23, 2015, and equipped with the Eyesight Driver Assist System. If the switch that activates the brake lights fails, the automatic pre-collision braking component of the driver assist system will not function.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
If the automatic pre-collision braking system does not function as intended, the vehicle will not react to an obstacle in its path, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Subaru will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the driver assist system, free of charge. The recall began on July 20, 2015. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-800-782-2783. Subaru's number for this recall is WQS-54.
Report filed by Subaru of America, Inc.. Manufacturer campaign number WQS-54. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
78 complaints, 103 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.
- 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek
- All 2015 vehicles
| Component | 2015 XV Crosstrek | All 2015 vehicles | XV Crosstrek, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown or Other | 194.2 | 100 | 145.9 | 20 |
| Power Train | 174.8 | 125.6 | 143.2 | 18 |
| Electrical System | 145.6 | 114.1 | 137.8 | 15 |
| Engine | 126.2 | 153.4 | 167.6 | 13 |
| Service Brakes | 58.3 | 60.9 | 62.2 | 6 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 58.3 | 32.7 | 45.9 | 6 |
| Structure | 48.5 | 41.1 | 18.9 | 5 |
| Air Bags | 38.8 | 56.3 | 54.1 | 4 |
| Exterior Lighting | 29.1 | 40.9 | 21.6 | 3 |
| Electronic Stability Control (ESC) | 19.4 | 15.8 | 21.6 | 2 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 18.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 5
- Complaints that report a fire
- 1
- Injuries in the complaints
- 3
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 2 Sep 2026
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
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.
Investigations
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
Follow by RSS:Subaru recallsVehicle recalls
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.
- NHTSA page of the 2015 Subaru XV CrosstrekThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/subaru/xv-crosstrek/2015/. 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
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- Subaru of America, Inc.
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek?
- 71,710 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Subaru XV Crosstrek have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the Subaru XV Crosstrek, model years 2013 to 2017. 1 of them names the 2015 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek name most often?
- Unknown or Other: 20 of 103 component mentions, or 194.2 per 1,000. For all 2015 vehicles the figure is 100 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.