2025 Subaru Crosstrek Consumer Reviews
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Base - $27,980 MSRP
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$26,76510 for sale near you
Prices based on sales in WA thru 9/1/25
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We have a limited number of reviews for the 2025 Crosstrek, so we've included reviews for other years of the Crosstrek since its last redesign.
Crosstrek Sport Tougher and Sassier
Patrick Young, 08/05/2024
2024 Subaru Crosstrek Sport 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
The 2024 Crosstrek is improved in several aspects from my previous 2021 model. Acceleration is smoother, the engine has more power, the newly designed infotainment screen is better, and road noise is lessened through increased noise-deadening insulation. I chose the Crosstrek Sport trim level which has cool yellow-gold exterior accents and water-repellent upholstery with contrast stitching.
Fills Our Needs to a T
AnXRockStar, 06/15/2024
updated 12/17/2024
2024 Subaru Crosstrek Premium 4dr SUV AWD (2.0L 4cyl CVT)
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
We just finished the break-in period, so this is still kind of preliminary, but wow, I'm thoroughly impressed. We've always preferred small cars, but after we redid the driveway at the same time the city redid the sidewalks, there was never enough ground clearance. No matter how slow and at what angle we tried, every time we pulled in, "scraaape!" Add to that, the collection of cracks, potholes and expansion joints that they call "roads" around here (rural upper Midwest) and the small cars that we were driving just no longer cut it. This one replaces a Dodge Dart, that actually handled the rough terrain better than the mid-sized SUV that's my work car. The Dart was a comfortable, quick and well mannered car, but was getting a little long in tooth and the electronics really couldn't be updated. This Crosstrek has most of the same feel... the passenger compartment has virtually the same dimensions, and on the road, the fact that this one is a little bit more top heavy is offset by the full time AWD. A little smoother on rough roads and about the same cornering. A little more ground clearance; we still have to be careful, but it's much easier to pull into the driveway without bottoming. (The deciding factor between this one and the Legacy.) I'm about 6'1" and "all leg" yet I have the power seat set a little bit forward of all the way back; the Dart had manual seats and I drove that one a notch forward as well. This one has a little less power, especially since we have the smaller engine, but that's somewhat offset by the CVT. We're old enough that we don't need something that can go to the track on weekends, so the 2.0 is plenty "peppy" (heavy on the condescension) for us, but I would recommend the 2.5 for most people. But it's by no means under powered. All that in a package that is reasonably priced and even my wife thinks it's attractive. When I was doing my research, my technophobe wife kept complaining about "all [my] gadgets" but everything (except the moon roof which was part of a package) helps with safety. Years ago, I had a car that took a little while to notice, but you could hide a Navy capital ship in the blind spot. This one has pretty good visibility, but the blind spot monitoring helps make up for us getting older. Same with the auto-dimming mirrors. (Late spring and no night driving yet, so I can't rate their effectiveness, but in the garage you can see them working.) The infotainment center is complete and easy to navigate, the center display in the instrument cluster has all the information you need at a glance. The LED headlights and fog lights last longer and light better than the halogen type they replace, (again, confirmed in the garage) but that brings us to the next paragraph... The car does have a few minor "quirks" and one thing I would consider a significant "ding." LED headlights, fog lights and third brake light, but way too many incandescent bulbs. Don't get that design choice. The cup holders are kind of oddly placed. I put a phone holder/charger in one and regularly bump it. The heated seats (YAY!!!) have rockers rather than momentary switches that don't reset when the car is turned off. The cruise power button doubles as a cancel button, and since it's graphically marked, it took a while to figure out. I don't get why there has to be a power button in the first place. Either you engage it or don't, right? But everyone does it so it's probably some sort of regulation. 160MPH speedometers aren't endearing to me... I get it, stepper motor based gauges don't have infinite resolution and you want to display one step per MPH, but seriously, it reduces resolution in the range that you actually spend the most time driving, and can you imagine this conversation? "Sorry officer, but that couldn't have been me you clocked at 152, my speedometer said I was only going 147." This one is angled so a normal driving range is near the top making it more useful than mid-scale on top. But it seems that a glass dash would be less expensive at today's level of tech. The fuel door arrow points to the left with a fuel pump icon to its left. To me that means that the fuel door is on the left of the car and the pump should be on your left. It's on the passenger side. I prefer that, but apparently the icon means that the door is on the right because it's pointing to the right side of the pump icon. (My SUV is the other way, but the same thing, the icon points to the right when the door is on the left.) No dedicated sunglasses holder. Not a big deal, but so universal it seems an odd omission. One puzzling thing, I have a remote on the outside lights on my garage. Even though it's not rated for use with Home Link, it worked with my SUV. I can't get it to pair with the Crosstrek. Again, not rated to work with Home Link, but that's a third-party item and it seems weird that it works with one but not the other. The one significant ding, to me however, is the fabric on the seats, while comfortable, is already showing some fraying. I wear cargo pants and I think it's the hook-and-loop strips on the pocket flaps, but none of my other cars, or even home furniture, have ever done that. At least not at this young of an age. As well made as this car is, that one's kind of heartbreaking. There are some covers available as accessories, when I bring the car in for service I'll look into them. Expensive compared to the big box store versions, I'll stick to Subaru's if for no other reason than there are supplemental air bags in the seats and my guess is the Subaru designed ones are designed around that. Aftermarket ones may be as well, but I'd rather not risk finding out the hard way. Bottom line? This is the best designed and best built car I've ever owned. It's actually my wife's car, and I'm more than a little jealous. (But I drive when we're both in the car, so there's that.) Small by today's standards, but comfortable and with an array of convenience and safety features, and a nice array of trim levels. 5* for sure. FWIW: Not a factor in my final decision, but got me to look into Subaru in the first place was the dog family commercials. Minor Update: I have found one thing that I don't like. The cruise control is a little too quick to hit the brakes. I'm driving, not flying the Vomit Comet, after all. That's not just the traffic sensing feature, but any little change in terrain or wind. Besides wasting gas and wearing the brakes quicker than they otherwise would, the flashing brake lights mean that traffic behind needs an extra second or two to realize that I'm actually stopping, not just flashing the brake lights. That makes that particular safety feature actually LESS safe. Next service I'll ask if there's a software setting to adjust that, but I'm doubtful.
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Subaru 2024 (new) Crosstrek Limited
Charles M. Dawson, 12/22/2024
2024 Subaru Crosstrek Limited 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
I like the build quality and overall feeling of the solidly built AWD drive hatchback. The 2.5-liter engine is "adequate" for the platform. Road noise suppression is "good," but not on par with higher-end SUVs' extensive deadening efforts. The electric-adjusted driver seat with lumbar inclusion is a very welcome touch. The front seats are fantastic. The rear seats are adequately good. The materials appear top-notch throughout and the Falken standard tires are a nice touch. The interior contrasts very nicely. The faux carbon fiber trim pieces might appeal to the younger generations but are not gaudy enough to cause this oldster to roll his eyes. Subtlety is the key. It is the best compact SUV my wife ever had. I do have two niggles: The LED headlights are easy to overdrive as the low-beams cutoff is dreadfully close to the vehicle, and they do not illuminate the sides of the road like the quartz-halogen peepers we've had for decades. I suggested to my wife that we drive with the fog lamps on at night, and she indicated it was a vast improvement. The second, without going into great detail, involves Subaru's advertisement of the Harmon Kardon "Premium" sound system as a 10-speaker setup. A more likely etiology and closer to the truth would be a 10-element speaker system, which sorely lacks the panache of better Harmon Kardon "Premium" systems in BMW and Mercedes-class vehicles. I can't grade the system audio package (although the integration with the nice display is good) in its present iteration as acceptable, but my wife thinks it sounds OK. YMMV. This system could have been salvaged with proper speaker selection and setup, including a separate powered subwoofer in the hatch area like other competitors. I may be jaded with experience from audio, RF, and consumer electronics engineering backgrounds for four decades. Bottom line: The new generation 2024 Subaru Crosstrek Limited (at least for my wife and me) ticks all the right boxes with safety and AWD requirements. The array of safety features is abundant, including the front and side proximity warning system. I spent a month researching compact AWD SUVs for my wife and the Subaru ticked more boxes than six other contestants, the best being the true symmetrical AWD drivetrain. My wife is thrilled with it, and you know the venerable saying: "Happy wife, happy life!"
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First crosstalk after having 6 Toyota rav4s
Boston Mike m, 01/13/2024
2024 Subaru Crosstrek Sport 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
9 of 12 people found this review helpful
I lease a new vehicle every three years the last six were Toyota rav4s. The 2021 one was awful, poor acceleration and after 2000 miles it needed a complete brake job, the calipers were rusted shut on one of the brakes when I purchased it and the dealership didn’t notice even though I returned to them at least 5 times including the day I picked it up. The crosstalk is definitely smaller and has less storage space but I think it handles better, is roomier inside, has way more updated features and the acceleration is incredible compared to the ravs I had. I will never go back to Toyota
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Great for daytime. Forget it for night driving
J DeMar, 12/02/2024
2024 Subaru Crosstrek Limited 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
7 of 9 people found this review helpful
Love my 2024 Crosstrek. The headlights in a rural area? HORRIBLE. That is as printable as I can be. The bottom half of the windshield has great illumination. The top half is a near blackout. If I drive on a street with a gully (down 150’ and up 150’), the headlights shine on the road as I drive downhill but I can’t see anything at the top of the gully. There could be a person or an animal but I won’t see them until I’m nearly on top of them. YOU CALL THAT SAFE? My headlights have been adjusted upward 18” already. Better, but the inability to see out of the windshield top to bottom is totally unacceptable. I have asked NTSBA to recall this car and redesign the headlight. I think the problem is the actual size/design of the headlight. It ranges from 3.25” to 2.75”tall. The bulb is in the narrowest part, set slightly deep and there is a top rim encasing the light. Check out other headlights. See what you think.