NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Subaru WRX Recalls
The 2015 Subaru WRX has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 21, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 Subaru WRX. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 52
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2015 Subaru WRX, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2015 Subaru WRX
Exterior lighting: back up lights: switch
- Campaign
- 22V522000
- Reported
- July 21, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 59,934
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2016–2021 WRX
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 17V625000
- Reported
- October 6, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 9,178
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2015 Subaru WRX
Engine and engine cooling: engine: gasoline: turbo/supercharger
- Campaign
- 16V162000
- Reported
- March 21, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 18,187
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2016 WRX, 1 other model
2015 Subaru WRX complaints by year
NHTSA has received 52 owner complaints about the 2015 Subaru WRX, the newest on March 5, 2024. Of these, 2 describe a crash (4%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2015 Subaru WRX, the component group named most often is the engine (35%), followed by the power train (35%) and the electrical system (12%).
1 of the 2015 Subaru WRX's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2015 Subaru WRX owners gave the mileage (40 complaints), the median was 28,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine18
- Power Train18
- Electrical System6
- Exterior Lighting5
- Fuel/Propulsion System5
- Unknown Or Other5
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2015 Subaru WRX peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 9. 54% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Subaru WRX drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Subaru WRX year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 9 ranked years.
The 52 complaints about the 2015 Subaru WRX are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru WRX by model year
Other 2015 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: March 5, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted