NHTSA data · free2022 Subaru ImprezaProblems: Top Complaints, Recalls & Failures (NHTSA)
Every owner complaint and safety recall the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has on file for the 2022 Subaru Impreza, ranked by the component that failed most.
Complaints on file
14
Recalls issued
1
Crashes reported
0
Fires reported
2
What breaks most
- Power Train4 complaints · 28.6%
- Visibility/Wiper3 complaints · 21.4%
- Service Brakes2 complaints · 14.3%
- Steering2 complaints · 14.3%
- Wheels1 complaints · 7.1%
Recalls on this model year
- Visibility › Windshield
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2022 Impreza and Outback vehicles. The incorrect paint clearcoat may have been applied, which can cause the windshield to be insufficiently bonded to the vehicle. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Veh
Campaign 22V712000 · reported 22/09/2022 · recall work is free at any franchised dealer
What owners report
Power Train
- total failure of brake booster at 49.5k miles, caused air leak in engine intake system, which caused lean run and burning more fuel and failure of air/fuel ratio sensor.
- Front wheels locked up while doing 75 miles an hour. Per shop the transmission locked up. There were no signs of transmission failure car ran perfectly fine and had been serviced and new tires 7 days
- To start of with the steering seems to loosen up while driving, it's hard to explain but while driving the vehicle it is very noticable that the car is jurking side to side , if your used to a certain
Visibility/Wiper
- Windshield cracked spontaneously at the middle base of the windshield in a perfect arch. Crack appears to be on the inside of the glass. No impacts or anything hit the windshield, no reason for this t
- Windshield suddenly cracked on the freeway not due to rocks or anything, and has since spread dramatically. Visibility is affected as the sun will glisten throughout driving and all of the cracks almo
- I turn my vehicle on while am waiting to car to get warm i turn on the heat the windshield crack by it self
Service Brakes
- total failure of brake booster at 49.5k miles, caused air leak in engine intake system, which caused lean run and burning more fuel and failure of air/fuel ratio sensor.
- The vehicle's rear brake lines (both left rear and right rear) had ballooning present. The issue was initially identified by an independent mechanic during brake pad and rotor replacement on all four
Steering
- To start of with the steering seems to loosen up while driving, it's hard to explain but while driving the vehicle it is very noticable that the car is jurking side to side , if your used to a certain
- I picked up my vehicle that was made to order from the factory on 2/18/22. I drove the car for 12 days and found the steering to be over sensitive. The steering wheel felt disconnected from the car.
Wheels
- I purchased the car brand new from the dealership. The vehicle had two bent rims in the first two years. I replaced those rims with brand new rims from the Subaru dealership, but those first bent rims
Excerpts are anonymized owner complaints as filed with NHTSA, trimmed to 200 characters.
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