Best and worst years for the Subaru Legacy

Of the 34 model years of the Subaru Legacy with enough data to compare, the 2015 has the most complaints filed within five years of the model year (171), and the 2004 has the fewest (14).

Complaints in the first five years, by model year

Most complaints
Fewest complaints
In between

Every bar counts only complaints about failures within five years of the model year, so older and newer years are measured on the same footing.

View the numbers

Model year	Complaints (first five years; total for recent years)
1990	24
1991	35
1992	27
1993	37
1994	30
1995	127
1996	95
1997	106
1998	73
1999	70
2000	60
2001	54
2002	29
2003	28
2004	14
2005	108
2006	30
2007	17
2008	30
2009	29
2010	94
2011	134
2012	45
2013	56
2014	54
2015	171
2016	146
2017	114
2018	114
2019	129
2020	139
2021	43
2022	46
2023	12
2024	30
2025	10

What stands out

The 2015 stands out, with about 3.2 times the typical number of complaints. Other years well above the median: 1995, 1996, 1997, 2005.

Look closer at the years with the most complaints: 2015 and 2016. Or the years with the fewest: 2004 and 2007.

All model years

Model year	First five years	All complaints
2025	10	10
2024	30	30
2023	12	12
2022	46	46
2021	43	43
2020	139	143
2019	129	143
2018	114	165
2017	114	141
2016	146	194
2015	171	233
2014	54	73
2013	56	84
2012	45	119
2011	134	236
2010	94	218
2009	29	75
2008	30	83
2007	17	45
2006	30	135
2005	108	250
2004	14	55
2003	28	69
2002	29	71
2001	54	90
2000	60	119
1999	70	119
1998	73	155
1997	106	179
1996	95	161
1995	127	230
1994	30	67
1993	37	90
1992	27	66
1991	35	121
1990	24	103