Safety Score
67
Average
Recalls
4
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (4)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-13 | 18V626000 |
PARKING BRAKE | 27,175 | — | Details |
| 2013-03-05 | 13V077000 |
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY | 14 | — | Details |
| 2013-03-05 | 13V078000 |
VISIBILITY/WIPER | 16 | — | Details |
| 2012-02-09 | 12V047000 |
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW | 381 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-03 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | Brakes malfunctioned and car spun out and hit deer |
| 2025-10-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | My 2012 Subaru Legacy experiences involuntary engine stalling when coming to a quick stop, such as in stop-and-go traff… |
| 2025-09-13 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | Vehicle: 2012 Subaru Legacy VIN: [XXX] Owner Location: Syracuse, NY (salt-belt state) Dealer: Romano Subaru (Syracuse,… |
| 2024-06-04 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | The brake lines of my vehicle were corroded and started leaking brake fluid. The brakes no longer work and started fail… |
| 2023-07-12 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | The front subframe and engine cradle broke while driving (corrosion). Car began swaying and brakes were affected. Car p… |
| 2023-06-20 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CVT transmission issues persist beyond the limited warranty extension that has now expired from Subaru. Vehicle RPMs r… |
| 2023-04-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Subaru Legacy. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled. Th… |
| 2022-10-10 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Faulty torque converter. The car will unexpectedly turn off when coming to a fast, sudden stop. The 1st time it happene… |
| 2022-08-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | In August & September 2022 , 4 times I was stopping at stop signs & red lights and my car shuttered & stalled. No warni… |
| 2022-08-10 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Please see ODI#11486236 & request # 562681 “ part 1” I wrote complaining about a 2012 Subaru Legacy Torque Converter is… |
| 2022-07-29 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Subaru Legacy. The contact stated while driving 35 MPH and coming to a stop, the vehicle shudde… |
| 2022-07-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Car stalls when coming to a stop. This is a known problem with an active tsb but Subaru will not support repairs. Thi… |
| 2022-03-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | A lot of the times when I am driving the car, it starts stallings until it turns off every time I try to stop. Sometime… |
| 2022-02-16 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Contacting Subaru going on 4 years to get airbag recall completed. Subaru has Persistently promised to call back to se… |
| 2022-01-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The vehicle will on occasion stall when coming to a complete stop. It is a known issue that has a service bulletin. Has… |
| 2021-04-20 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | FIRST TIME CAR STALLED WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. CAR (SUBARU LEGACY 2012) HAD 140K MILES ON IT. WENT TO A SUBARU DEALER… |
| 2021-04-15 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | KEEP HAVING TO REPLACE LOW BEAM LIGHT BULB EVERY FEW WEEKS. UNSAFE FOR MY TEENAGE DRIVER TO NOT HAVE THE CORRECT LIGHTI… |
| 2020-08-31 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | CAR IS SOMETIMES EXPERIENCING SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AT SLOW SPEEDS. EVEN WITH DRIVER'S FOOT FIRMLY PUSHING DOW… |
| 2020-08-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | GOT MY SUBARU AT A CERTIFIED DEALER AND THEY DID ALL THE AIRBAG RECALLS GOOD 😁 AND THANK YOU BUT I BEEN DRIVING… |
| 2020-04-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ENGINE STALLS AFTER ABRUPT STOP. FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS ON POST ROAD IN WESTPORT CONNECTICUT AND SLOWED DOWN FROM 25MPH+ V… |
| 2020-02-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | 2012 SUBARU LEGACY. WHEN COMING TO A HARD STOP THE ENGINE WILL STALL. WILL HAPPEN ANY TIME YOU COME TO A HARD STOP. THI… |
| 2019-10-07 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 SUBARU LEGACY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. AFTER RES… |
| 2019-09-27 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE CAR IS STALLING WHEN COMING TO A STOP. AS YOU SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE SHUTTERS, AND THEN STOPS. THE AWD, CHECK ENGINE… |
| 2019-09-23 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 SUBARU LEGACY. WHEN APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE… |
| 2019-09-18 | SUSPENSION | Yes | 2 | PROBLEM WAS THE UNDERCARRIAGE SUPPORT, LITTLE OR NO PROTECTION FROM ESSENTIALLY A DROP, CAR "LEAPED' OFF EMBANKMENT BOT… |
| 2019-08-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION SHAKES/SHUDDERS WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR TRAVELING SLOWLY. IT HAS HAPPENED WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY.… |
| 2019-07-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CAR INITIALLY BEGAN TO STALL EVERY TIME THE CAR WOULD COME TO A REST ON AN INCLINE, THEN BEGAN TO STALL WHILE TURNING (… |
| 2019-04-27 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | CPSC: OUR 2012 SUBARU LEGACY WHILE PARKED IN OUR GARAGE WAS FOUND WITH TWO FLAT TIRES AT SAME TIME. ONE TIRE ON PASSE… |
| 2019-04-18 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 SUBARU LEGACY. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH AND STOPPING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. … |
| 2019-04-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | 115000 MILES , SUDDEN STOPS KILLS THE ENGINE RENDERING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. CVT TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER ACT… |
| 2019-04-04 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE HAS FAILED AS DETERMINED BY THE MODESTO SUBARU DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSTIC. THEY RECOMMEND REPL… |
| 2019-03-31 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHEN BRAKING, THE CAR OFTEN STALLS AND ALL REQUIRES A SHIFT INTO PARK, AND A RESTART OF THE ENTIRE ENGINE BEFORE BEING … |
| 2019-03-22 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | 2012 LEGACY OUTBACK, CONSUMER WRITE SIN REGARDS TO PASSENGER SIDE FRONTAL AIRBAG SAFETY RECALL. *LD *JS |
| 2019-03-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CAR SHUTTERS AND ENGINE DIES WHEN COMING TO A STOP. DEALERSHIP SAID IT'S THE TORQUE CONVERTER. COMMON FOR SUBARU LEGACY… |
| 2019-03-08 | STEERING | No | 0 | POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. I WAS IN THE PARKING LOT AT WORK TRYING TO LEAVE AT THE END OF THE DAY. IT DROVE FINE O… |
| 2019-03-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CAR SHAKES THEN STALLS WHEN COMING TO A STOP. STALLING BEGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 75,000 MILES(NOVEMBER 2018) BUT HAPPENED … |
| 2019-02-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE TORQUE CONVERTER OF MY VEHICLE IS NOT SHUTTING OFF PROPERLY!!! THIS BEGAN HAPPENING TO MY VEHICLE DURING THE FIRST … |
| 2019-01-31 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | STARTED TO STALL OUT WHILE STOPPING AT LIGHTS, PARKING LOTS, WRY BAD WHEN UNEXPECTEDLY NEEDING TO STOP. ALMOST REAR EN… |
| 2019-01-09 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 SUBARU LEGACY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 1… |
| 2019-01-09 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 SUBARU LEGACY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 1… |
| 2019-01-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WIFE WAS DRIVING CAR WITH NEWBORN SON WHEN SHE CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP BECAUSE SOMEONE SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES IN FRONT OF… |
| 2018-12-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN COMING TO A STOP, THE CAR SHUDDERS AND MAY STALL. THIS IS ESPECIALLY PROBLEMATIC IF I'M TURNING LEFT AND THE CAR S… |
| 2018-12-10 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | SQUEEL AND JERKKING. SEE SERVICE BULLETIN AND EXTENDED WARRANTIES. TSB 16-90-13R; CAR IS OUTSIDE EXTENDED WARRANTY BU… |
| 2018-11-28 | PARKING BRAKE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 SUBARU LEGACY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V626000 (PARKI… |
| 2018-11-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CAR STALLS WHEN BRAKING ABRUPTLY. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. IT SHUDDERS AND DIES. |
| 2018-10-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL SUDDENLY INCREASED WHILE DRIVING ON RESIDENTIAL STREET. BRAKE PEDAL MUST BE DEPRESSED ALMOST TO FLO… |
| 2018-10-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TAKARA RECALL MY TRANSMISSION SLIPS FROM 5TH TO 6TH GEAR I HAVE SPOKEN WITH MANUFACTURER ABOUT BUT BECAUSE MY CAR IS PA… |
| 2018-09-17 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 SUBARU LEGACY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO COME TO A STO… |
| 2018-08-31 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE TORQUE CONVERTER OF MY CAR IS NOT SHUTTING OFF PROPERLY, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL PERIODICALLY. THE CAR HAS STA… |
| 2018-08-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I BOUGHT THIS CARE A FEW YEARS AGO AND FROM DAY ONE IF EVER IN TRAFFIC OR ON HIGHWAY AND HAVE TO STOP REALLY QUICKLY, I… |