Subaru WRX

Common WRX problems

Across 11 model years (2015–2025), the Subaru WRX carries 15 recall campaigns on record. Owners have filed 288 complaints with NHTSA. Crash-test ratings cover 6 of 11 model years. Choose a year below for the full report.

Safety record by model year

Counts are raw NHTSA figures and are not normalised by how many were sold, so a high-volume year tends to show more of everything.

Year	Recalls	Complaints	Rating	Report link
2025	0	2		Report
2024	0	13		Report
2023	1	7		Report
2022	1	25		Report
2021	1	13		Report
2020	1	17		Report
2019	2	30	—	Report
2018	2	42	—	Report
2017	1	53	—	Report
2016	3	34	—	Report
2015	3	52	—	Report

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