NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Subaru Crosstrek Recalls
The 2016 Subaru Crosstrek has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on February 28, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Subaru Crosstrek. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 132
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Subaru Crosstrek, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2016 Subaru Crosstrek
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 2013, 2017 Crosstrek, 3 other models
2016 Subaru Crosstrek complaints by year
NHTSA has received 132 owner complaints about the 2016 Subaru Crosstrek, the newest on September 29, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (3%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2016 Subaru Crosstrek, the component group named most often is the electrical system (28%), followed by the power train (14%) and the engine (11%).
The 2016 Subaru Crosstrek's only recall does not concern the electrical system.
Where 2016 Subaru Crosstrek owners gave the mileage (78 complaints), the median was 38,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System37
- Unknown Or Other34
- Power Train18
- Engine14
- Steering13
- Fuel/Propulsion System8
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 13 | |
| 2019 | 32 | |
| 2020 | 25 | |
| 2021 | 16 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 12 | |
| 2024 | 10 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2016 Subaru Crosstrek peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 32. 42% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Subaru Crosstrek drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Subaru Crosstrek year in the same window: 6th highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the three best-measured Subaru Crosstrek years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 132 complaints about the 2016 Subaru Crosstrek are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Crosstrek by model year
Other 2016 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: September 29, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted