Subaru Legacy
Across 37 model years (1987–2023), the Subaru Legacy has 81 NHTSA recall campaigns and 2,218 complaints on file.
The component named most often in complaints is air bags (123.9 per 1,000 component mentions), followed by power train (95.9).
The 1995 model year has the most complaints (182). Recall campaigns peaked in 2016 with 8; complaints were received in the largest number in 2016 (169). Within Subaru, this line ranks 3 of 29 by total complaints.
Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Model years
"vs line average" is the model year's complaints as a share of the line's average per model year (100% = average). A campaign covering several model years counts once per year. Model years with one campaign and fewer than 25 complaints are listed but have no page of their own; the NHTSA link opens the agency's record.
Components most reported
Per 1,000 component mentions across all Subaru Legacy complaints (2,921 mentions).
Campaigns by year reported
Complaints by year received
Other Subaru model lines
- Outback 194 recalls · 3,853 complaints
- Forester 115 recalls · 2,449 complaints
- Legacy 211 recalls · 2,218 complaints
- Impreza 146 recalls · 1,624 complaints
- WRX 104 recalls · 752 complaints
- SVX 0 recalls · 291 complaints
- B9 Tribeca 7 recalls · 127 complaints
- Crosstrek 20 recalls · 125 complaints
- Baja 38 recalls · 103 complaints
- XV Crosstrek 3 recalls · 88 complaints
- GL 13 recalls · 78 complaints
- Loyale 9 recalls · 64 complaints
- Subaru 18 recalls · 50 complaints
- Justy 9 recalls · 49 complaints
- Tribeca 62 recalls · 40 complaints
- Impreza STI 0 recalls · 36 complaints
- BRZ 6 recalls · 33 complaints
- Ascent 25 recalls · 22 complaints
- WRX STI 14 recalls · 16 complaints
- DL 13 recalls · 10 complaints
- XT 8 recalls · 8 complaints
- 22 3 recalls · 1 complaints
- Solterra 9 recalls · 0 complaints
- Crosstrek Hybrid 6 recalls · 0 complaints
- Forester Hybrid 4 recalls · 0 complaints
- 23 3 recalls · 0 complaints
- 62 3 recalls · 0 complaints
- 63 3 recalls · 0 complaints
- FF-1 3 recalls · 0 complaints
Questions and answers
Which Subaru Legacy model years have the most recalls?
2010 (18), 2011 (16), 2012 (16). Across model years 1987–2023 there are 81 distinct campaigns.
Which Subaru Legacy model year has the most complaints?
1995, with 182 of the line's 2,218 complaints. Newer model years have had less time to accumulate reports.
What do owners of the Subaru Legacy complain about?
air bags (123.9 per 1,000 mentions), power train (95.9 per 1,000 mentions), engine and engine cooling (85.6 per 1,000 mentions). Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Where does this data come from?
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall and complaint flat files, public domain, dated 24 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019.
Provenance
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall, complaint and investigation flat files, public domain, dated 24 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Model names are as NHTSA records them; variants such as "Accord" and "Accord Hybrid" are separate lines. See the methodology.