2019 Subaru Impreza
Complaints about this year name exterior lighting far more often than the other years of this generation — 22% of them, about 54× the usual rate of 0.4%.
Generation 4 of the Subaru Impreza, which began in 2017 and ran to 2023. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 193 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 75 |
| Involving a crash | 6 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 28.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- defective — 9.3% of this year's complaints, against 2.4% across the other years of this generation (3.9×). Owners wrote it as: defective, headlamps, months later, specifically.
- already — 7.3% of this year's complaints, against 2.4% across the other years of this generation (3×). Owners wrote it as: already, bought car, owning, windshield subaru.
- long — 6.7% of this year's complaints, against 2.7% across the other years of this generation (2.5×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- amount time — 22% of complaints, 54× usual
- time recall — 22% of complaints, 54× usual
- vin tool — 22% of complaints, 54× usual
What owners wrote
notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V624000 (Exterior Lighting) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notifi…
notification of the NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V624000 (Exterior Lighting) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V587000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 21V264000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 20V218000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 19V743000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 22V624000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Subaru Impreza was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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