2013 Subaru Brz
Safety Score
84
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-06-05 | 12V254000 |
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL | 1,886 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2013 Subaru BRZ. The contact stated while driving approximately 30 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The con… |
| 2023-10-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | From the very first day I had these brakes pads installed they performed terribly. At low speeds, under 25mph, they wou… |
| 2022-07-29 | ENGINE | No | 0 | We took the car into the dealership due to an engine light being on and the recall was something they informed us abou… |
| 2022-01-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Took my 2013 BRZ Limited in for the Valve Spring recall. After work completed I was unable to get my car home before I … |
| 2021-08-03 | ENGINE | No | 0 | BLOWN SHORT BLOCK / CRACKED CYLINDER HEAD, BROKEN CONNECTING ROD, $7000+ ESTIMATES FOR ENGINE REBUILD. MY BRZ STALLED… |
| 2021-05-31 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2013 Subaru BRZ. The contact stated while driving 70 mph, he heard an abnormal sound coming from the… |
| 2021-01-17 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAD MY BRZ RECALL REPAIR IN THE SPRING OF 2019. IT TOOK ABOUT 3 WEEKS FOR THE SUBARU DEALER TO FIX THE SPRING VALVE. … |
| 2020-10-28 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 SUBARU BRZ. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V772000 (ENGINE A… |
| 2020-10-03 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THIS IS A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE WORK PERFORMED ON MY VEHICLE FOR THE WTY-84 RECALL. I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE INTO THE DEAL… |
| 2020-08-03 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE FAILURE FOLLOWING THE VALVE SPRING FACTORY RECALL. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE CRUISING ON A HIGHWAY. VEHICLE SU… |
| 2020-06-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. ENGINE HAD RECALL WORK PREFORMED AT 33,266 MILES AND FAILURE HAPPENED AT 35,915 |
| 2020-06-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I TOOK MY 2013 SUBARU BRZ TO THE SUBARU DEALERSHIP FOR THE WTY84 FA20 VALVE SPRING RECALL ON DECEMBER 24, 2019. THE DEA… |
| 2020-06-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | IN LATE 2018 I WAS NOTIFIED BY SUBARU OF THE VALVE SPRING RECALL FOR MY 2013 BRZ. I CARRIED MY CAR IN ON MARCH 31ST 202… |
| 2020-06-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY 2013 SUBARU BRZ WAS RECALLED AND "REPAIRED" FOR FAULTY VALVE SPRINGS AT MAGUIRE SUBARU IN ITHACA, NY IN SPRING 2019 … |
| 2020-03-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | VALVE SPRING RECALL (SUBARU RECALL WTY-84 AND NHTSA ID 18V-772) WAS PERFORMED AUG-SEP 2019. ON MARCH 16, 2020 WHILE DR… |
| 2020-01-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | HAD FACTORY VALVE SPRING RECALL COMPLETED BY SUBARU. THE ENGINE SEIZED WHILE DRIVING AFTER THE VALVE SPRINGS WERE RE… |
| 2020-01-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | IN MARCH 2019, I HAD MY BRZ BROUGHT TO A SUBARU DEALER FOR A VALVE SPRING RECALL. IT TOOK THE DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES … |
| 2019-11-17 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ON JULY 17 2019 WE BOUGHT THE 2013 SUBARU BRZ FROM A BMW DEALERSHIP. AT THE TIME OF SALE WE WERE ADVISED THAT THE VEHI… |
| 2019-10-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 SUBARU BRZ. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO COURTESY SUBARU OF CHICO (896 EAST AVE, CHICO, … |
| 2019-10-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | IN APRIL 2019, I BROUGHT MY 2013 SUBARU BRZ TO THE SUBARU DEALERSHIP FOR VALVE SPRING RECALL. ABOUT 5 MONTHS LATER WHIL… |
| 2019-08-14 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 SUBARU BRZ. THE CONTACT BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED FROM AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. PRIOR TO THE … |
| 2019-08-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 SUBARU BRZ. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, A KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE ENGINE … |
| 2019-07-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | HAD THE VALVE SPRING RECALL DONE ON MY VEHICLE. AFTER MY VHEICLE WAS FIXED CAR WAS MAKING TICKING NOISE. BRANG THE CAR … |
| 2019-07-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | AFTER I PICKED UP MY CAR FROM COMPLETING THE VALVE SPRING RECALL WORK AT A LOCAL SUBARU DEALER, MY CAR CHECK ENGINE LIG… |
| 2019-06-24 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | MY SUBARU BRZ WAS RECALLED FOR VALVE SPRINGS. I DROPPED OFF MY SUBARU ON JUNE 24TH FOR THE REPAIR. I WAS TOLD IT WOULD … |
| 2019-06-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I PICKED UP MY CAR FROM GETTING A RECALL DONE (NHTSA ID 18V-772, SUBARU RECALL WTY-84) ON THE VALVE SPRINGS A FEW DAYS … |
| 2019-06-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CAR HAD 18V-772 (SUBARU WTY-84) VALVE SPRING RECALL PERFORMED APRIL 2019 WITH JUST UNDER 10K MILES. THAT WAS LESS THAN … |
| 2019-06-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I DROPPED MY CAR OFF FOR THE VALVE SPRING RECALL ON 3/26/2019 FOR WORK TO BE DONE THAT WEEK. NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18… |
| 2019-06-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | VALVE SPRING RECALL - HAD THE VALVE SPRING RECALL PERFORMED AND ROUGHLY 10K MILES LATER MY CAR HAS STALLED AND WHEN WO… |
| 2019-06-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THERE IS AN OPEN RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE'S ENGINE DUE TO THE VALVE SPRINGS, WHICH CAN RESULT IN ENGINE FAILURE. I PREVIOU… |
| 2019-05-28 | ENGINE | No | 0 | IN MARCH 2019 I TOOK MY CAR INTO SUBARU FOR A FACTORY RECALL ON THE VALVE SPRINGS. THEY DID THE WORK AND I RECEIVED MY … |
| 2019-05-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | HAD THE ENGINE VALVE SPRINGS RECALL REPAIR DONE AND IN A LITTLE OVER A MONTH, AND 1,903 MILES LATER, THE ENGINE DIED WI… |
| 2019-05-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | 2013 SUBARU BRZ 2.0 LIMITED. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. FACTORY RECALL RELATING TO FA20 VALVE SPRING REPLACEMENT COMPLE… |
| 2019-05-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY CAR WAS RUNNING WITH ANY ISSUE UNTIL RIGHT AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR. THE RECALL (VALVE SPRINGS) REPAIR WAS PERFORM… |
| 2019-04-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | NOT ACCELERATING PROPERLY AND ENGINE KNOCKING AFTER HAVING J02 VALVE SPRING RECALL PERFORMED. CAR IS BACK IN THE SHOP F… |
| 2019-04-02 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | TAILLIGHT CONDENSATION WHEN RAINING. KNOWN DEFECT, BUT COMPANY WILL NOT PAY FOR REPAIR. STATING OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY. MA… |
| 2019-04-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I BROUGHT MY 2013 SUBARU BRZ ON 01/19/2018 FROM A PRIVATE OWNER. I RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER ON 01/23/2019, SO I WENT TO… |
| 2019-03-29 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THIS INCIDENT HAS HAOPENED TO ME AT LEAST 3 TIMES IMSINCE IVE HAD THIS CAR SINCE 2015 BUT I JUST IGNORED IT I THOUGHT I… |
| 2019-03-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 SUBARU BRZ. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V772000… |
| 2019-03-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | SO THE TECH DID MY RECALL, AFTER THE RECALL, IT WAS IDLING WEIRD AND ACTING STUPID, THE CAM GEAR SPROCKET DIED AND NEE… |
| 2019-03-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TOOK MY CAR IN BECAUSE GOT A RECALL LETTER FOR VALVE FAILURES ONLY OWNED CAR FOR 3 MONTHS THEY (SUBARU) REFUSED TO REPA… |
| 2019-03-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAVE TAKEN MY 2013 SUBARU BRZ TO COLONIAL SUBARU IN CHESTERFIELD, VA TO HAVE NHTSA CAMPAIGN: 18V772000 ADDRESSED. THE… |
| 2019-03-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I DROPPED MY CAR OFF AT COLONIAL SUBARU IN SOUTH CHESTERFIELD, VIRGINIA ON 2/16 TO HAVE THE NHTSA SAFETY RECALL CAMPAIG… |
| 2019-02-22 | ENGINE | No | 0 | BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR VALVE SPRING RECALL, CAR CAME BACK WITH CLOGGED OIL PASSAGES. DAMAGED HEADS SUCH AS ROCKERS, CAM… |
| 2019-02-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | AFTER AUTHORIZED SUBARU DEALER REPAIRED CAR RELATED TO VALVE SPRING RECALL, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND SUBARU DEALE… |
| 2018-10-31 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 SUBARU BRZ. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V772000 (ENGINE A… |
| 2018-10-31 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 SUBARU BRZ. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V772000 (ENGINE A… |
| 2018-09-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 SUBARU BRZ. WHILE THE CONTACT'S SON WAS DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THE CHEC… |
| 2017-01-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET. I ONLY HAVE 54000 MILES ON THE ENGINE AND THE CAR IS LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD. … |
| 2016-12-22 | STEERING | No | 0 | THERE IS A STRANGE PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING ON THESE CARS AND THE SCION FRS EQUIVALENT. THE PROBLEM IS REPORTED ON THE… |