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Subaru Legacy

Every Subaru Legacy model year on file, 2015 to 2025. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years88363 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years112015 to 2025
Recall campaigns18Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins4,335Summed across model years
By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 159

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

05010015020020151592016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Visibility and wipers leads the Subaru Legacy complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Visibility and wipers
274
Electrical system
222
Engine and cooling
66
Driver assistance
45
Powertrain
44
Brakes
41
Speed control
40
Fuel system
37
Airbags
37
Steering
36
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
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
  • 19V-664 Sep 18, 2019
    Brake pedal mounting bracket may have a missing or insufficiently tightened bolt
    Brakes · 3,467 vehicles
  • 19V-493 Jun 26, 2019
    Spot welds located on the duct below the cowl panel may have been improperly applied, impacting the vehicle's body strength
    Structure · 2,107 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.