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Subaru Impreza · 2012

6 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V738000·2016-10-13

    Subaru Recalls Turbocharged Vehicles for Fire Risk from Pump Relay

    Subaru is recalling certain 2007-2014 vehicles with turbocharged engines because a failing relay may cause the air injection pump to overheat and melt, increasing the risk of a fire.

    Product
    SUBARU — SUBARU OUTBACK, LEGACY, IMPREZA, FORESTER
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·19V149000·2019-02-28

    Subaru Recalls Vehicles for Brake Light Switch Malfunction Risk

    Subaru is recalling specific Impreza, WRX, Forester, and Crosstrek models because a faulty brake light switch may prevent lights from working or the vehicle from starting.

    Product
    SUBARU — SUBARU IMPREZA, WRX, FORESTER, CROSSTREK
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·18V772000·2018-11-01

    Subaru and Scion Recall Issued for Engine Valve Spring Fracture Risk

    Subaru and Toyota are recalling specific 2012-2014 Impreza, BRZ, XV Crosstrek, and FR-S models because engine valve springs may fracture, potentially causing an engine stall that increases crash risk.

    Product
    SCION — SCION, SUBARU FR-S, BRZ, XV CROSSTREK, IMPREZA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15V419000·2015-07-01

    Subaru Recalls 2012 Impreza Vehicles Due to Passenger Air Bag Defect

    Subaru is recalling 2012 Impreza vehicles because the Occupant Detection System may deactivate, preventing the front passenger air bag from deploying in a crash.

    Product
    SUBARU — SUBARU IMPREZA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·13V061000·2013-02-25

    Subaru Recalls Vehicles with Faulty Remote Engine Starter Fobs

    Subaru is recalling certain 2010-2013 vehicles equipped with Audiovox remote engine starter accessories because the fobs may malfunction and start the engine without user input.

    Product
    SUBARU — SUBARU OUTBACK, LEGACY, IMPREZA, XV CROSSTREK
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

  • 20124/5

    2 trims tested for 2012; overall ratings can differ by trim.

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Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • PE15012 Preliminary Evaluation · air bags:frontal

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2008 · powertrain 66 complaints, median 65,453 mi
  • 2013 · airbags 65 complaints, median 57,000 mi
  • 2019 · visibility 58 complaints, median 10,300 mi
  • 2020 · visibility 53 complaints, median 7,000 mi
  • 2014 · airbags 35 complaints, median 50,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

1,448 manufacturer service bulletins across 22 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.8/5 · 1 complaints
  • 2025: 4.6/5 · 5 complaints
  • 2024: 4.0/5 · 31 complaints · most complained-of: visibility
  • 2023: 4.4/5 · 4 complaints
  • 2022: 4.3/5 · 12 complaints

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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