NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Subaru WRX Recalls
The 2016 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 2016 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
- 31
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
On a 2016 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 2016 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 2015, 2017–2021 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 2015 WRX, 1 other model
Forward collision avoidance: crash imminent braking
- Campaign
- 15V366000
- Reported
- June 12, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 71,710
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
2016 Subaru WRX complaints by year
NHTSA has received 31 owner complaints about the 2016 Subaru WRX, the newest on August 27, 2024. Of these, 1 describe a crash (3%) and 2 a fire.
In complaints about the 2016 Subaru WRX, the component group named most often is the electrical system (32%), followed by the engine (26%) and the power train (13%).
None of the 2016 Subaru WRX's 3 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2016 Subaru WRX owners gave the mileage (18 complaints), the median was 20,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System10
- Engine8
- Unknown Or Other6
- Power Train4
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)2
- Fuel/Propulsion System2
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2016 Subaru WRX peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 7. 48% 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 WRX drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Subaru WRX year in the same window: 8th highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the three best-measured Subaru WRX years.
The 31 complaints about the 2016 Subaru WRX are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru WRX by model year
Other 2016 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: August 27, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted