general problems of the 2015 Subaru Impreza Wrx

The contact owns a 2015 Subaru wrx. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, he heard an abnormal sound coming from the rear of the vehicle. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed failures with the drive belt, front drive axles, rear axle differential seals, and windshield washer reservoir. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 87,000.

I first noticed the car engine began making a loud ticking sound and significantly lost power as I exited the freeway heading toward my home after work. After towing the vehicle to the Subaru dealership, they tore apart the engine and found a connecting rod bearing had failed. It had slid out between the rod and crankshaft and shattered in the oil system sending shards of metal into the engine and all components that the oil touches. Every component that oil touches needed to be replaced. Prior to this problem, maintenance and oil changes were performed according to Subaru's specifications. Had the engine completely failed on the freeway during my commute home (during rush hour traffic) I could have caused an accident and possibly hurt myself and others. Subaru inspected and kept the components that were faulty though they never accepted responsibility for the failure of the components. There was absolutely no indication nor warning signal prior to the failure of the connecting rod bearing. Subaru blamed me for the component failure saying the vehicle was not properly maintained though they never asked me for proof of maintenance. I had to pay $7868 to repair the car to it's original mechanical state.

Defective oem throw-out bearing and fork in the six speed manual transmission completely burning the clutch. I was going up a hill and the car just started rolling back. No gear would work on the car.

The engine blew up around 75k miles, it had blown a rod barring even though the car had been maintained. The clutch prematurly went out causing me to have to replace everything but the flywheel at under 75k miles. The clockspring is bad in the car affecting the horn and air bags. Having to get that replaced as well. The car is currently at a dealership getting everything resolved other than the clutch as thats already been replaced. My safely and others safely were at risk as if the clutch went out while driving, my horn would not work, my airbag light was on flashing and possibly wouldn't deploy in an accident and the engine blowing up due to a thrown rod barring put me at risk as it was on the freeway this happened. You can get all this info on mileage and what has been replaced. This has cost me thousands upon thousands of dollars to fix in the car when none of it should of happened.

I was driving on the highway going up a hill and my Subaru wrx was not shifting correctly. It smelled like burnt rubber and it felt like my vehicle didn't have any power at all so I got off on the nearest exit. I stopped at a stop light, put the vehicle in 1st gear and it would not move at all. I had to push the car out of the road with a strangers help. The car smelled like burnt rubber and it put me in a very dangerous situation. Car was towed to the nearest Subaru dealership and they said the clutch and flywheel needed to be replaced. I called the dealer where I purchased the vehicle and they said that they already replaced the clutch and flywheel before I bought the vehicle at 27,000 miles. When my clutch went out, my vehicle had 35,000 miles on it and now Subaru doesnt want to pay for this clutch. So now I am on my 3rd clutch at 35,000 miles. Its obvious that this is a common problem with other owners. In fact, Subaru even knows about this issue. They have issued two service bulletins (design changes) for the clutch's in their 2014-2017 Subaru wrxs. My guess is, they know this is a problem and they are trying to cover it up. I never would have purchased this vehicle if I knew about this issue and I will never purchase a Subaru again.

The clutch keeps going bad in a few thousand miles under normal use. This is the second time only after 2000 miles. Subaru tells me I abuse the clutch and don't know how to drive. I have driven only manual transmission cars, never had any problems before with any car. This Subaru has a bad clutch which they won't accept.

At 300 rpm car made loud sounds and died side of highway. Had to be towed 100 miles. Also had oil issue - went through a lot of oil.

I am a 44 year old woman, driving a 2015 wrx. I have only owned and driven manual transmissions my entire life. My last car, a Mazda 3, I drove to 110,000 miles and the clutch never went out. My 2015 wrx is at 22,000 and the clutch is being replaced. A bearing went bad and did damage to the clutch. The dealership is putting a new clutch in the vehicle.

Son had just purchased car. Took the car to an area which had an unplowed parking area to test the handling of the car in the snow. Car died while driving and there was an immediate strong smell of the clutch burning. Could not start the car with the car in gear and the clutch pushed in. Car would only start in neutral. When car started could not get the car to go into gear. Was able to get the car push started and driven approx. 0. 2 miles to a secure area and then had car towed to dealership where the clutch was found to be burned out. Dealership claims it was driver's error but they sent pictures to me and it looks like the damage does not line up with what they say the problem was.