Recalls, complaints, and safety data from NHTSA
The 2020 Subaru WRX has 1 recall, 17 complaints, and a 5-star overall safety rating from NHTSA.
1
Recalls
17
Complaints
★★★★★
Safety Rating
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 7, 2026
22V522000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BACK UP LIGHTS:SWITCH
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2015-2021 WRX vehicles. The backup light switch may corrode and become inoperative, which can r...
Overall
★★★★★
Front Crash
★★★★★
Side Crash
★★★★★
Rollover
★★★★★
Rating for: 2020 Subaru WRX 4 DR AWD
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,BACK OVER PREVENTION | The contact owns a 2020 Subaru WRX. The contact stated that while the transmission was shifted into ... |
| Jul 10, 2025 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | The head unit started to delaminate and ghost touching |
| Aug 23, 2024 | POWER TRAIN | 2020 WRX: TR690 (CVT) transmission that the car came equipped with, began leaking between the engin... |
| Aug 3, 2024 | ENGINE | I purchased the vehicle used with 33800 miles and at 34100 the engine stalled and was hard to start,... |
| Jul 30, 2024 | SEAT BELTS | Rear passenger seatbelts fraying. My two children are sitting in the back seat, there is no warning ... |
| Feb 6, 2024 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Parasitic battery problem My car battery keeps dying on my Subaru sti 2020 after one day of not driv... |
| Feb 24, 2023 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | The contact owns a 2020 Subaru WRX. The contact stated while attempting to start the vehicle, the ve... |
| May 23, 2022 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Battery drainage occurring often. I have been left stranded at night time in unsafe areas. The car w... |
| May 17, 2022 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Have had this car since late 2019 around November and it is now 2022 and I'm at 25k miles in my batt... |
| Jan 30, 2022 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | The vehicle seems to randomly die and bog out then all of the lights appear on the dash, I myself ha... |
| Jan 12, 2022 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | Got in the car to drive to work and the front windshield just cracked on its own with nothing hittin... |
| May 17, 2021 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | I have owned the car for ~15 months and driven it for 2500 miles. The battery has failed four times... |
| Feb 16, 2021 | SERVICE BRAKES | UPON APPLYING PARKING BRAKE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE, WHICH IS BEYOND 11 CLICKS AS STATED AS R... |
| Jan 16, 2021 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | SITTING AT A STOPLIGHT, A LOUD POP OCCURS AND WHEN I LOOK BACK, THERE IS A HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE... |
| Jun 1, 2020 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | WINDSHIELD CRACKED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. CAR WAS STATIONARY. |
| Apr 5, 2020 | AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS,SERVICE BRAKES | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2020 SUBARU WRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HE SON WAS DRIVING AT 40 MPH,... |
| Feb 13, 2019 | WHEELS | I HAVE RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2020 SUBARU WRX LIMITED. I HAVE LEARNED BY INSPECTION THAT THE STANDARD ... |