2 NHTSA safety recalls cover the 2017 Subaru Legacy. 1 carries a do-not-drive or park-outside warning. Owners have filed 119 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Subaru dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2017 Subaru Legacy. Check your Legacy by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 119 complaints with NHTSA about the 2017 Subaru Legacy, reporting 10 crashes, 1 fires, 6 injuries. Subaru has issued at least 394 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
Read Subaru Legacy owner complaints and bulletins, every year
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation lists this model year in one investigation. An investigation is not a recall; it is how NHTSA decides whether one is needed.
Owners have filed 119 complaints with NHTSA about the 2017 Subaru Legacy. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“I drove into the parking lot of Walgreens, then drove around and pulled into a parking spot facing the south side of the building and put my foot on the brake to stop and park. Instead of stopping, the car suddenly lurched forward violently and slammed into the brick wall of the building.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11713752
“A 2017 Subaru Legacy was stopped on a hill, on the shoulder of a two lane service road. The driver, who was the car owner, placed the gear selector in park, left the motor idling, exited the vehicle, closed the driver side door, loaded several logs into the trunk, and slammed the trunk.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11455806
“The contact owned a 2017 Subaru Legacy. The contact stated while driving approximately 40 - 45 MPH on a two-lane road, he attempted to overtake the driver in front and crashed head-on into a vehicle coming in the opposite direction.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11454515
“I do not know what caused the fire, but maybe the battery or something electrical. The car stalled and the. I re-started the car and no warning lights came on the dashboard. I then parked the car. Upon exiting I noticed the front driver's hood smoking.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11427235
“Almost hit a deer on Meredith Center road New Hampshire my display warning did not go off cost $12,000 worth of impact on the front end of the car the airbags did not go off deploy broke ribs”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11419861
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2017 Subaru Legacy is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Subaru dealer.