2013 Subaru Impreza — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 344 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Air bags (restraint system)96 (27.9%)Official recall records for this system: 31, covering model years 1995–2014.
• Engine76 (22.1%)Official recall records for this system: 10, covering model years 2004–2019.
• Electrical system33 (9.6%)Official recall records for this system: 15, covering model years 2006–2024.
• Brakes25 (7.3%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 2008–2023.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)23 (6.7%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 2002–2024.
• Steering14 (4.1%)

Other / uncategorized: 21 classifications (6.1%) 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 (5,291 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), engine and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
• Safety recalls (226 records, model years 1995–2024) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), lights and electrical system.
• Transport Canada recalls (178 records, model years 1995–2024) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), electrical system and fuel system.
• Manufacturer communications (9,033 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.
• Investigations (30 records, model years 1995–2012) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), fuel system and suspension.

"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

• 155reports included a mileage
• 60,866average 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.

1. 1995 74 records for 1995 74
2. 1996 44 records for 1996 44
3. 1997 61 records for 1997 61
4. 1998 58 records for 1998 58
5. 1999 63 records for 1999 63
6. 2000 117 records for 2000 117
7. 2001 120 records for 2001 120
8. 2002 477 records for 2002 477
9. 2003 222 records for 2003 222
10. 2004 312 records for 2004 312
11. 2005 268 records for 2005 268
12. 2006 209 records for 2006 209
13. 2007 218 records for 2007 218
14. 2008 445 records for 2008 445
15. 2009 344 records for 2009 344
16. 2010 289 records for 2010 289
17. 2011 321 records for 2011 321
18. 2012 772 records for 2012 772
19. 2013 761 records for 2013 761
20. 2014 502 records for 2014 502
21. 2015 497 records for 2015 497
22. 2016 428 records for 2016 428
23. 2017 692 records for 2017 692
24. 2018 671 records for 2018 671
25. 2019 718 records for 2019 718
26. 2020 479 records for 2020 479
27. 2021 323 records for 2021 323
28. 2022 258 records for 2022 258
29. 2023 210 records for 2023 210
30. 2024 233 records for 2024 233
31. 2025 126 records for 2025 126
32. 2026 36 records for 2026 36

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

• 13mention a crash
• 7mention a fire
• 4mention an injury

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 4
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 499
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 9
• Owner complaints NHTSA 249

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0301 in 3 records
• P0302 in 3 records
• P0303 in 3 records
• C0071 in 2 records
• C0076 in 2 records
• P0017 in 2 records
• P0019 in 2 records
• P0128 in 2 records
• P0340 in 2 records
• P0341 in 2 records
• P0345 in 2 records
• P0365 in 2 records

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.