2016 Subaru Impreza problems
Owners have filed 108 complaints about the 2016 Subaru Impreza with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 13% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of power train at 12%. A further 17.6% were filed without a specific system named.
Complaints108
Crashes14
Fires0
Injuries2
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Unknown or other 17.6% · 19
Electrical system 13.0% · 14
Power train 12.0% · 13
Air bags 9.3% · 10
Vehicle speed control 7.4% · 8
Service brakes 5.6% · 6
Steering 4.6% · 5
Visibility/wiper 3.7% · 4
Severity
Of those complaints, 14 describe a crash and 2 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 12 model years of the Subaru Impreza in this data, 2016 draws comparatively few complaints; 2013 is the outlier year.
Filings have fallen off, 11 in the last three years against 32 in the three before. The issues here may already have been addressed.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 27,000 miles.
In owners' own words
Key locks into ignition and vehicle needs to be restarted and the shift moved from park position back to park position a few times before the key will release. I have seen many complaints online regarding this issue ie. Failing lock cylinder/park sensor problems. Will there be an investigation into this and a possible recall? My car has less than 50,000m on it. Electrical system · reported at 45,000 miles
Car is struggling to start, and battery has bee draining at least once a week but never got a battery low light. Have been driving it every week day for about 5-10 miles consistently. Took it to autozone & they ran some tests, said there is no power leak and the battery is still in good condition. However the battery still is draining. Electrical system
The variable fan speed control for the cabin air melted. The dial could no longer be moved and the assembly, once removed, had parts that were melted. Subaru was not interested. Cost me $1200 to get it fixed. Unfortunately, I cannot locate any pictures. Electrical system
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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