NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Subaru Impreza Recalls
The 2016 Subaru Impreza 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 Impreza. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 75
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Subaru Impreza, 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 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 2008–2015 Impreza, 3 other models
2016 Subaru Impreza complaints by year
NHTSA has received 75 owner complaints about the 2016 Subaru Impreza, the newest on April 10, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (9%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Subaru Impreza, the component group named most often is the electrical system (19%), followed by the power train (17%) and the air bags (11%).
The 2016 Subaru Impreza's only recall does not concern the electrical system.
Where 2016 Subaru Impreza owners gave the mileage (41 complaints), the median was 27,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other19
- Electrical System14
- Power Train13
- Air Bags8
- Vehicle Speed Control8
- Service Brakes6
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 16 | |
| 2020 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2016 Subaru Impreza peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 16. 45% 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 Impreza drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Subaru Impreza year in the same window: 11th highest of the 22 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 75 complaints about the 2016 Subaru Impreza are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Impreza by model year
Other 2016 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: April 10, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted