10.0

really awful
Typical Repair Cost:
$5,000
Average Mileage:
101,700 miles
Total Complaints:
2 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. 10 yr 100,00 free extended warranty via soa (1 reports)
  2. new transmission (1 reports)
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problem #2

Jun 092018

Legacy 1.5L

  • CVT transmission
  • 45,330 miles

This is my very last piece of sh*t Subi! My tranny completely failed while trying to leave the driveway!!! My husband tried to leave and the tranny made a very loud bang sound and the call was toast! No warning or indication that there was anything wrong with it either! I was so damn pissed, I used every nasty name in the book for this SOA, or should rather be named, SOB!!! This was my 3rd Subi without incident, it will surely be my last as well! I have had a shuttering whenever I stop with my brakes as well, it's every time I stop! I'm done with Subi's period, the loyalty is toast, just like my tranny!

This is the worst car on the market and EVERYONE SHOULD STEER CLEAR OF SUBI'S ALL TOGETHER!!! I'M NOT KEEPING THIS CAR, PERIOD!!! THEY HAVEN'T IMPRESSED OUR FAMILY, AND TO THINK MY SON WAS GOING TO BUY ONE, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN DISASTERIOUS!!! CONSTANT PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR ITSELF! My wiper motor, recalled, my airbag, same thing, it could've killed someone in my family!!! The utter disregard for human lives and no quality for anything more is unacceptable on every level!!! I have read several online complaints on these very things and they all say the same thing, junk!!!!! at least 4 or 5 people alone had problems with complete failure of their trannies after a rebuilt replacement!! Some of which, were almost killed due to the failure occurring at 75-80 mph!!!! Not a good thing to have under your belt, Subaru Of America (SOB)!!!

If I could drive this piece of sh*t off a cliff without any further payments, I would! But, I wouldn't be in the drivers seat!! SAVE YOURSELF SOME SERIOUS POSSIBLY FATAL RESULTS, BUY A VW, THEY'RE MORE RELIABLE THAN A SUBI!!! BETTER YET, DON'T DRIVE A CVT ENGINE ON ANY MODEL OF CAR, THEY'RE SH*T!!! ALL THIS AND JUST AFTER I HAD MAJOR SURGERY THE WEEKEND OF. NOT ACCEPTABLE SOB, PERIOD!! NO LONGER A FAN AND MY LOYALITY ONLY GOES SO FAR BEFORE IT BREAKS, JUST LIKE YOUR CVT TRANNY DID!! SO LONG!!!

- Karen Y., Eagle Mountain, UT, US

problem #1

Feb 252020

Legacy Premium 2.5L

  • CVT transmission
  • 158,000 miles

As I was getting off the major highway onto a smaller highway (thank goodness it happened at this exact moment), the car would not respond to my foot on the gas pedal. Suddenly, all of the lights on the dash board lit up. My car coasted to the nearest rest station (that happened to be at the same exit). When I turned the car on and off, the car “responded” again. It was drivable, but it sounded horrible!! And when you went over 40 it almost physically pained me, it sounded like metals just grinding on each other. Long story short, the estimates to fix my car (because I guess the transmission cannot he rebuilt)... was 4500 and 5000 dollars. I paid 6000 for it, so f*** that lol.

- Lizbeth F., Tiro, OH, US