Safety Score
90
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2017 Subaru Wrx.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Car all the sudden stall/ lock up tires at high way speeds due to sudden no warning engine failure causing a massive sa… |
| 2025-11-05 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | Going about 55mph, I struck a deer head on. It struck towards the center, but more so on the passenger side. During the… |
| 2025-11-05 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | Hit a deer. Airbags did not deploy, however I have reasonable suspicion to believe my head hit the A pillar during impa… |
| 2025-03-17 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Likely secondary air injection pump and/or its related relays, CEL P2444 came on 3 separate times. November 2024, broug… |
| 2024-11-12 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The current issues with my recently purchased used vehicle are as follows: Clutch, odometer tampering, steering rack, … |
| 2024-10-10 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2017 Subaru WRX. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V522000 (Exterior Lig… |
| 2024-03-08 | BACK OVER PREVENTION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2017 Subaru WRX. The contact stated that while reversing, the reverse back up switch was activated; … |
| 2023-03-03 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | Reverse lights won’t go on, and rear camera won’t turn on in reverse. While in reverse it says I’m in first. |
| 2023-01-31 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2017 Subaru WRX. The contact stated that while shifted into reverse, the rear-view camera and the ba… |
| 2023-01-05 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I have a 2017 Subaru WRX that stalls while driving (including at highway speeds) 2 to 3 times every day on my commute t… |
| 2022-12-18 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | UNKNOWN. Was hit very hard, approximately at 70mph, on rear passenger corner of car, hit caused my vehicle to slide and… |
| 2022-12-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The Direct Injection Engine causes valves to become coated in carbon build-up, unlike indirect injections which constan… |
| 2022-09-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I own a 2017 Subaru WRX. On 8/10/2019 I had the battery replaced at the dealership because it does for no reason. The b… |
| 2022-08-04 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Premature clutch failure due to faulty clutch release fork and bearings. |
| 2022-07-29 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | The contact owns 2017 Subaru WRX. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V522000 (Exterior Light… |
| 2022-06-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Yes | 0 | 1, At about 12000 miles the car's windshield wipers stop working. And did not ever work again for the past several yea… |
| 2022-04-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I have a 2017 model year Subaru and I've gone through 2 batteries and about to get a third one which seems like a lot c… |
| 2021-10-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Vehicle suffers from repeated battery drain issues - continue to replace top of the line batteries in the vehicle becau… |
| 2021-08-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Engine failure on the highway driving 60mph , Rod bearing failed causing engine to be destroyed (new block , new piston… |
| 2021-06-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I had parked my car in front of my house and did not use it for 2 days. When I went to drive the car, it with not turn … |
| 2021-02-04 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | BOUGHT THE CAR AND EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM DEALER USED WITH 33K MILES 11/21/19 A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE I WAS GETT… |
| 2020-12-25 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | MY WINDSHIELD HAS BEEN CRACKED. |
| 2020-12-21 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS CAR SHUT DOWN AND I HAD A VERY HARD TIME STEERING AND BREAKING VEHIC… |
| 2020-12-17 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | I WENT TO START MY CAR AND DISCOVERED THAT MY WINDSHIELD CRACKED DIRECTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD, THERE ISN'T … |
| 2020-12-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Yes | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 SUBARU WRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED, THE CO… |
| 2020-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 1 | MY TIRE IS WORN OUT AFTER I PURCHASE A CAR FROM CARMAX |
| 2020-05-22 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | I PARKED MY CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY AFTER WORK WITHOUT A CRACKED WINDSHIELD. I WENT TO GO TO WORK IN THE MORNING WITH A CRA… |
| 2020-04-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | 3 YEARS OLD CAR. RUST ON WELD SPOT IN ENGINE BAY |
| 2020-01-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAD THE CAR IN 6TH GRADE. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE DASH DISPLAY TELLS ME I'M IN 4TH GEAR INS… |
| 2019-12-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | BATTERY DRAINED VERY QUICKLY. LEAVING CAR UNDRIVEN FOR 5 DAYS WOULD RESULT IN DEAD BATTERY. TOOK INTO DEALERSHIP DEC 20… |
| 2019-12-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | AT 57000 MILES I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE ALMOST MAKING THE CAR SOUND LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE. I TOW… |
| 2019-11-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | PAMPERED 2017 SUBARU WRX, AUTO TRANSMISSION, 61,545 HIGHWAY MILES AND PROOF OF OIL CHANGES BETWEEN 5,000 AND 7,000 MIL… |
| 2019-11-18 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THROW OUT BEARING GAVE OUT TWICE AT WITHIN FEW THOUSAND MILES IN LESS THAN 1 YEAR. VEHICLE WAS LESS THAN 36,000 MILES. … |
| 2019-11-05 | STEERING | No | 0 | I RECENTLY EXPERIENCED A STEERING RACK FAILURE DUE TO LEAKING SEALS ON THE GEAR ASSEMBLY ON MY CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED 2017… |
| 2019-11-03 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | PREMATURE CLUTCH FAILURE AND THROW OUT BEARING FAILURE WITH LESS THAT 50000 MILES |
| 2019-09-04 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Throw-Out bearing design defective flaw for 2015 2016 2017 2018 SUBARU WRX PREMATURE CLUTCH FAILURE. Bearing has been m… |
| 2019-06-20 | SEATS | No | 0 | DRIVER SEAT CUSHIONING HAS COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE METAL FRAME OF THE SEAT AS WELL AS THE MIDDLE PORTION OF THE … |
| 2019-05-12 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | STARTED HAVING A RATTLING NOISE WHILE DEPRESSING THE CLUTCH IN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR. TOOK IT IN TO THE SHOP AND THEY S… |
| 2019-04-27 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | DRIVING AND ON A TURN BETWEEN 35-40 MPH MY WRX FREAKED OUT. THE DASH LIGHT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE, THE LANE TRACKING … |
| 2019-04-27 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 SUBARU WRX. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND WAS UNCON… |
| 2019-04-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 SUBARU WRX. WHILE MAKING TURNS WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO … |
| 2019-02-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Had to replace the battery in 2019, really short life for a 2017 model. |
| 2018-12-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | PREMATURE CLUTCH FAILURE. TSB OUT ON CLUTCH BUT DEALERSHIP WILL NOT PREFORM REPAIRS. NEEDS TO BE A FULL RECALL. NOT CAU… |
| 2018-10-03 | STEERING | No | 0 | I HAVE ISSUES WITH SURGING, AC SYSTEM, SUSPENSION, EXTREME TIRE WEAR, TIRES WEAR UNEVENLY, STEERING ASSIST, INABILITY T… |
| 2018-09-05 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | THE SIDE MIRRORS SHAKE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS RENDERING THEM USELESS. I'VE WORKED WITH THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX THE ISSUE ONLY … |
| 2018-08-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | STALLING. I HAVE A 2017 SUBARU WRX CVT. I WAS AT A RED LIGHT AND THE CAR IDLED HARD AND STALLED, AGAIN THIS IS A CVT NO… |
| 2018-08-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAVE HAD THE CAR MULTIPLE TIMES IDLE HARD THEN DIE BOTH WHEN STOPPED AT STOPLIGHTS AND WHEN COMING TO A STOP. THIS IS… |
| 2018-08-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CLUTCH ON MANUAL TRANSMISSION HAS BURNED OUT TWICE IN 13000 MILES. DEALER BLAMES DRIVER AND IS NOT LOOKING HARD FOR OT… |
| 2018-05-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | SUBWOOFER AND AMP OVERHEATED DURING NORMAL USE CAUSING WIRES TO BURN AND MELT CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT FIRE SAFETY ISSUE. … |
| 2018-05-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THROW OUT BEARING HAS NOW GONE OUT FOR THE 3X. SUBARU OF AMERICA DID EVERYTHING TO NOT REPLACE UNDER WARRANTY. GRIND I… |