2006 Subaru Legacy problems
Owners have filed 135 complaints with NHTSA about the 2006 Subaru Legacy. Cruise control is the most reported problem area, at 22% of complaints. After that come engine (14%) and electrical system (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 135 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Cruise control 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 11 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 10 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 93,000 miles 120 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 | 12 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 11 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 18 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 19 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 10 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 17 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 18 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 8 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Among the 120 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 92,000 miles. For cruise control specifically, the median reported mileage is about 106,000 miles (30 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 11 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 10 injuries reported; 1 death reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2006 ranks 25th most-complained-about out of 34 model years of the Subaru Legacy with enough data (30 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 7 safety recall campaigns.
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.
While driving at about 30-40 MPH, the driver felt a sudden accelaration that couldn't control and his car crashed against the sidewalk and rolledover. We requested the dealer to inspect the vehicle in order to determine if computers can display any failure, but they rejected to accept it.
Hello in march 2007 while driving back from boston,ma I was 14 miles from home when a car came around a corner in my lane I looked to my right and there was a telephone pole, so I had to go in to his lane I thought I had it made but we clipped back bumpers so I had slam on the brakes and when I did the car seemed to go faster and now with recall I wonder if my brakes weren't working.
After driving for about 30 minutes, the acceleration pedal suddenly became completely unresponsive. I attempted to accelerate by depressing the pedal twice but, to no avail. At this point, I was coasting but, the car was idling at exactly 2k rpms. Luckily, the road I was on wasn't too busy and I was to safely pull off the road, into the grass. After which, killed the engine. I waited about five minutes, started the car, tested my accelerator, and it worked again.
Even after taking my vehicle in for the brake line recall, months later after a subaru dealership tested them, my breaks still gave away. It was said that it was severely corroded and it was blown. This happens 3-4 months after I had taken it in to get the recall checked. I ended up having to pay half the cost to fix it. I shouldn't had to. They should've been able to identified it before it had happened. It does not take 3-4 months to be come so severely corroded that my breaks gave away while driving to walmart.