Subaru BRZ

Owners filed 101 complaints across 11 model years of the Subaru BRZ. The 2013 drew the most (64).

Model years11
Complaints101
Recalls6
Fires3
Deaths0

Which Subaru BRZ years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Subaru BRZ model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Subaru BRZ model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20243
0——EngineRoutine
20231
0——EngineRoutine
202210
1——EngineRoutine
20202
0——Visibility/WiperRoutine
20191
1——EngineRoutine
20181
2——Engine and Engine CoolingRoutine
20177
011Unknown or OtherRoutine
20163
0—1Unknown or OtherRoutine
20153
0——EngineRoutine
20146
01—EngineRoutine
201364
21—EngineRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.