Safety Score
83
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-11 | 19V297000 |
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | 511 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-20 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CLUTCH/BRAKE ASSEMBLY BROKE AWAY FROM FIRE WALL. MAKING CAR UNDRIVABLE |
| 2019-02-20 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE DRIVER LOOKS HIGH. CUTTING PEOPLE OFF AND RUNNING THROUGH STOP SIGNS |
| 2018-12-28 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE WELDS THAT ATTACH THE BRAKE AND CLUTCH PEDDLE TO THE VEHICLE BRAKE AND ALLOW THE WHOLE PEDDLE ASSEMBLY TO MOVE. BEC… |
| 2018-12-17 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FIREWALL SPOT WELDS HAVE FAILED, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT LATERAL PLAY IN THE CLUTCH PEDAL. I HAVE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT TROU… |
| 2018-10-04 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | FIREWALL WELDS BROKE AND CLUTCH NEEDS REPLACEMENT AT 88,000 MILES. THE CLUTCH IS STILL STIFF AND MAKES A CREAKING NOISE… |
| 2018-06-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THERE ARE 3 WELD SPOTS ON MY FIREWALL THAT ARE SNAPPED. BECAUSE OF THIS I CONSTANTLY HEAR SNAPPING SOUNDS AND MY BREAK … |
| 2018-05-30 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | CREAKING CLUTCH PEDAL REALLY IS THE FIREWALL PEDAL MOUNTING BRACKET THAT IS FACTORY SPOT WELDED ONTO THE DRIVERS SIDE D… |
| 2018-02-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I PURCHASED A 2008 SUBARU IMPREZA WRX. EVERY TIME THE CLUTCH IS ENGAGED OR DISENGAGED A CREAK/POP NOISE CAN BE HEARD. Y… |
| 2018-01-24 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE FIREWALL IS CRACKING WHICH CAN CAUSE THE CLUTCH PEDAL TO BECOME INOPERABLE. AFTER I HAD WORK DONE ON MY CAR THE MEC… |
| 2017-03-04 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I BOUGHT THE CAR USED WITH THE CLUTCH PEDAL SQUEAKING. IGNORED IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT JUST NEEDED GREASE. I WAS DRIVIN… |
| 2016-09-18 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I RECENTLY DISCOVERED A KNOWN ISSUE IMPACTING MY PARTICULAR CAR AND CONFIRMED THE PROBLEM AFTER INSPECTING MY VEHICLE M… |
| 2016-09-06 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE I NOTICED WHILE DEPRESSING MY BRAKES OR CLUTCH, I WOULD HEAR A "POPPING SOUND." ALSO I NOTIC… |
| 2016-07-16 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | CLUTCH BRACKET SPOT WELDS LET GO OF FIRE WALL. MAKING THE CLUTCH AND BRAKE PEDAL MOVE AND SQUEAK WHEN CLUTCH IS ENGAGED. |
| 2016-04-27 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE CLUTCH PEDAL ON MY 2008 WRX MAKES A SQUEAKING NOISE EVERY TIME IT'S ENGAGED. WHEN I INVESTIGATED THE NOISE, I NOTIC… |
| 2016-03-21 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | A COUPLE YEARS AGO MY CLUTCH STARTED TO CREAK. I ASKED THE LOCAL SUBARU DEALER TO CHECK IT WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR A SCHE… |
| 2015-12-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS PARKED, CAR OFF. VEHICLE OWNER IN GYM WORKING OUT WHEN AN EMPLOYEE ALERTED HIM HE HAD SMOKE COMING OUT FROM… |
| 2015-11-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I HAD AN ISSUE PREVIOUSLY WITH THE WELDS FOR THE CLUTCH PEDAL ASSEMBLY CRACKING ON THE FIREWALL. IT GOT SO BAD THAT THE… |
| 2015-10-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED FROM A DEALERSHIP IN JANUARY OF 2015 WITH OVER 100,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. AFTER A FEW MO… |
| 2015-08-12 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE SPOT WELDS THAT HOLD MY CLUTCH PEDAL ASSEMBLY ON THE FIRE WALL ARE BREAKING AND CAUSING PROBLEMS GETTING CAR INTO 1… |
| 2015-03-25 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE CLUTCH PEDAL ON MY 2008 WRX MAKES A CREAKING AND POPPING NOISE WHEN THE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED/RELEASED. I AM NOT ENTIR… |
| 2015-03-09 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE WELDS SUPPORTING THE CLUTCH PEDAL AND BRAKE PEDAL ASSEMBLY HAVE BROKEN. THE RESULT IS A PROMINENT SQUEAKING SOUND A… |
| 2015-02-11 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE PART OF THE STEEL BODY UNDER THE DASH THAT SUPPORTS THE CLUTCH PEDAL SHAFT ASSEMBLY FRACTURES INTO TWO PIECES DUE T… |
| 2014-11-08 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO A SUBARU DEALERSHIP FOR ALL MAINTENANCE SERVICES. THEY ADVISED ME TO REPLACE MY CLUTCH. I PAID F… |
| 2014-11-05 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | 2008 WRX, 61K MILES DRIVEN SINCE SEPTEMBER 2007. SECOND CLUTCH REPLACEMENT AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE (KIRK… |
| 2014-09-30 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUBARU WRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DEPRESSING THE CLUTCH, THE BRAKE PEDAL BRACKET MO… |
| 2014-09-18 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING HOME I WAS EXITING THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY BRAKE PEDAL WHEN TO THE FLOOR WITH NO PRESSURE. I USED THE EMERGENC… |
| 2014-09-04 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | CHECK CLUTCH DIFFICULT TO GET IN GEAR FOUND CLUTCH PEDAL SUPPORT BRACE BROKEN AWAY FROM FIREWALL. NEEDED TO REWELD BRAC… |
| 2014-08-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | HAD A CLUTCH PEDAL SQUEAK NOISE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, THEN WHILE DRIVING, WENT TO PUSH IN THE CLUTCH, HEARD A POP NOISE. … |
| 2014-07-31 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | EVERY TIME I PRESS IT THE CLUTCH I HEAR A CRACKLING NOISE FROM THE BROKEN WELDS THAT HOLD UP THE BRAKE AND CLUTCH ASSEM… |
| 2014-07-10 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE CLUTCH PEDAL ON MY 2009 WRX MAKES A LOUD CREAKING NOISE EVERY TIME IT'S DEPRESSED. WHEN I INVESTIGATED THE NOISE, I… |
| 2014-04-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE CAR HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND I NOTICED SIGNIFICANT SIDE WAY BACK AND FORTH MOVEMENT IN THE CLUTCH PEDAL AND BR… |
| 2014-04-11 | POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THE CLUTCH PLATE MOUNTED TO THE FIREWALL FLEXES AND SQUEAKS WHEN DEPRESSED AND WAS TOLD THIS IS FROM THE SPOT WELDS THA… |
| 2014-03-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CAR IS MAKING CLICKING NOISE EVERY-TIME THE CLUTCH IS BEING PRESSED / RELEASED. ADVISED IT IS THE SPOT WELDS BY THE FIR… |
| 2014-03-03 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I WAS HAVING A PROBLEM SHIFTING GEARS AND NOTICED THAT WHEN I DEPRESSED THE CLUTCH THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS MOVING ALSO… |
| 2014-02-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I RECOGNIZED A SQUEAKING SOUND EVERY TIME I DEPRESSED MY CLUTCH TO SHIFT THE CAR. HAVING HAD AN OIL CHANGE, I WASN'T SC… |
| 2014-02-05 | POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | BASICALLY THE WELDS ON THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY BROKE LOOSE AND HAS CAUSED DAMAGED TO THE CLUTCH AND BRAKES. SUBARU DID TRY … |
| 2014-02-03 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | WELDS HOLDING THE CLUTCH AND BRAKE PEDAL ASSEMBLY TO THE FIREWALL ARE BREAKING. DEPRESSING THE CLUTCH CAUSES FLEXING. … |
| 2014-01-30 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | AS VERIFIED BY THE DEALERSHIP: THE FIREWALL WELDS KEEPING THE CLUTCH BRACKETS IN PLACE ARE CRACKED. THIS CAUSES THE PED… |
| 2014-01-06 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | SPOT WELDS ON THE CLUTCH PEDAL BRACKET ATTACHED TO THE FIREWALL HAVE CRACKED CAUSING A DISTINCT SQUEAKING NOISE AND HAR… |
| 2013-12-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | MANY PEOPLE WITH SUBARU WRX AND STI MODEL CARS HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SPOT WELDS THAT HOLD THE CLUTCH PEDAL… |
| 2013-11-28 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | SUBARU OF AMERICA DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR DEFECTED CLUTCH PEDAL ASSEMBLIES ON THEIR CARS. MY CAR… |
| 2013-11-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CLUTCH STARTED MAKING A CREAKING NOISE WHEN PRESSING IN AND OUT. SHIFTING GEARS HAS ALSO BECOME MORE DIFFICULT LIKE TH… |
| 2013-11-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY CLUTCH STARTED SQUEAKING FOR A MONTH AND HALF. WHEN THE SQUEAKING STOPPED, IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT THE SQUEAKING STO… |
| 2013-10-31 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | LOUD CLICKING/CRACKING NOISE STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN THE CLUTCH IS LET OUT. DID NOT THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT IT. IN… |
| 2013-10-31 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHEN I PUSH MY CLUTCH PEDAL IN, MY BRAKE PEDAL MOVES TO THE LEFT ABOUT AN INCH AND A HALF. IT HAS ALSO SQUEAKED SINCE … |
| 2013-10-25 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CLUTCH PEDAL STARTED SQUEAKING AND THOUGHT IT WAS PART IN NEED OF GREASE. SUBARU DEALERSHIP DID A 60K MAINTENANCE AND F… |
| 2013-08-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUBARU WRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE CLUTCH PEDAL MADE A POPPING S… |
| 2013-08-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE CLUTCH PEDAL AND CLUTCH IS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY WHEN DEPRESSED. THE PEDALS SHIFT WHEN THE CLUTCH PEDAL IS DEPRESS… |
| 2013-08-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE/CLUTCH BRACKET WELD FAILURE. BRAKE/CLUTCH PEDAL ASSEMBLY IS LOSE. 3 OF THE 5 SPOTWELDS HOLDING THE BRAKE/CLUTCH … |
| 2013-07-31 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE CLUTCH PEDAL ON MY 2008WRX MAKES A LOUD CREAKING/CLICKING NOISE EVERY TIME IT'S DEPRESSED. WHEN I INVESTIGATED THE … |