NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Subaru Impreza Recalls
The 2006 Subaru Impreza has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 2, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Subaru Impreza. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 10
- Owner complaints
- 56
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Subaru Impreza, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
10 recalls on the 2006 Subaru Impreza
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 2004–2005, 2007–2011 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 2004–2005, 2007–2011 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 2004–2005, 2007–2011 Impreza, 6 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V026000
- Reported
- January 11, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 69,529
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2009 Impreza, 5 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V014000
- Reported
- January 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 53,480
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2011 Impreza, 6 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V016000
- Reported
- January 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 62,764
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2008 Impreza, 3 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V358000
- Reported
- May 25, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 302,127
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2011 Impreza, 6 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V359000
- Reported
- May 25, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 146,010
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2008 Impreza, 5 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 2002–2005, 2007 Impreza, 2 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 07V043000
- Reported
- February 12, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,004
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2006 Subaru Impreza complaints by year
NHTSA has received 56 owner complaints about the 2006 Subaru Impreza, the newest on June 27, 2025. Of these, 3 describe a crash (5%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Subaru Impreza, the component group named most often is the air bags (36%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (13%) and the power train (13%).
9 of the 2006 Subaru Impreza's 10 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2006 Subaru Impreza owners gave the mileage (34 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags20
- Engine And Engine Cooling7
- Power Train7
- Engine5
- Fuel/Propulsion System4
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic4
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2006 Subaru Impreza peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 8. 29% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Subaru Impreza drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Subaru Impreza year in the same window: 18th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 56 complaints about the 2006 Subaru Impreza are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Impreza by model year
Other 2006 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: June 27, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted