2018 SUBARU WRX — Complaint #2177744
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NHTSA Complaint about VISIBILITY/WIPER filed February 17, 2026
NHTSA complaint #2177744 (ODI reference 11718606) concerns a 2018 SUBARU WRX and was filed on February 17, 2026. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 5, 2026. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as visibility/wiper, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same SUBARU WRX cohort independently describe similar visibility/wiper failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2018 SUBARU WRX shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
2/17/2026 Mileage 96,000 Subaru case number Case # 260217-2101937 Vehicle intermittently indicates reverse gear while driving forward at speed. Backup camera activates and reverse lights illuminate while in forward motion. This condition matches NHTSA Recall 22V-522000. The recall repair was previously performed but the safety defect persists. Manufacturer was contacted and declined further repair despite active safety condition.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2177744 |
| ODI Number | 11718606 |
| Date Filed | February 17, 2026 |
| Failure Date | January 5, 2026 |
| VIN | JF1VA2M63J9 |
Similar VISIBILITY/WIPER Complaints for 2018 SUBARU WRX
WOKE UP ONE DAY TO MY WINDSHIELD HAVING A SMALLER CRACK THAT WAS NOT THERE BEFORE. WAS A COLD NIGHT CRACK HAS SPREAD, ASKED SUBARU IF THEY WOULD COVER THE COST THEY DIDN'T BUT ITS A KNOWN DEFECT IN SU
WINDSHIELD CHIPPED/CRACKED WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY.
THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY WHEN THE WIND SHIELD CRACKED ALONG THE MOST SUPERIOR BORDER OF THE WINDSHIELD. THERE WAS NOTHING VISIBLE OR AUDIBLE THAT HAD CAUSED THE WINDSHIELD TO CRACK DURIN
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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