Subaru BRZ — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 3,435 evidence records for the Subaru BRZ (2013–2026), drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 260 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Engine136 (52.3%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2013.
- Fuel system20 (7.7%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2018–2019.
- Electrical system10 (3.8%)
- Lights10 (3.8%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2022.
- Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)10 (3.8%)
- Visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors)10 (3.8%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2018.
Other / uncategorized: 24 classifications (9.2%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.
These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.
What the records are about, by source
Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.
- Owner complaints (202 records, model years 2013–2024) are most frequently classified under: engine, fuel system and visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors).
- Manufacturer communications (3,213 records, model years 2013–2026) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.
"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records
Mileage reported when the issue occurred
- 128reports included a mileage
- 52,430average of those mileages
This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.
Evidence by model year
Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.
- 2013 433 records for 2013
- 2014 245 records for 2014
- 2015 211 records for 2015
- 2016 193 records for 2016
- 2017 197 records for 2017
- 2018 261 records for 2018
- 2019 283 records for 2019
- 2020 214 records for 2020
- 2022 214 records for 2022
- 2023 161 records for 2023
- 2024 123 records for 2024
- 2025 23 records for 2025
- 2026 24 records for 2026
Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.
Reports mentioning outcomes
- 4mention a crash
- 6mention a fire
These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.
Official records held
- Safety recalls NHTSA 11
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 3,213
- Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 9
- Owner complaints NHTSA 202
Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle
These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.
A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.
Where to go next
- Subaru BRZ coverage hub Published problems, year windows and buyer guidance for this model.
- Evidence Explorer — the underlying records Read the individual recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications and complaints these counts come from.
- Browse all vehicle coverage Every make and model CarFaultIQ has published coverage for.