Recalls, complaints, and safety data from NHTSA
The 2013 Subaru Legacy has 12 recalls, 66 complaints, and a 5-star overall safety rating from NHTSA.
12
Recalls
66
Complaints
★★★★★
Safety Rating
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
19V009000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2010-2014 Tribeca, WRX, Legacy and Outback vehicles, 2010-2011 Impreza vehicles and 2010-2013 Fo...
19V007000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2010-2013 Forester, 2010-2014 Tribeca, WRX, Outback, Legacy, and 2010-2011 Impreza vehicles sold...
18V626000
PARKING BRAKE
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2010-2014 Subaru Legacy and Outback vehicles equipped with a manual transmission. The electroni...
19V008000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2010-2014 Tribeca, WRX, Outback, and Legacy vehicles, 2010-2011 Impreza vehicles and 2010-2013 F...
19V297000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2009-2013 Forester vehicles, 2008-2011 Impreza vehicles, 2008-2014 WRX vehicles, 2005-2014 Legac...
18V012000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2009-2013 Legacy, Forester, Tribeca, WRX and Outback vehicles, and 2009-2011 Impreza vehicles so...
16V694000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain model year 2010-2014 Legacy vehicles manufactured November 26, 2008, to June 7, 2013, and 2010-2...
13V061000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Subaru is recalling certain model year 2010-2012 Legacy and Outback vehicles equipped with an automatic or CVT transmission and an Audiovox remote eng...
13V194000
STEERING
Subaru is recalling certain model year 2013 Outback and Legacy vehicles manufactured from February 15, 2012, through June 15, 2012. In the affected v...
20V001000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2009-2013 Forester, 2003-2006 Baja, 2004-2011 Impreza, 2004-2014 WRX (STI included), 2003-2014 L...
20V002000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2009-2013 Forester, 2003-2006 Baja, 2004-2011 Impreza, 2004-2014 WRX (including STI), 2003-2014 ...
20V003000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2009-2013 Forester, 2003-2006 Baja, 2004-2011 Impreza, 2004-2014 WRX (including STI), 2003-2014 ...
Overall
★★★★★
Front Crash
★★★★★
Side Crash
★★★★★
Rollover
★★★★★
Rating for: 2013 Subaru Legacy 4 DR AWD
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2024 | STRUCTURE | The passenger side frame rusted through. The bolt holding the frame collapsed through the rusted fr... |
| Sep 11, 2023 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | While driving the vehicle, there was a loud "clunk" from the front-end. After that, during turns th... |
| Oct 1, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | Faulty transmission, erratic gear shifting and now it seems the transmission is no longer working, m... |
| Aug 15, 2022 | ENGINE | The contact's son owns a 2013 Subaru Legacy. The contact stated that while her son was driving at an... |
| Nov 15, 2021 | POWER TRAIN | The contact owns a 2013 Subaru Legacy. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 35 MPH... |
| Jul 20, 2021 | POWER TRAIN | When driving on interstate, all at once, dashboard lit up with lights, one of the lights being the c... |
| Jun 22, 2021 | ENGINE | Oil is consumed excessively. I had an oil change done at around 120K miles and my oil light is poppi... |
| Feb 7, 2021 | POWER TRAIN | THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY FAILED ON THIS SUBARU LEGACY AT 83874 MILES. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ... |
| Sep 2, 2020 | POWER TRAIN | TORQUE CONVERTOR CLUTCH SOLENOID WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 75MPH. ENDED UP HAVING IT... |
| Aug 3, 2020 | POWER TRAIN | THERE WAS A HORRIBLE WHINING THAT STARTED VERY QUIET ON AND OFF IN 2017 AND BECAME LOUDER THIS YEAR.... |
| Jul 29, 2020 | ENGINE | Transmission failed. Began to make bad noises then failed to accelerate in an intersection. Was almo... |
| Jul 12, 2020 | POWER TRAIN | WHILE TRAVELING ON A BUSY INTERSTATE. MY CAR SUDDENLY JERKED AS IF I HAD PUT INTO NEUTRAL. I WAS TRA... |
| Jul 29, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 SUBARU LEGACY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED AT HEUBERGER ... |
| Jun 20, 2019 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | DRIVER FRONT WINDOW REGULATOR GETS REALLY HOT. DOES NOT MOVE THE WINDOW UP OR DOWN. BEFORE THAT I HA... |
| Jun 19, 2019 | POWER TRAIN,SERVICE BRAKES | I BOUGHT THIS 2013 SUBARU LEGACY LIMITED ON JUNE 12,2019 AND A WEEK LATER THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT ... |
| Jun 14, 2019 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | WE JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR AND 2 DAYS LATER THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND THE BRAKE ICON WAS BLI... |
| Jun 1, 2019 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | CAR HAS EXTENDED CRANKING ISSUE - IT ACTS LIKE THE STARTER IS BAD OR THE BATTERY IS DYING. TOOK IT... |
| May 1, 2019 | AIR BAGS | I RECEIVED A RECALL FOR PASSENGER AIR BAG AND THE COMPANY SET UP AN APPOINTMENT FOR ME. HOWEVER, I ... |
| Mar 29, 2019 | AIR BAGS | TAKATA RECALL. WE GOT A RECALL NOTICE FROM SUBARU, RECALL TKB19, STATING THAT NO PASSENGERS SHOULD ... |
| Mar 11, 2019 | AIR BAGS,VISIBILITY/WIPER | I HAVE AN URGENT NEED TO ADDRESS A SAFETY RECALL FOR PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG AND WINDSHIELD WIPER REPL... |