1995 Subaru Legacy

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

• 12/30/2004· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICFire

  WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED/TAPPED THEY SUDDENLY TIGHTEN AND GET HOT AS TIME PROGRESSES. THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO CONTINUE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. THIS FAILURE RESULTED IN A FIRE DUE TO MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER FAILURE. BRAKE PADS AND CALIPERS WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. *AK

• 12/30/1996· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  VEHICLE EXPERIENCES INTERMITTENT SURGING WHILE IN PARKED GEAR, RESULTING IN COLLIDING WITH CEMENT SUPPORT. MJS

• 12/27/2017· SUSPENSION

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 SUBARU LEGACY. THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED AND GOUGED THE TIRE DOWN PAST THE STEEL BELT. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT CALL THE CONTACT BACK. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE IF THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 01V216000 (SUSPENSION). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.

• 12/23/1996· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  GAS TANK LEAKS..

• 12/20/1996· AIR BAGS

  SPONTANEOUS FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG.

• 12/18/1995· STEERING

  RACK REPLACED DUE TO RACK/PINION BOOT LEAKING. *AK

• 12/17/1997· SEAT BELTS

  SEAT BELT DOES NOT ADEQUATELY SECURE CHILD SAFETY SEAT.

• 12/15/2006· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  LEAKING FUEL FILLER NECK, LINES AND TANK ON OLDER SUBARU'S. OWNED 2 SUBARUS A 1993 IMPREZA AND A 1995 LEGACY BOTH GAS TANK SEAMS GET RUSTED OUT DUE TO CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AND LEAK SAME AS FILLER NECKS AND LINES. CAUSES EMISSION PROBLEMS, TRIGGERS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON OBD2 CARS. *JB

• 12/14/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, WHEN DRIVING ON ROUGH SURFACE THERE IS LOSS OF BRAKING. TT

• 12/13/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

• 12/13/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

  WHEN VEHICLE STOPPED SHORT, REARENDED WHILE ACCELERATING, UPON IMPACT DRIVER/PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, AT APPROX. 20MPH, 10:30 ON FRONT BUMPER, HOWEVER, PASSENGER'S AIRBAG BROKE THROUGH WINDSHIELD, NO PASS IN SEAT, SHATTERING GLASS INTO PASS. SEAT. *AK

• 12/11/2000· STRUCTURE

  SINCE CAR WAS PURCHASED IT HAS BEEN INTO VARIOUS DEALERSHIPS REGARDING A WATER LEAK INTO THE MAIN CABIN. EACH DEALERSHIP HAS CLAIMED THE CAR WAS REPAIRED ONLY TO HAVE IT LEAK AGAIN SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE CAR ONLY LEAKS DURING A HEAVY RAIN AND WHILE SITTING IN A PARKED POSITION. I HAVE BECOME QUITE CONCERNED WITH THIS PROBLEM. A CONCERN IS IF THE WATER IS GOING INTO THE CABIN WHERE ELSE IS IT POSSIBLY GOING AND AFFECTING. IS WIRING BEING AFFECTED? THE LAST DEALERSHIP TO TRY AND TACKLE THIS ISSUE HAS CLAIMED THAT THE CAR'S DRAIN HOLES WERE PLUGGED AND WATER WAS BACKING UP INTO THE CABIN. DEALERSHIP SUPPOSEDLY BLEW OUT THE DRAIN HOLES YET THE CAR CONTINUED TO LEAK AFTER THE NEXT BIG RAIN. ANOTHER CONCERN OF MINE REGARDS THE DRAIN HOLES. IF THESE HOLES LIKE THEY SAY BECOME PLUGGED, ISN'T THAT A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT IN ITSELF? WASN'T THE CAR DESIGNED WITH THAT IN MIND? I HAVE GONE AROUND AND AROUND WITH SUBARU ON THIS PROBLEM ONLY TO END UP FRUSTRATED. THEY, TO THEIR CREDIT, HAVE NOT CHARGED ME YET FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT YET THE PROBLEM REMAINS. PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN. THANK YOU. *AK

• 12/05/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS BRAKING PROBLEMS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

• 11/29/2012· STRUCTURE,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES

  THE BRAKE AND GAS PEDALS ON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SUBARU LEGACY MODELS ARE SO CLOSE TOGETHER THAT A MAN OF AVERAGE SHOE SIZE, WEARING BOOTS OF ANY KIND, IS LIABLE TO INADVERTENTLY APPLY PRESSURE TO BOTH PEDALS AT THE SAME TIME. THE "FIX" IS SIMPLE: SUBARU OF AMERICA SHOULD HANG THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION BRAKE PEDAL, WITH ITS SMALLER PAD FOOTPRINT, ON ALL AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION LEGACY MODELS. PROBLEM SOLVED. WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE, AND IF WEARING BOOTS, I MUST MAINTAIN CONSTANT VIGILANCE TO AVOID THE POTENTIALLY LETHAL CONSEQUENCE OF APPLYING PRESSURE TO BOTH PEDALS AT THE SAME TIME. *TR

• 11/27/2001· SUSPENSION

  CONSUMER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS AFFECTED BY RECALL CAMPAIGN 01V216000. HOWEVER, DEALERSHIP HAD REFUSED REPAIRS BECAUSE STRUTS WERE NOT ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON THE VEHICLE.*AKL *YD

• 11/19/2010· FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER

  FUEL TANK FILLER NECK LEAK AND FAILURE. *TR

• 11/18/2002· AIR BAGS

  WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN CONSUMER DROVE OVER A POT AND BOTH OF THE VEHICLES FRONT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THERE WAS NO FRONT END DAMAGE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

• 11/16/2005· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  FAX PERTAINING TO CONSUMER'S DIFFICULTY IN OBTAIN A PART FOR THE DEFECTIVE GASOLINE TANK FILLER NECK OF HIS 1995 SUBARU LEGACY WAGON. *TS THE FAULTY FILLER NECK CAUSED FUEL TO LEAK FROM THE VEHICLE. *NM

• 11/16/1995· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  STRONG GAS FUMES WHEN SHE STARTS UP THE CAR. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

• 11/15/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS BRAKING SYSTEM NEEDLESSLY ENGAGES AT MODERATE SPEED AND LIGHT BRAKING, DRASTICALLY INCREASING STOPPING DISTANCE, ON WASHBOARD SURFACED ROADS (DIRT OR GRAVEL OR SNOW). LOOSE MATERIAL MAY OR MAY NOT BE PRESENT. THIS HAS CAUSED MANY NEAR ACCIDENTS. A DIFFERENT NON-ABS EQUIPPED VEHICLE STOPS IN A MUCH SHORTER DISTANCE IN IDENTICAL CONDITIONS, WITH BRAKING MODERATE ENOUGH TO AVOID LOCK-UPS OR LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. *AK

• 11/15/1999· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  FUEL GAUGE FAILED, CAUSING SAFETY HAZARD. PRIOR TO THIS FAILURE, FUEL GAUGE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY BOUNCE . DEALER REPLACED FUEL GAUGE. *AK

• 11/14/2014· SUSPENSION,STRUCTURE

  THE LEFT REAR STRUT TOWER ON THE CAR ROTTED ALMOST COMPLETELY OFF . THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING AS THE CAR WAS INSPECTED. OUT THAT ALMOST ALL OF THE REAR CROSSMEMBER WAS ROTTED AWAY ON THE LEFT REAR SIDE AND THE RIGHT REAR SIDE HAS A COUPLE OF ROT HOLES IN IT GETTING READY TO DO THE SAME THING THE LEFT SIDE DID. IF THE LEFT STRUT TOWER HAD COMPLETELY BROKE OFF THE TIRE WOULD HAVE GONE RIGHT INTO THE ROTTED WHEEL WELL PROBABLY CAUSING THE TIRE TO BLOW BECAUSE I'M SURE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SLICED OPEN FROM THE JAGGED RUSTED METAL WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE CAR BODY ON THE LEFT SIDE TO DROP AND START TO SCRAP ON THE PAVEMENT. IF YOUR NOT FAMILIAR WITH A SUBARU THE GAS TANK IS LOCATED JUST IN FRONT OF THE REAR TIRES AND IT JUST ABOUT POKES INTO THE WHEEL WELL AREA. IN MY CALCULATIONS THE GAS TANK WOULD HAVE BEEN SCRAPPING THE PAVEMENT AND IT WAS FULL BY THE WAY. I HAVE EMAILED SUBARU ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THEY DID A VIN# CHECK AND TOLD ME THERE IS NO RECALL FOR MY STATED PROBLEM AND THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE CAR. *TR

• 11/14/1999· POWER TRAIN

  DRIVESHAFT AND CASE ON MANUAL TRANSMISSION FAILED, CONSEQUENTLY DESTROYING CLUTCH, HAD TRANSMISSION REPAIRED, FAILED AGAIN AFTER ONE WEEK. *AK

• 11/13/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS BRAKE FAILURE, MADE A NOISE, CORROSION AND WARPED ROTORS IN FOR REPLACEMENT CONTINUES TO MAKE A NOISE. *AK

• 11/13/1995· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  BAD FUMES ODOR WHEN VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE. TT

• 11/13/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  THE HORN BUTTON PROBLEMS. TT THERE ARE TWO SMALL BUTTONS LOCATED ON EACH SIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL TO OPERATE THE HORN, WHEN THE DRIVER TURNS THE WHEEL IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO QUICKLY LOCATE THE SMALL HONR TO OPERATE THE HORN IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.*JB

• 11/10/2017· AIR BAGS

  10/162017 - I WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET TO MEET MY WIFE FOR DINNER AFTER PARKING MY CAR. AS I WATCHED HER PULL INTO THE PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF ME IN THE LEGACY I SAW THE WINDSHIELD GET BLOWN OUT BY THE PASSENGER AIRBAG BEING DEPLOYED. SHE WAS STOPPED WAITING FOR TRAFFIC ON A CITY STREET TO CLEAR TO PULL IN AND WAS NOT MOVING VERY FAST AT ALL, APPROX 5 MPH. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND MY WIFE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES FROM FLYING GLASS. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE THE FOLLOWING DAY OUR MECHANIC SAID HE BELIEVED THAT THE AIRBAG RECALL # 96V315000 PERFORMED ON 12/11/1998 APPARENTLY WAS NOT PERFORMED PROPERLY AND HE SUSPECTED THAT THE POORLY REMOVED TOW-HOOK WAS NOT CUT OFF SHORT ENOUGH (NOT TO THE RECALL SPEC) TO PREVENT ACCIDENTAL INFLATION OF THE AIRBAG. I BELIEVE THAT THE REMAINING STUB OF THE TOW-HOOK MAY HAVE IMPACTED THE DRIVEWAY AS SHE PULLED IN DEPLOYING THE AIRBAG, WE CONTACTED SUBARU AND THEY BASICALLY SAID IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. SEE ATTACHED PICTURES FROM OUR MECHANIC AND EMAIL CORRESPONDENCES FROM SUBARU.

• 11/07/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS VIBRATE WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. *AK VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED TO SLOW DOWN FROM SPEED OF 65 MPH.*JB

• 11/02/1995· SUSPENSION

  CAN NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE IN BAD WEATHER BACK END SLIDS. TT

• 10/30/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  ALTERNATOR FAILED, CAUSING FUSE ASSEMBLY TO SUBSEQUENTLY MALFUNCTION. *AK

• 10/29/2007· TIRES

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 SUBARU LEGACY. THE VEHICLE HAS COOPER LIFELINER TOURING SLE, SIZE 185/70R14 TIRES. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL VEERED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WOBBLED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT AS EXTENSIVE WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH OR GREATER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TIRES CAUSED THE FAILURE. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 06T016000 (TIRES: TREAD/BELT) WAS REFERENCED. AS OF OCTOBER 29, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 160,000. UPDATED 01/11/08. *LJ

• 10/29/2002· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAIL AND THE CONSUMER WAS FORCE TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

• 10/24/1996· PARKING BRAKE

  THE SHIFT LOCK RELEASE DOES NOT RELEASE THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE. PLEASE DESCRIBE IN DETAIL. *AK

• 10/21/1999· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION GEAR WILL NOT COME OUT OF PARK. OWNER HAS TO PLAY WITH THE GEAR SHIFT FOR AWHILE IN ORDER TO SHIFT GEARS. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE TWICE BEFORE AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

• 10/19/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER,UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH UP A HILL AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. CONSUMER LOST ALL POWER OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN PUTTING FUEL INTO THE TANK, THE VEHICLE WILL ONLY TAKE ABOUT 1 OR 2 GALLONS OF GAS AND THE FUEL TANK WON'T TAKE ANYMORE GAS. THE GUAGE ISN'T WORKING RIGHT. CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY PUT MORE GAS INTO THE VEHICLE, BUT THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. *AK

• 10/18/1995· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  PURCHASED CAR NEW THE MOTOR BLEW . TT

• 10/18/1995· VISIBILITY

  FRONT WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A CRACK FROM UNKNOWN CAUSE. TT

• 10/16/1998· SEAT BELTS

  IF CENTER REAR SEAT BELT IS MOVED SIDEWAYS, THER EIS A LOOSENING OF SEAT BELT.

• 10/15/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

  DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASENGERS AIR BAGS WAS VIOLENT UPON IMPACT, RESULTING IN INJURIES TO DRIVER. *AK

• 10/15/1996· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  FUEL GAUGE FAILURE. *AK

• 10/14/2005· FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER

  DT: THE CONTACT DETECTED A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE IN THE GARAGE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE GENERATOR AND HIS WIFE'S VEHICLE IN WHICH NOTHING WAS FOUND. WHEN THE CONTACT PLACED VEHICLE BACK INTO THE GARAGE HE NOTICED A GASOLINE STAIN WHERE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A SUBARU DEALER, WHO NOTICED THE LEAK IMMEDIATELY WHICH WAS COMING FROM THE FILLER NECK OF THE GASOLINE STORAGE TANK ASSEMBLY ON THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE FROM WHERE GASOLINE GAS PUMP NOZZLE GOES INTO THE GAS TANK ITSELF. THIS WAS CONSIDERED A COMMON PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WAS PLASTIC AND BREAKING DOWN. THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER AT FOUR SEPARATE SUBARU DEALERS, THE FILLER NECK PART NUMBER WAS 42066FA030. OUT OF FEAR OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, SUCH AS AN EXPLOSION AND DEATH THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OUTSIDE OF THE GARAGE. THE CONTACT ADDED THIS WAS THE SAME PART THAT WAS USED IN THE 1995-1997 SUBARU LEGACY VEHICLES. THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 SUBARU LEGACY WAGON. *AK

• 10/12/1995· STEERINGCrash

  WHILE DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, DISENGAGE CRUISE AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED, BRAKE DID NOT RESPOND, TURN IGNITION OFF, THEN LOST STEERING, RESULTING IN R/END

• 10/10/2001· AIR BAGS

  WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH CONSUMER CROSSED OVER A RAILROAD TRACK THAT WAS A NORMAL ROUTE, AND BOTH SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO PLACE OF BUSINESS. *AK *YD

• 10/06/1999· PARKING BRAKE

  PLASTIC END PIECE OF HAND LEVER BROKE, ALLOWING SPRING TO BE EJECTED. RATCHETING MECHANISM NO LONGER WORKS. IN A CRASH, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WOULD NOT FUNCTION AS EXPECTED. ON HAND WOULD HAVE TO BE LEFT ON THE BRAKE TO KEEP IT APPLIED, INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE BRAKE AND RETURNING BOTH HANDS TO THE STEERING WHEEL FOR CRASH AVOIDANCE.

• 10/03/2001· SUSPENSION

  SPRING BROKE WHEN I SAT DOWN INTO SEAT OF THE CAR. *AK

• 10/02/1999· POWER TRAIN

  THE INHIBITER SWITCH WHICH PREVENTS THE CAR FROM BEING PUT INTO GEAR WITHOUT THE BRAKE BEING DEPRESSED GETS STUCK AND DOES NOT ALLOW THE CAR TO BE PUT INTO GEAR. THE CONSOLE MUST BE TAKEN OFF. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES FROM 9/95-1/96 JUST AFTER I PURCHASED IT. THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM UNTIL I LEFT THE CAR WITH THEM FOR 3 DAYS. THEY REPLACED A CONTROL UNIT, WHICH DID NO GOOD. THEY REPLACED THE INHIBITOR SWITCH AND IT WAS FIXED. NOW, 3 YEARS LATER I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN.

• 10/01/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  POOR DESIGN OF HORN BUTTONS ARE DIFFICULT TO LOCATE EVEN WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS IN NEUTRAL POSITION AND IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE WHEN GOING AROUND CURVES WITHOUT TAKING EYES OFF THE ROAD. NLM

• 09/30/1999· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  FUEL GUAGE DOES NOT REGISTER THE CORRECT LEVEL OF FUEL,CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 09/28/2000· SUSPENSIONCrash

  THE FAILURE OF THE UPPER STRUT MOUNT WAS A COMPLETE CIRCULAR FRACTURE AROUND THE STRUT RETAINING NUT.

• 09/28/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  VOLTAGE REGULATOR IN ALTERNATOR FAILED, ALLOWING HIGH VOLTAGE SURGE THROUGH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. FUSIBLE LINK BURNED OUT, RESULTING IN LOSS OF ALL ELECTRICAL POWER WHILE DRIVING. IN ADDITION, WHEN FUSIBLE LINK BURNED, IT PARTIALLY MELTED UNDERSIDE OF PLASTIC FUSE COVER IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SHOULD BE EXPECTED AS A RESULT OF THE HIGH VOLTAGE SURGE.