The Recall Desk

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Subaru Xv Crosstrek · 2013

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

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  • 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·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.

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.

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2015 · powertrain 24 complaints, median 58,000 mi
  • 2014 · electrical 21 complaints, median 59,600 mi
    Includes 2 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2013 · powertrain 20 complaints, median 66,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

242 manufacturer service bulletins across 4 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2015: 3.8/5 · 99 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2014: 3.9/5 · 107 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2013: 3.8/5 · 96 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain

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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