1994 Subaru Legacy problems
Owners have filed 67 complaints with NHTSA about the 1994 Subaru Legacy. Seat belts is the most reported problem area, at 39% of complaints. After that come brakes (10%) and air bags (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 67 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seat belts 39% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 7 and 5
- Injuries and deaths
- 6 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 142,000 miles 13 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 13 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 142,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 7 complaints mention a crash; 5 complaints mention a fire; 6 injuries reported; 1 death reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 90% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1994 ranks 24th most-complained-about out of 34 model years of the Subaru Legacy with enough data (30 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
My fiancee was killed when his car was involved in a roll over accident due to tread separation on a firestone tire. (tiresize: p185/70r14)( DOT number: tire size: p185/70r14 )
Vehicle parked, put vehicle in drive position, went open throttle, impact 12:00 position speed unknown, driver side air bag did not deploy
Vehicle experienced flame shooting out of filler neck upon taken off gas cap. Manufacturer notified, and informed consumer to take vehicle to a local dealer. Dealer claimed that nothing could be found, and dealer's technician informed consumer that static from consumer's hand may have triggered flames. Please fill free to provide any further details on this matter.
Dt: 1994 subaru legacy l all wheel drive, the motorized seat belt broke. The seat belt is connected to the door, and when closing the door the motorized seat belt will not run the track to be in the proper position for safety. This is on the shoulder portion of the seat belt. The consumer was told that the lap belt alone is not safe use. Have contacted the dealer and manufacturer, and they told the consumer there is no recall on the seat belt, and the motorized seat belt was only under warranty for 3 years.
A few months ago, my son was driving my older subaru and said the brakes went down to the floor when he applied them not far from home. He pumped them and slow crept home with the car. I found a rusted out leak at the rear passenger side connection location near the frame on the side of the gas tank. I just saw there were a number of recalls for this exact same problem. I have never received or saw one before. Are they still valate? Whom do I contact for service if so? My son was just lucky he wasn't on a highway!