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What 7 owners told NHTSA about the 2013 Subaru WRX

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (7)Crash / fire / injury (1)Transmission & drivetrain (6)Brakes (2)Body & structure (1)Engine (1)

1 of 7 complaints match · Brakes · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters

Jul 4, 2014BrakesCrash

DRIVING EAST BOUND ON THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY NEAR EXIT 38 IN THE LEFT LANE, SUDDENLY TRAFFIC WAS BECOMING A DEAD STOP AGAIN AND I PRESSED DOWN ON THE FOOT BRAKE AND NOTHING HAPPENED SO I HIT IT AGAIN AND LOOKED TO MAKE SURE I HAD HIT THE CORRECT PEDAL AND THEN AT THE LAST SECOND PULLED THE E-BRAKE BEFORE THE COLLISION DOING ABOUT 35 MPH. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10608211

Working with the data? Download all 7 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 14, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2013 Subaru WRX verdict →