NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Subaru Impreza Recalls
The 2013 Subaru Impreza has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 28, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Subaru Impreza. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 251
- Crashes reported
- 13
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 Subaru Impreza, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2013 Subaru Impreza
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 19V149000
- Reported
- February 28, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,303,530
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2008–2012, 2014–2016 Impreza, 3 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine
- Campaign
- 18V772000
- Reported
- November 1, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 165,534
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2012, 2014 Impreza, 3 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 16V738000
- Reported
- October 13, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 100,127
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2008–2012, 2014 Impreza, 3 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 13V061000
- Reported
- February 25, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 47,419
- Same campaign
- also 2012 Impreza, 3 other models
2013 Subaru Impreza complaints by year
NHTSA has received 251 owner complaints about the 2013 Subaru Impreza, the newest on October 20, 2026. Of these, 13 describe a crash (5%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Subaru Impreza, the component group named most often is the air bags (31%), followed by the engine (30%) and the electrical system (14%).
2 of the 2013 Subaru Impreza's 4 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2013 Subaru Impreza owners gave the mileage (154 complaints), the median was 61,521 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags79
- Engine75
- Electrical System34
- Power Train23
- Service Brakes23
- Unknown Or Other21
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 12 | |
| 2016 | 13 | |
| 2017 | 19 | |
| 2018 | 27 | |
| 2019 | 68 | |
| 2020 | 29 | |
| 2021 | 25 | |
| 2022 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 12 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2013 Subaru Impreza peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 68. 18% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Subaru Impreza drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Subaru Impreza year in the same window: 9th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 251 complaints about the 2013 Subaru Impreza are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Impreza by model year
Other 2013 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: October 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted