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Subaru Impreza · 2018

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

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·21V587000·2021-07-29

    Subaru and Toyota Recall Vehicles for Fuel Pump Failure Risk

    Subaru is recalling certain 2018-2020 models and Toyota 86 vehicles because a fuel pump may fail, causing engine stall and increasing crash risk.

    Product
    SUBARU — SUBARU, TOYOTA OUTBACK, WRX, FORESTER, LEGACY
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·21V264000·2021-04-15

    Subaru Recalls Impreza and Crosstrek for Ignition Coil Short Circuit Risk

    Subaru is recalling 2017-2019 Impreza and 2018-2019 Crosstrek vehicles because the engine control module may keep the ignition coil powered after shutdown, causing a short circuit and potential stall.

    Product
    SUBARU — SUBARU CROSSTREK, IMPREZA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·19V743000·2019-10-18

    Subaru Recalls Impreza and Crosstrek for Electrical Software Defect

    Subaru is recalling 2017-2019 Impreza and 2018-2019 Crosstrek vehicles because a software defect may cause the engine to stall while driving, increasing crash risk.

    Product
    SUBARU — SUBARU IMPREZA, CROSSTREK
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·19V744000·2019-10-17

    Subaru Recalls Impreza and Crosstrek Vehicles for PCV Valve Defect

    Subaru is recalling 2017-2018 Impreza and 2018 Crosstrek vehicles because the PCV valve may break apart, potentially causing a loss of power while driving.

    Product
    SUBARU — SUBARU IMPREZA, 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.

  • 20185/5

    2 trims tested for 2018; 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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