NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Subaru Impreza Recalls
The 2002 Subaru Impreza has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 6, 2011.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Subaru Impreza. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 292
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Subaru Impreza, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2002 Subaru Impreza
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 11V464000
- Reported
- September 6, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 318,215
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2007 Impreza, 2 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 09V468000
- Reported
- December 4, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,724
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Impreza, 1 other model
Latches/locks/linkages: tailgate: latch
- Campaign
- 08V135000
- Reported
- March 24, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 36,791
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Impreza
Seats
- Campaign
- 04V342000
- Reported
- July 14, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 84,574
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Impreza
Vehicle speed control: cables
- Campaign
- 04V128000
- Reported
- March 16, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 127,580
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004 Impreza, 2 other models
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 02V282000
- Reported
- October 30, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 172,564
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Impreza, 4 other models
2002 Subaru Impreza complaints by year
NHTSA has received 292 owner complaints about the 2002 Subaru Impreza, the newest on August 26, 2022. Of these, 11 describe a crash (4%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Subaru Impreza, the component group named most often is the fuel system, gasoline (30%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (19%) and the suspension (17%).
1 of the 2002 Subaru Impreza's 6 recalls also concerns the fuel system, gasoline.
Where 2002 Subaru Impreza owners gave the mileage (195 complaints), the median was 63,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Fuel System, Gasoline88
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic56
- Suspension49
- Power Train25
- Structure21
- Engine And Engine Cooling19
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 50 | |
| 2003 | 27 | |
| 2004 | 44 | |
| 2005 | 26 | |
| 2006 | 20 | |
| 2007 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 19 | |
| 2009 | 12 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 14 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Subaru Impreza peaked in 2002, when NHTSA received 50. 53% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Subaru Impreza drew 4.0× the complaints of the median Subaru Impreza year in the same window: 1st highest of the 22 ranked years.
That makes 2002 one of the Subaru Impreza years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 292 complaints about the 2002 Subaru Impreza are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Impreza by model year
Other 2002 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: August 26, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted