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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2020 Subaru Impreza Recalls

The 2020 Subaru Impreza has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on July 29, 2021.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 Subaru Impreza. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
1

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
85

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
2

2 fires

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

overall, 5 stars max

On a 2020 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 2020 Subaru Impreza

Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump

Campaign
21V587000
Reported
July 29, 2021
Vehicles affected
up to 175,968
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2018–2019 Impreza, 7 other models

21V587000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2020 Subaru Impreza complaints by year

NHTSA has received 85 owner complaints about the 2020 Subaru Impreza, the newest on June 24, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (2%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.

In complaints about the 2020 Subaru Impreza, the component group named most often is the visibility/wiper (61%), followed by the service brakes (6%) and the electrical system (5%).

The 2020 Subaru Impreza's only recall does not concern the visibility/wiper.

Where 2020 Subaru Impreza owners gave the mileage (42 complaints), the median was 7,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Visibility/Wiper52
  • Unknown Or Other17
  • Service Brakes5
  • Electrical System4
  • Visibility4
  • Air Bags3

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2020 Subaru Impreza received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20191
202025
202126
202212
20238
20246
20253
20264

Complaints about the 2020 Subaru Impreza peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 26. 85% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 Subaru Impreza drew 2.8× the complaints of the median Subaru Impreza year in the same window: 4th highest of the 22 ranked years.

That makes 2020 one of the Subaru Impreza years to avoid by our method.

Subaru Impreza years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: ★★★★★
  • Frontal: 5/5
  • Side: 5/5
  • Rollover: 5/5

The 85 complaints about the 2020 Subaru Impreza are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Subaru Impreza by model year

Other 2020 Subaru models

Newest record on this page: June 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted