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Subaru BRZ

Every Subaru BRZ model year on file, 2013 to 2026. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years1014 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years142013 to 2026
Recall campaigns5Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins2,654Summed across model years
By model year

The 2013 model year drew the most complaints, 64, 63% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

020406080201364201520172019202120232026
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Engine and cooling leads the Subaru BRZ complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling
68
Fuel system
10
Electrical system
5
Visibility and wipers
5
Lighting
5
Powertrain
5
Brakes
4
Adaptive equipment
2
Structure
2
Seats
2
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Subaru BRZ model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Subaru BRZ by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2026Not decoded0NoneNone0028
2025Not decoded0NoneNone0027
2024Coupe30.010000124
2023Coupe10.05000164
2022Coupe100.025010206
2021Not decoded0NoneNone00131
2020Coupe20.010000216
2019Coupe10.03310284
2018Coupe10.05020260
2017Coupe714.317500194
2016Coupe333.310000194
2015Coupe30.06000212
2014Coupe616.712000243
2013Coupe641.680020371
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Subaru BRZ

  • 23V-609 Aug 31, 2023
    Rear turn signals may intermittently become inoperative
    Lighting · 8,915 vehicles
  • 21V-587 Jul 29, 2021
    Low-pressure fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail
    Fuel system · 176k vehicles
  • 18V-935 Dec 31, 2018
    In the affected vehicles, a software issue may cause the audio display system to not initialize, resulting in the camera display remaining blank
    Visibility and wipers · 71k vehicles
  • 18V-772 Nov 1, 2018
    Engine valve springs in these vehicles may fracture causing an engine malfunction or a possible engine stall
    Engine and cooling · 166k vehicles
  • 12V-254 Jun 5, 2012
    Owner’s manual contains an inaccurate description of the actual operation of the front passenger occupant classification system
    Equipment · 1,886 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.