NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Subaru WRX Recalls
The 2020 Subaru WRX has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on July 21, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 Subaru WRX. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 17
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 Subaru WRX, 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 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 2015–2019, 2021 WRX
2020 Subaru WRX complaints by year
NHTSA has received 17 owner complaints about the 2020 Subaru WRX, the newest on October 17, 2025. Of these, 1 describe a crash (6%); owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2020 Subaru WRX, the component group named most often is the electrical system (29%), followed by the engine (18%) and the visibility/wiper (18%).
The 2020 Subaru WRX's only recall does not concern the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System5
- Engine3
- Visibility/Wiper3
- Power Train2
- Seat Belts2
- Service Brakes2
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2020 Subaru WRX peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 4. 65% 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 WRX drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Subaru WRX year in the same window: 9th highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2020 one of the three best-measured Subaru WRX years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 17 complaints about the 2020 Subaru WRX are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru WRX by model year
Other 2020 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: October 17, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted