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2013 Subaru BRZ engine problems

47 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine on the 2013 Subaru BRZ73% of all complaints for this model year.

47
Engine complaints
73%
share of all complaints
61,174 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • We took the car into the dealership due to an engine light being on and the recall was something they informed us about and we decided to take care of it all at the same time. We have never recieved safety recall information from Subaru. My Son owned the car prior to us and purchased from Subaru…

    filed Aug 9, 2022

  • Took my 2013 BRZ Limited in for the Valve Spring recall. After work completed I was unable to get my car home before I had severe knocking, CEL, and power failure. Car was at dealership for over a month. After I got it back it's been driven 10k miles and has a rod bearing failure and all the same…

    filed Jan 18, 2022

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.