There are 3 stored owner reports matching the speed control & cruise leading-label group for the 2009 Subaru WRX in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Loaded 3 of 3 matching reports.
Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)VEHICLE'S GAS PEDAL STICKS IN THE ACCELERATED POSITION CAUSING THE CAR TO SPEED UP ON IT'S OWN SOMETIME NOT ALLOWING ME TO REMOVE IT FROM GEAR(MANUAL TRANSMISSION). THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THE INTERSTATE AND ON CITY STREETS ALMOST CAUSING A ACCIDENT EVERY TIME. AFTER HAVING LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS IT PROMPTED ME TO LOOK INTO THE ISSUE. I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE ONLINE, PAID THE DEALERSHIP TO LOOK AT IT, AND ALSO PAID A INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO LOOK AT IT. WHAT I HAVE RESEARCHED AND WHAT I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANICS ARE THE SAME THING, THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY IS BROKE FROM THE FIREWALL. AFTER DOING FURTHER RESEARCH, THE FIREWALL AND PEDAL ASSEMBLY IS A WELL KNOWN MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND SAFETY ISSUE THAT SUBARU HAS NEVER ADDRESSED. I JUST HOPE I AM ABLE TO GET THE CAR FIXED BEFORE IT KILLS ME. ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS THAT SUBARU HAS NOT STEPPED UP AND OFFERED TO FIX THE ISSUE AS IT'S A WIDESPREAD SAFETY CONCERN.
ON DECEMBER 23RD, I HAD MY SON, TAKE HIS SUBARU WRX TO BROWN'S SUBARU IN MANASSAS, VA FOR AN OIL & FILTER CHANGE AND TO HAVE FIXED AN ANNOYING CLICK SOUND WHICH OCCURS EACH TIME THE CLUTCH PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. BROWN'S DETERMINED THAT THE CLUTCH MOUNTING TO THE FIREWALL WAS CRACKED AND WOULD HAVE TO BE FIXED OR THE CLUTCH & BRAKE PEDALS WOULD BREAK AWAY. I RESEARCHED THE CLUTCH PROBLEM LAST NIGHT. THE CRACK IN THE MOUNTING OF THE CLUTCH TO THE FIREWALL IS A DEFECT KNOWN TO SUBARU OF AMERICA. ALL WRX'S FROM 2008 FORWARD HAVE THIS ISSUE NO RECALL. IF IT IS NOT FIXED, THE CLUTCH PEDAL AND BRAKE WHICH ARE ON THE SAME MOUNTING WILL BREAK AWAY COMPLETELY. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR
I BOUGHT MY SUBARU IN FEBRUARY OF 2013 WITH APPROX 75000 MILES ON THE ODO. I BELIEVE THE DEFECT HAD ALREADY BEEN THERE WHEN I BOUGHT IT AND I HADN'T NOTICED IT UNTIL IT GOT SLIGHTLY WORSE. THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE CLUTCH FLEXES WHEN I PRESS EITHER OF THEM. PRESSING THE CLUTCH WILL MOVE THE BRAKE PEDAL IN THE DOWN POSITION APPROX. 1/3 OF AN INCH SAME WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE WELDS CONNECTING THE PEDAL BRACKET TO THE FIREWALL ARE NOT WELDED CORRECTLY. IT NEEDS TO BE REINFORCED BY SOMETHING ELSE TO ASSURE ME THAT THE CLUTCH AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL NOT MOVE WHILST DRIVING. IT SCARES ME TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE TO AND FROM WORK BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT THESE WELDS WILL BREAK. WHICH WILL MAKE ME UNABLE TO PRESS EITHER PEDAL AND I COULD LOSE MY ABILITY TO CLUTCH AND BRAKE. WHICH COULD RESULT IN ME GOING 70MPH POSSIBLY (INTERSTATE SPEEDS) INTO ANOTHER CAR OR OBSTACLE. OR SIMPLY REAR ENDING SOMEONE IN TRAFFIC OR ROLLING BACK INTO THEM BEING UNABLE TO BRAKE. IF THIS BRACKET BREAKS OFF OF THE BULKHEAD/FIREWALL I WILL HAVE NO BRAKES OR CLUTCH THEN MY CAR BECOMES A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. SOMEONE OR PEOPLE COULD GET HURT IF THIS HAPPENS AND IT COULD. *TR
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Vehicle import recorded: Apr 28, 2026. This is the stored import date, not confirmation that every source was successfully refreshed.