1992 Subaru Legacy

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/26/1995· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  REAR LIGHT LENSES CRACKED. *AK

• 12/23/1997· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER RESTRAINT FAILED .

• 12/15/1999· VISIBILITY,SEAT BELTS

  THE AUOTMATIC SEAT BELT WAS REPLACED LAST APRIL 1999 AND FAILED AGAIN. WE ALSO REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELT 11/1999. WE WOULD LIKE ASSISTANCE FROM THE MANUFACTURER WITH THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT AS IT WAS PROVIDE THROUGH A MANUFACTURER. DEALER AGREEMENT WITH EACH PARTY PAYING $250 TO REPLACE IT THE 1ST TIME. THERE HAS ONLY BEEN 7,800 MILES SINCE THE LAST BELT WAS REPAIRED. ALSO WE KEEP HAVING TO REPLACE THE SUNVISOR WHICH OF COURSE FAILED WHEN YOU NEED THEM THE MOST. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE. WE HAVE REPLACED 6 OF THEM. *AK

• 12/15/1999· VISIBILITY

  I HAVE SPENT $60 EACH TIME TO REPLACE SUN VISORS THAT APPEAR TO BE MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. PLEASE IMPROVE THE SUN VISORS THIS IS A SAFEY ISSUE AND COULD LEAD INJURIES. *AK

• 12/04/1997· SEAT BELTS

  SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED.

• 12/01/1998· SUSPENSION,POWER TRAIN

  WHEN DRIVING THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE VEHICLE WILL FREEZE UP ON THE ROAD, AND WHEN IN THIRD/FOURTH AND FIFTH GEAR CAN HEAR THE KNOCKING NOISE. *AK

• 11/16/1994· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE PEDAL DESIGNED TO CLOSE TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL, CAUSING THEM TO BE DEPRESSED SIMULANTEOUSLY. *SD

• 11/08/1999· SEAT BELTS

  PASSENGER'S SHOULDER SEATBELT DOES NOT RETRACT WHICH WON'T PROPERLY RESTRAIN THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

• 11/04/1994· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  UPON APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL. *AW

• 11/02/2001· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  IN THE CAR'S MANUAL AND, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM TALKING WITH FRIENDS, THERE IS A FUSE UNDER THE HOOD OF THE CAR THAT ALLOWS YOU TO SWITCH FROM 4WD/AWD TO FWD FOR TOWING ETC. MY CAR LACKS THIS FUSE/HOLDER AND IF IT WERE TO EVER BE TOWED THE TRANSMISSION COULD BE DAMAGED. I HAD A FRIEND LOOK UP MY VIN TO BE SURE IT IS APPLICABLE FOR MY VEHICLE AND IT IS.*AK

• 11/01/1996· SEAT BELTS

  SEAT BELT COMES ACROSS NECK.

• 10/29/2002· POWER TRAIN

  I NEED YOUR HELP TO FIX A PROBLEM GONE ON FAR TOO LONG. MY SUBARU SVX TRANSMISSION SUFFERS WITH A DELAY WHEN SHIFTING GEARS, HIGH REVS AND SLIPPING WHILE SHIFTING AND A CLUNKING WHEN PUTTING THE CAR IN REVERSE. THE HEAT TRANSMISSION INSTALLED IN THE SUBARU SVX AND LEGACY MODELS SUFFER FROM A SEVERE COOLING PROBLEM. THE RADIATOR BASED TRANSMISSION COOLER CAN NOT COOL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COOL ENOUGH. THE TRANSMISSIONS POOR DESIGN DOES NOT ALLOW THE LUBRICANT TO FLOW THROUGH IT TO KEEP PARTS LUBRICATED(THUS MORE FRICTION AND HEAT DAMAGE). UNUSUAL HIGH OVERDRIVE PLACES ADDITIONAL SIDE LOADS ON BEARINGS GENERATING HEAT. THE ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE SYSTEM PUTS EVEN MORE STRAIN ON THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING EVEN MORE HEAT. THIS PROBLEM IS OF EPIDEMIC PROPORTION SO COMMON AMONG OVER 90% OF THESE CARS MANUFACTURED. SUBARU IS AWARE OF THE MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING DEFECTS IN THE TRANSMISSIONS FOR ALL SVX MODELS. ALMOST ALL SVX OWNERS, EVERY WEBSITE, AND EVEN YOUR OWN COMPLAINT FILES ARE AWARE OF THIS MAJOR DEFECT AND SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS. SUBARU HAS DONE NOTHING IF ANYTHING TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD AND THE MANUFACTURER KNOWS ABOUT IT. AT THE VERY LEAST I NEED SUBARU TO REPLACE MY DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION WITH A NEW ONE UPGRADED WITH HIGH CLUTCH DRUM AND THRUST BEARINGS, NEW REVERSE CLUTCH STEEL PLATES, MODIFIED TRANSMISSION CASE, OIL PUMP GASKET AND TRANSFER CLUTCH DRIVEN PLATE, A TRANSMISSION OIL FILTER KIT AND AN AFTER TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER AND WARRANTY IT. THIS CAR IS TOO EXPENSIVE TO FIX THE DAMAGE FROM THEIR DEFECTIVE DESIGN AND UNUSUALLY HIGH COST COMPARED TO OTHER TRANSMISSIONS. DT

• 10/17/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  ENGINE STALLS WHEN GOING UPHILL, BACKFIRES, PINGS AND COME TO A STOP. APPEARS TO HAPPEN WHEN ENGINE IS UNDER VERY MODEST STRAIN. MORE LIKELY TO HAPPEN ON COLD ENGINE BUT NOT NEARLY ALL THE CASE. CAN'T TELL IF CHOKE IS IMPLEMENTED FOR SOME REASON.*AK

• 10/17/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CRANKSHAFT REPLACED.

• 10/14/2001· POWER TRAIN

  VIN # JF2 BJ65C3 NH903488. NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

• 10/09/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVER AND IT WILL BE HARD TO GET THE VEHICLE BACK STARTED. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

• 09/22/1997· AIR BAGSCrash

  VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAREND COLLISION WHICH RESULTED IN VEHICLE SLAMMING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, CAUSING DIRECT FRONTAL DAMAGE, AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG, CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED.*AK *JB

• 09/21/1998· STRUCTURE

  DRIVER SIDE SUNVISOR HAS CEASED TO FUNCTION. WILL NO LONGER RATCHET UP AND DOWN. WILL FALL DOWN AND CANNOT BE ADJUSTED.

• 09/04/1996· SUSPENSION

  POOR SUSPENSION.

• 09/03/2012· FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

  I BOUGHT MY YOUNGEST SON A 1992 SUBARU LEGACY STATION WAGON. I WENT TO FILL THE GAS TANK AND WHEN I GOT HOME YOU COULD SMELL GAS FUMES VERY STRONGLY AND LATER WE COULD SEE WHERE IT HAD LEAKED ONTO THE GROUND. I ASKED MY OLDEST SON ABOUT IT SINCE HE IS A CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND HE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT A RECALL ON THAT YEAR BECAUSE OF HOW THE COMPANY PUT IN THE BACK SEAT. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL SUBARU DEALER (KELLY CADILLAC) AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT THAT YEAR OR VIN NUMBER AND THAT THEY COULD NOT HELP ME. THEY ACTED LIKE IF IT WAS NOT A NEW VEHICLE THEN IT DID NOT MATTER. THIS IS MY SON'S ONLY WAY TO COLLEGE EVERY DAY BUT IT WORRIES ME WHETHER THIS CAR IS SAFE OR NOT. *TR

• 08/17/2004· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  WHILE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND UPON PUTTING FOOT ON THE CLUTCH AND THE BRAKES VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD. IT FELT LIKE THE VEHICLE WAS TRYING TO PUSH SOMETHING VERY HEAVY OUT OF THE WAY. *AK

• 08/07/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

  TO AVOIDING IMPACT DRIVER RAN OFF THE ROAD HITTING A TELEPHONE POLE, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

• 07/27/2009· TIRES

  CRACKS APPEAR IN CIRCUMFERENTIAL SIPES AFTER 9,000 MILES / 1 YR 10 MO. THIS OCCURRED IN ALL 4 TIRES. SNOWY NORTHEAST CLIMATE, PROPERLY INFLATED TO 29-30 PSI. SIMILAR CRACKING OCCURRED ON IDENTICAL TIRE MODEL ALMOST 2 YRS AGO (DOT # ANRBMC112705), ALSO IN ALL 4 TIRES AFTER 10,000 MILES / 2 YEARS. PREVIOUS TIRES, AND THESE TIRES, WERE DIFFERENT LOTS. BF GOODRICH TRACTION T/A. NO CATASTROPHIC FAILURE EITHER TIME - FOUND ON STATE INSPECTION. *TR

• 07/26/2001· TIRESCrash

  FRONT RIGHT TIRE COMPLETELY FELL OFF THE WHEEL WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THE TIRES HAD ONLY BEEN PUT ON 6 MONTHS PRIOR, AND THEY WERE NOT BALD. MY CAR SPUN OUT OF CONTROL, AND MY HUB CAP ROLLED OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY, CAUSING A CAR TO HIT THE BACK OF A CAR IN FRONT OF IT. THE TIRE LOOKS AS THOUGH IT HAD BEEN PEELED OFF OF THE WHEEL. I'M SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR NOW.*AK (DOT NUMBER: 1857014 TIRESIZE: FT70C 87S)

• 07/17/1998· SEAT BELTS

  FRONT SEAT BELT CAME APART.

• 07/14/1995· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILURE, UNABLE TO LATCH SEAT BELT *AK

• 07/04/1996· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  DRIVER'S DOOR LATCH FAILED, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO EXIT VEHICLE FROM INTERIOR/INABILITY TO LOCK OR UNLOCK THE VEHICLE WITH A KEY. *AK

• 07/01/1998· SEAT BELTS

  MOTORBELT FAILED.

• 06/21/1996· SEAT BELTS

  BOTH FRONT AUTOMATIC RESTRAINT SEATBELTS ARE BROKEN AND DO NOT MOVE UP OR DOWN THE TRACK.PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

• 06/19/2003· STRUCTURECrash

  THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED. DEALERSHIP PRESENTED VEHICLE REPAIRS AS COMPLETE, CONSUMER DISAGREED.*MR REAR GATE RELOCATED. SWITCH CONTROLLING CARGO LAMP AND STATUS PANEL DID NOT FUNCTION. FRONT BUMPER WAS GROSSLY MISALIGNED. FRONT BUMPER TO RIGHT FRONT FENDER MISMATCHED. REAR WIPER PIVOT COVER WAS MISSING. EXHAUST TIPS ROTATED. BUMPER REINFORCEMENT BRACKETS WERE MISSING. REAR TAIL LAMP SETTING OUT FROM BODY. GATE HINGE BOLT FELL OUT. INNER SKIRT WAS BOWED IN. GAP IN RIGHT REAR DOOR. VAPOR CANISTER IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS LEFT LOOSE. DRAIN HOSE NOT CONNECTED. TIRE UNDER-INFLATED. FLOOR DATUM POINTS LEFT UNDONE. REAR HATCH OPENING WEATHERSTRIP WAS IMPROPERLY SEALED. *TT *JB

• 06/16/1998· SEAT BELTS

  CABLE BROKE ON THE LEFT FRONT SIDE OF THE DRIVER'S PASSIVE RESTRAINTS. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

• 06/08/1995· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVER'S SEAT BELT FAILED. *SKD

• 05/29/1998· SEAT BELTS

  MOTORBELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE FAILS TO RETRACT.

• 05/25/2001· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHILE STOPPING AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL ALL OF ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS STOPPED, AND VEHICLE STOPPED OPERATING. A BLACK FUSE CABLE IN FUSE BOX, FUSE LINK: 82301GA060 BURNED UP, AND BURNED A MARK ON COVER OF FUSE BOX. *AK *SLC

• 05/25/1995· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVER SEAT BELT FAILS TO RETRACT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

• 05/24/2005· STEERING,SEAT BELTS,STRUCTURECrash

  1) TRAVELING ON I-10 WEST APPROACHING WILCOX, AZ. PASSED UP DIESEL, DIESEL CROSSED INTO LANE (POSSIBLY DUE TO HEAVY CROSSWINDS PROMINENT IN AREA), LOST CONTROL OF CAR AND ROLLED TWICE OFF THE HIGHWAY. 2) ROOF CAVED IN ON DRIVERS SIDE, CAUSING A COMPRESSING FRACTURE TO DRIVERS NECK. DRIVER NOW PARALYZED FROM NECK DOWN. DRIVER IS APPROXIMATELY 5'0 TALL SO AMOUNT OF DAMAGE DONE IS UNACCEPTABLE. CAR WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45 MPH WHEN CAR ROLLED OVER (SPEED LOST WHILE TRYING TO GAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE) 3) VEHICLE TOTALLED

• 05/22/2003· TIRES

  SEVERAL TULSA DEALERS UNABLE/UNWILLING TO REPAIR SMALL NAIL PUNCTURE OF FT70C TIRE. STATE "THIS TIRE NOT MADE TO BE REPAIRED-SELF SEALING" CONTINUAL LOSS OF AIR NECESSITATES CONSTANT REFILLING. PREVIOUS TIRE REPAIRED BY CERTIFIED TIRE SERVICE FACILITY SHOWED SIDEWALL SEPARATION USING ACCEPTABLE REPAIR EQUIPMENT. TIRE MAKE HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. NOW MANUFACTURED UNDER DIFFERENT MODEL DESIGNATION. *NLM

• 05/21/2001· SEAT BELTS

  INTERMITTENTLY DRIVER AND PASSENGER RESTRAINTS BECOME INOPERABLE.*AK

• 05/19/1995· SEAT BELTS

  REAR SEAT BELT SWITCH FAILED. *SD

• 05/18/1999· SEAT BELTS

  WHEN CONSUMER STARTED UP VEHICLE MOTORIZED SEAT BELT STARTED WORKING, BUT EVENTUALLY DID NOT WORK AT ALL. *AK

• 05/17/1995· STRUCTURECrash

  QUESTIONS THICKNESS OF METAL IN BODY OF CAR. *DSH

• 05/17/1995· STRUCTURE

  MISALIGNMENT, CAUSING TIRE TO BLOW OUT. *AK

• 05/06/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  'KNOCK SENSOR' FAILED TWICE, CAUSING 'CHECK ENGINE' WARNING LIGHT TO COME ON. *DH

• 04/25/1995· VISIBILITY

  IN COLD, WET WEATHER THE FRONT WINDSHEILD DEFROSTER DON'T CLEAR THE WINDOW CLEAR. TT

• 04/24/1995· VISIBILITY

  NOISE COMING FROM WINDSHIELD AFTER 4 REPAIR ATTEMPTS. *AW

• 04/16/1996· SEAT BELTS

  MOTORIZED SAFETY BELTS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

• 04/10/1995· STRUCTURE

  METAL BODY OF VEHICLE IS TOO THIN, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE IN A MINOR ACCIDENT. *AW

• 03/29/2000· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVER'S SIDE MOTOR BELT FAILED TO OPERATE, LEAVING DRIVER WITHOUT ANY RESTRAINT WHILE DRIVING. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. *AK

• 03/22/2004· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT VEHICLE LOST POWER, FORCING DRIVER TO VEER OFF THE ROAD. DEALER STATED THAT TRANSMISSION BREATHING VENTS WERE BLOCKED DUE TO FLUID FREEZING. A RECALL 94V052000 WAS ISSUED,HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

• 03/10/1998· SEAT BELTS

  LEFT FRONT SEAT BELT FAILURE