2019 Subaru WRX — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 417 evidence records for the 2019 Subaru WRX, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 46 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Electrical system15 (32.6%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2012–2015.
- Engine12 (26.1%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2015–2016.
- Fuel system3 (6.5%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2018–2019.
- Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)2 (4.3%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2023.
- Visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors)2 (4.3%)
- Air bags (restraint system)1 (2.2%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 2012.
Other / uncategorized: 7 classifications (15.2%) 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 (596 records, model years 2012–2025) are most frequently classified under: engine, electrical system and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
- Manufacturer communications (4,393 records, model years 2012–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories 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
Evidence by model year
Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.
- 2012 233 records for 2012
- 2015 494 records for 2015
- 2016 456 records for 2016
- 2017 457 records for 2017
- 2018 404 records for 2018
- 2019 417 records for 2019
- 2020 314 records for 2020
- 2021 233 records for 2021
- 2022 270 records for 2022
- 2023 206 records for 2023
- 2024 174 records for 2024
- 2025 40 records for 2025
- 2026 29 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.
Official records held
- Safety recalls NHTSA 2
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 384
- Owner complaints NHTSA 31
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 WRX 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.
- All model years of the Subaru WRX Compare how much evidence is held for each year before narrowing to one.
- Browse all vehicle coverage Every make and model CarFaultIQ has published coverage for.