NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Subaru Impreza Recalls
The 2005 Subaru Impreza has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 13, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 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
- 75
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 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 2005 Subaru Impreza
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 23V076000
- Reported
- February 13, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 130
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2004 Impreza, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V001000
- Reported
- January 2, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 258,813
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2004, 2006–2011 Impreza, 6 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V002000
- Reported
- January 2, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 127,547
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2004, 2006–2011 Impreza, 6 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V003000
- Reported
- January 2, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 111,562
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2004, 2006–2011 Impreza, 6 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 15V323000
- Reported
- May 28, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 432,016
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2004 Impreza, 4 other models
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 2002–2004, 2006–2007 Impreza, 2 other models
2005 Subaru Impreza complaints by year
NHTSA has received 75 owner complaints about the 2005 Subaru Impreza, the newest on January 24, 2025. Of these, 10 describe a crash (13%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2005 Subaru Impreza, the component group named most often is the suspension (23%), followed by the air bags (16%) and the fuel/propulsion system (12%).
1 of the 2005 Subaru Impreza's 6 recalls also concerns the suspension.
Where 2005 Subaru Impreza owners gave the mileage (64 complaints), the median was 72,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Suspension17
- Air Bags12
- Fuel/Propulsion System9
- Fuel System, Gasoline8
- Structure6
- Engine5
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Subaru Impreza peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 13. 28% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Subaru Impreza drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Subaru Impreza year in the same window: 14th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 75 complaints about the 2005 Subaru Impreza are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Impreza by model year
Other 2005 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: January 24, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted