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Subaru Legacy

Every Subaru Legacy model year on file, 1987 to 2025. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years3,183352 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years391987 to 2025
Recall campaigns83Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins8,342Summed across model years
By model year

The 2005 model year drew the most complaints, 184

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0501001502001987199119951999200318420072011201520192025
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Engine and cooling leads the Subaru Legacy complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling
464
Electrical system
428
Airbags
399
Visibility and wipers
369
Powertrain
368
Brakes
309
Fuel system
216
Speed control
207
Structure
148
Suspension
142
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Subaru Legacy model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Subaru Legacy by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2025Sedan616.715000146
2024Sedan1711.834000230
2023Sedan1020.014320316
2022Sedan3315.247120374
2021Sedan313.236530452
2020Sedan1211.71,34460587
2019Sedan1232.491130422
2018Sedan1177.797530438
2017Sedan1199.270021387
2016Sedan1476.11,05031462
2015Sedan15911.399431521
2014Sedan539.4265100366
2013Sedan669.1200120498
2012Sedan907.8300161328
2011Sedan1674.8835160345
2010Sedan1506.7714180316
2009Sedan657.7232130197
2008Sedan656.218190207
2007Sedan3315.28090202
2006Wagon878.020270212
2005Sedan1848.738392265
2004Wagon4912.21,089112197
2003Wagon606.71,500152203
2002Wagon5413.067550154
2001Sedan7716.935080155
2000Wagon9410.66274093
1999Sedan9421.34273039
1998Wagon11416.73745026
1997Wagon13915.83,4756138
1996Wagon12326.86154333
1995Wagon18223.12,4272331
1994Wagon6018.37500015
1993Sedan7714.33211015
1992Wagon5510.94232014
1991Wagon786.41,5603114
1990Wagon818.61,8004214
1989Wagon10.0500110
1988Wagon10.0140110
1987Sedan10.0140110
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Subaru Legacy

  • 24V-227 Mar 22, 2024
    Capacitor in the sensors for the Occupant Detection System (ODS) may crack and short circuit, which can prevent the front passenger air bag from…
    Airbags · 119k vehicles
  • 23V-755 Nov 9, 2023
    Insufficient weld may allow water to enter the inhibitor switch, causing it to fail
    Powertrain · 96k vehicles
  • 23V-647 Sep 21, 2023
    Center support bolts for the driveshaft may loosen, resulting in the disconnection of the front end of the driveshaft
    Powertrain · 4,311 vehicles
  • 22V-485 Jul 8, 2022
    Programming error in the Transmission Control Unit (TCU) may allow the clutch to engage before the drive chain is completely clamped
    Powertrain · 182 vehicles
  • 21V-955 Dec 9, 2021
    Programming error in the Transmission Control Unit (TCU) may allow the clutch to engage before the drive chain is completely clamped
    Powertrain · 198k vehicles
  • 21V-587 Jul 29, 2021
    Low-pressure fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail
    Fuel system · 176k vehicles
  • 20V-766 Dec 10, 2020
    August 2020 over-the-air software update may have timed out without completing the installation, corrupting the data, and causing the rearview…
    Back-over prevention · 7,741 vehicles
  • 20V-218 Apr 16, 2020
    Low pressure fuel pump may become inoperative
    Fuel system · 188k vehicles
  • 20V-003 Jan 2, 2020
    Inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling
    Airbags · 112k vehicles
  • 20V-002 Jan 2, 2020
    Inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling
    Airbags · 128k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.