Safety Score
92
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
41
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2009 Subaru Wrx.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | VEHICLE'S GAS PEDAL STICKS IN THE ACCELERATED POSITION CAUSING THE CAR TO SPEED UP ON IT'S OWN SOMETIME NOT ALLOWING ME… |
| 2018-01-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FAILED WELDS CONNECTING PEDAL PANEL TO THE FIREWALL. RESULTS IN LOUD SQUEAKING WHEN CLUTCH PEDAL IS DEPRESSED/RELEASED … |
| 2017-02-23 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | RECALL NO 16V738 I HAD MY CAR SERVICED TODAY BY THE DEALER FOR THE IDENTIFIED RECALL FOR THE SECONDARY AIR INJECTION P… |
| 2017-02-20 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE FIREWALL ON MY SUBARU WRX HATCHBACK IS FLEXING SO BAD THAT MY CLUTCH WILL NOT FULLY ENGAGE NOR DISENGAGE. I FEEL TH… |
| 2016-11-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | MY CAR HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING A LOUD SQUEAKING AND CLICKING WHEN SHIFTING AND BRAKE PEDAL MOVES WHEN CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED… |
| 2016-06-13 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN I BOUGHT MY CAR USED AT A DEALERSHIP, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD DRIVEN A SUBARU WRX. I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS NORMA… |
| 2015-08-03 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | **CLUTCH SPOT WELDS** AFTER REPLACING 2 CLUTCHES AND HEARING A CLICKING NOISE I TOOK IT TO A SUBARU SHOP. THEY INFORME… |
| 2015-06-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE WELDS CONNECTING THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY TO THE FIREWALL HAVE BROKEN. VERIFIED WITH PHOTO PROOF. |
| 2015-02-06 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I PURCHASED MY WRX IN 2009 FROM THE LOCAL SUBARU DEALER HERE IN CHICAGO. I AM ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE. A YEAR AG… |
| 2014-10-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THIS IS THE WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED FIREWALL WELD ISSUE FOR THE PEDAL BRACKET. THE WELDS HAVE BROKEN AND THE PEDAL B… |
| 2014-08-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | ABOUT 6-8 MONTHS AGO I HAD MY WRX IN FOR WORK AND POINTED OUT A LOUD CLUNK THAT WAS HAPPENING AS I DEPRESSED THE CLUTCH… |
| 2014-07-08 | POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SUBARU IMPREZA WRX (N/A). THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, TH… |
| 2014-06-19 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I RECENTLY STARTED HAVING A CREAKING NOISE EVERY TIME I WOULD DEPRESS THE CLUTCH ON MY 2009 WRX SEDAN. WHEN I PUSH THE… |
| 2014-06-09 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I AM THE ONLY OWNER OF A 2009 SUBARU IMPREZA WRX SEDAN. I NOTICED MY CLUTCH SQUEAKING ABOUT 10,000 MILES AGO. I BROUG… |
| 2014-06-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CLUTCH PEDAL STARTING SQUEAKING AND GEARS WOULD NOT SYNCH WELL DURING SHIFTING WHICH INDICATED THE CLUTCH WOULD NOT FUL… |
| 2014-04-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM THE USED CAR LOT I NOTICED THE CLUTCH PEDAL WHEN BEING PRESSED AND DEPRESSED MADE A SQUEAKIN… |
| 2014-03-25 | TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE ABOUT 100 MILES FROM MY RESIDENCE. I DROVE IT HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND WITHIN 2 HOURS OF D… |
| 2014-03-17 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I GOT OFF WORK AND WAS ON MY WAY HOME, PUSHED THE CLUTCH IN TO HEAR A WONDERFUL SNAP AND I HAD ZERO CONTROL OF MY CLUTC… |
| 2014-02-07 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I HAVE BEEN HAVING A STRANGE NOISE COMING FROM MY CLUTCH EVERY TIME I WOULD GO TO SWITCH GEARS. I THEN CALLED SUBARU OF… |
| 2014-01-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | ON MY 2009 SUBARU IMPREZA WRX, I'VE DEALT WITH A SQUEAKY CLUTCH PEDAL FOR QUITE SOME TIME, CLOSE TO 30K MILES NOW. WITH… |
| 2013-12-24 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | FIRST AT ALL MERRY CHRISTMAS! ILL TRY MY BEST TO DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CAR. ITS 5 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION .… |
| 2013-12-23 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ON DECEMBER 23RD, I HAD MY SON, TAKE HIS SUBARU WRX TO BROWN'S SUBARU IN MANASSAS, VA FOR AN OIL & FILTER CHANGE AND TO… |
| 2013-12-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE WELDS WHERE THE CLUTCH PEDAL ATTACHES TO THE FIREWALL ARE BREAKING. THE SAME BRACKET IS ATTACHED TO THE BRAKE PEDA… |
| 2013-11-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN DEPRESSING CLUTCH PEDAL; A CREAKING NOISE IS EVIDENT. UPON INSPECTION 2 SPOT WELDS HOLDING CLUTCH PEDAL BRACKET A… |
| 2013-10-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY CLUTCH PEDAL HAS BEEN CREAKING HORRIBLY THE PAST 12 MONTHS. I'VE READ NUMEROUS PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT A FAULTY WELD ON… |
| 2013-09-26 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | 09 SUBARU WRX, SPOT WELDS IN FIREWALL BROKEN. CAUSES BRAKE PEDAL TO SHIFT OVER WHEN CLUTCH IS PRESSED IN. SAFETY HAZARD… |
| 2013-09-02 | 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… |
| 2013-08-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I HAVE AN '09 WRX THAT I TOOK IN TO HAVE OIL CHANGED AND MENTIONED HAVING A SQUEAKY AND CLICKING CLUTCH PEDAL. MECHANIC… |
| 2013-08-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I BOUGHT MY SUBARU IN FEBRUARY OF 2013 WITH APPROX 75000 MILES ON THE ODO. I BELIEVE THE DEFECT HAD ALREADY BEEN THERE … |
| 2013-07-08 | POWER TRAIN | 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… |
| 2013-06-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING SLOWLY THROUGH MY NEIGHBORHOOD, PUT IN THE CLUTCH AND HEARD A LOUD CRACK. I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT IT W… |
| 2013-05-07 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | 09 SUBARU WRX WITH BROKEN WELDS ON THE FIREWALL. THIS IS CAUSING A LOUD POPPING WHEN THE CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED. CLUTCH I… |
| 2013-04-28 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE CLUTCH PEDAL MAKES A LOUD POP OR CLICK SOUND ACCOMPANIED BY A CREAKING SOUND EVERY TIME THE CLUTCH PEDAL IS DEPRESS… |
| 2013-03-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN I DEPRESS THE CLUTCH PEDAL THERE IS A VERY NOTICEABLE, AUDIBLE, "CLICKING" NOISE, AND A STIFF CLUTCH PEDAL. IT APP… |
| 2013-03-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | 2009 SUBARU WRX. NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A LOUD CLICKING NOISE WHEN THE CLUTCH WAS PRESSED. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CL… |
| 2012-10-19 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR ANOTHER SERVICE WHEN THIS ISSUE WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. THE TECH SHOWED ME HOW THE PEDAL A… |
| 2012-10-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SUBARU WRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED, HE NOTICED A POPPING AND CREAKING SOUND … |
| 2012-08-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | SAID BRACKET RIPPED ALMOST IN HALF ON ONE SIDE. IT'S ABOUT A 3 INCH TARD FROM A FACTORY DRILLED HOLE IN BRACKET. NOW TH… |
| 2012-08-09 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 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… |
| 2012-04-18 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | SOME TIME LAST SUMMER MY CLUTCH PEDAL BEGAN MAKING A LIGHT SQUEAK UPON DISENGAGEMENT. I PLAYED IT OFF FOR A GOOD BIT OF… |
| 2012-03-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | 2009 STOCK WRX WITH 66K MILES ON IT, BUT PROBLEM (SQUEAK) STARTED AT ABOUT 38K MILES. I ONLY DRIVE SURFACE STREETS AND … |