Recall Register

1995 Subaru Legacy: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1995 Subaru Legacy. The newest campaign is 01V216000. NHTSA received the report on 25 Jun 2001. The NHTSA record gives the component Suspension / Front / Springs / Coil Springs. NHTSA has 171 complaints on file for this model year. 3 NHTSA investigations name this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 01V216000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will notifiy customers to bring their vehicle to an authorize dealership to have a spring guard installed on both front struts to prevent tire puncture and replace any broken springs free of charge. Owner notification began september 18, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact subaru at 1-800-782-2783.
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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 275,673 units in total.

  1. 01V216000Received . 180,000 units.

    Suspension / Front / Springs / Coil Springs

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with front coil springs originally sold in or currently registered in the states of connecticut, delaware, illinois, indiana, iowa, kentucky, maine, maryland, massachusetts, michigan, minnesota, missouri, new york, new jersey, new hampshire, ohio, pennsylvania, rhode island, vermont, virginia, west virginia, and wisconsin, and in the district of columbia. The front coil springs were produced with poor paint quality which, after continued exposure to corrosive salt, can result in breakage of the spring.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Depending on the location of the fracture, a broken spring could move past the spring seat and contact a front tire. Some tires have deflated due to contact with a broken spring.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will notifiy customers to bring their vehicle to an authorize dealership to have a spring guard installed on both front struts to prevent tire puncture and replace any broken springs free of charge. Owner notification began september 18, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact subaru at 1-800-782-2783.

    Report filed by SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 98V315000Received . 95,673 units.

    Air Bags

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. Inadvertent air bag deployment can occur after undercarriage contact of the tow hooks with curbs, dips, speedbumps, potholes, etc.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Unexpected air bag deployment could result in personal injury.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will remove the front tow hooks.

    Report filed by SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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Complaints by component

171 complaints, 213 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

  • 1995 Subaru Legacy
  • All 1995 vehicles
1995 Subaru Legacy: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component1995 LegacyAll 1995 vehiclesLegacy, all yearsMentions
Air Bags225.471.384.448
Service Brakes, Hydraulic131.5140.999.528
Electrical System103.377.558.522
Engine and Engine Cooling79.8148.5138.717
Power Train65.7110.6102.514
Suspension51.648.445.811
Fuel System, Gasoline46.945.843.410
Fuel System, Other37.63.99.78
Visibility32.962.732.67
Seat Belts32.928.3737

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 23.

Complaints that report a crash
32
Complaints that report a fire
2
Injuries in the complaints
28
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
24 Feb 2009

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1995 Subaru Legacy, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1996, with 29 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1995 Subaru Legacy
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
PE99067Preliminary evaluationELECTRICAL SYSTEMElectrical System1 Nov 199931 May 200000I002000
EA97010Engineering analysisOVERSENSITIVE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENTAir Bags30 Apr 199723 Dec 199898V315000
PE96075Preliminary evaluationOVERSENSITIVE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENTAir Bags18 Dec 199630 Apr 1997

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19870
  2. 19880
  3. 19890
  4. 19904
  5. 19913
  6. 19922
  7. 19931
  8. 19940
  9. 19952
  10. 19963
  11. 19975
  12. 19984
  13. 19993
  14. 20003
  15. 20017
  16. 20024
  17. 200314
  18. 200410
  19. 20059
  20. 20067
  21. 20079
  22. 20089
  23. 200913
  24. 201018
  25. 201116
  26. 201216
  27. 201312
  28. 201410
  29. 20153
  30. 20163
  31. 20172
  32. 20183
  33. 20193
  34. 20206
  35. 20213
  36. 20222
  37. 20232

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1995 Subaru Legacy: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/subaru/legacy/1995/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1995 Subaru Legacy?
275,673 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Subaru Legacy have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 81 recall campaigns for the Subaru Legacy, model years 1987 to 2023. 2 of them name the 1995 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1995 Subaru Legacy name most often?
Air Bags: 48 of 213 component mentions, or 225.4 per 1,000. For all 1995 vehicles the figure is 71.3 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1995 Subaru Legacy open?
No. Each of the 3 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.