Subaru Impreza STI

Owners filed 36 complaints across 2 model years of the Subaru Impreza STI. The 2008 drew the most (33).

Model years2
Complaints36
Recalls2
Fires0
Deaths0

Which Subaru Impreza STI years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Subaru Impreza STI 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 Impreza STI model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20093
1——Engine and Engine Cooling › EngineRoutine
200833
1—1Power TrainRoutine

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