2026 Subaru BRZ

The 2026 Subaru BRZ's Vehicle Privacy Notice, which details extensive data collection and processing practices by Subaru of America, is not mentioned on main product pages and is only discoverable via...

The seatbelt warning chime sounds repeatedly and persistently until the seatbelt is fastened or the car is turned off, even when stopped. Owners find it overly intrusive and annoying.

The auto start-stop feature, which shuts off the engine at stops to save fuel, must be manually disabled each time the car starts as it resets to on by default. Owners find this repetitive process ann...

The car artificially enhances engine sound through cabin speakers, which is excessively loud and cannot be adjusted or disabled via infotainment or controls. Owners describe it as highly annoying.

Safety features produce constant beeps, boops, warnings, and messages that owners find overwhelming. These alerts reset to active every drive, requiring repeated disabling.

Subaru's EyeSight system, including autonomous emergency braking and adaptive cruise, is overly sensitive and activates unnecessarily. This leads to false alarms without actual obstacles.

A weird chiming sound activates when doors are opened while the ignition remains on. Owners want this alert removed as unnecessary.

The Subaru BRZ's infotainment system supports wired Apple CarPlay, but users report frequent disconnections after initial connection or randomly while driving, sometimes failing to charge the phone. T...

When using wired Android Auto on the BRZ infotainment, steering wheel buttons stop working to skip tracks or control media, though they function fine over Bluetooth.

After remote starting the BRZ via the Toyota app, the key fob fails to unlock doors, requiring app unlock instead.

The Toyota remote app fails to start the car on Android devices, showing errors like 'Index 0 Size 0' that persist after reinstall.

Remote start via Toyota app automatically activates A/C at 72°F despite climate settings being disabled in the app.

Toyota remote app climate controls lock fan speed at 1 during remote start setup, with + button unresponsive but - button working to 0.

The BRZ rearview camera displays low-resolution, grainy images resembling 1980s Nintendo graphics.

The BRZ Starlink infotainment system is slow, janky, outdated, and laggy with poor performance and bizarre features.

BRZ infotainment Bluetooth is unreliable and flaky.

The BRZ turn signal stalk has a feather-light return-to-center mechanism causing accidental signals in the wrong direction during lane changes or flashing.

Steering wheel thumb pads are counterintuitively reversed: left controls right-side stereo, right controls left gauge screen.

Air conditioning mode switches back to recirculate from fresh air every time the car is turned off.

The storage compartment button under the armrest opens accidentally from elbow contact while shifting the manual transmission.

Subaru owners worry the vehicle collects and sells driving habit data (braking, speed) to insurance companies, similar to GM's practices with LexisNexis, potentially leading to higher rates.

The Subaru BRZ's infotainment stereo system intermittently produces fizzing and crackling noises before the audio cuts out completely across all speakers. This issue occurs sporadically every few days...

The MySubaru app provides remote start, HVAC controls, and safety features, but requires a paid annual subscription (e.g., $100/year for Safety Plus) after any initial trial ends, with no free access ...

The Toyota app (Remote Connect) enables remote start and other features on the BRZ/GR86 but requires a paid subscription after trial, with frequent complaints of activation failures, expired status er...

Starlink (Subaru's connected services, tied to MySubaru) suffers authentication errors preventing app access to remote features and subscriptions. This blocks core subscription-locked functions like r...

Owners question if MySubaru subscriptions (e.g., Safety Plus $100/year, Security Plus $50/year) are worth renewing given alternatives like AAA and rising costs.

MySubaru features require an active paid subscription for remote commands, alerts, and location services; vehicle data collection continues until explicitly canceled.