4 complaints reported

2020 Subaru WRX Electrical System

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
4
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Jul 2025

Parasitic battery problem My car battery keeps dying on my Subaru sti 2020 after one day of not driving. I have had the car checked with Subaru dealership and a local shop but no issues were found. This morning I had to get my car jumped again after not driving it for one day. This battery was purchased brand new on nov 2024.At this point I am not sure what to do. I don’t want to keep changing batteries every 3 months. Already contacted Subaru America and they have asked me to go back to the dealership and have them provide a diagnostic assessment.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2020 SUBARU WRX, Manufacturer: Subaru of America, Inc.
Incident: Jun 2024
Mar 2023

The contact owns a 2020 Subaru WRX. The contact stated while attempting to start the vehicle, the vehicle would not start. The vehicle was diagnosed by the dealer but no cause for the failure was found. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and the contact was informed that telematics control module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 20,000.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2020 SUBARU WRX, Manufacturer: Subaru of America, Inc.
Incident: Feb 2023
May 2022

Have had this car since late 2019 around November and it is now 2022 and I'm at 25k miles in my battery is already failing I have had it tested and the cold cranking amps are why below where they should be causing the car not be able to start at time . I've had other car batteries that lasted long than 2 and a half years.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2020 SUBARU WRX, Manufacturer: Subaru of America, Inc.
Incident: May 2022
May 2021

I have owned the car for ~15 months and driven it for 2500 miles. The battery has failed four times. Each time Subaru has replaced the battery under warranty and told me that nothing is wrong and that the car simply needs to be driven more. I now see that this is a systemic problem for Subarus (e.g. https://www.torquenews.com/1084/subaru-battery-drain-lawsuit-new-claims-now-include-forester-wrx-and-legacy) A recall is needed to force Subaru to address this problem.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2020 SUBARU WRX, Manufacturer: Subaru of America, Inc.
Incident: May 2021

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Quick Summary

The 2020 Subaru WRX has 4 Electrical System complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.