3 NHTSA safety recalls cover the 2018 Subaru Legacy. Owners have filed 117 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 2018 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 117 complaints with NHTSA about the 2018 Subaru Legacy, reporting 7 crashes, 1 fires, 1 injuries. Subaru has issued at least 445 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.
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Owners have filed 117 complaints with NHTSA about the 2018 Subaru Legacy. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“A friend was trying to move the car from the street when it suddenly lurched and accelerated and hit a tree, and boulder, and another car. They had not stepped on the accelerator yet. She lost control of the car. It was totaled as per State Farm.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11541885
“The contact owns a 2018 Subaru Legacy. The contact stated while stopped at a traffic light with her foot lightly depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle independently accelerated and crashed into the rear bumper of a vehicle stopped in front of her.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11533427
“Vehicle proceeded from a stop at intersection when it unexpectedly decelerated and holding the brakes down seem to do nothing, tried turning corner at next stop sign to maybe slow it down and hit utility pole and parked car in driveway.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11496852
“I was going down the hill in my development, I made it approximately 2-300ft at 7-10MPH when suddenly there was a loud "bang". I could not see anything, my airbags had deployed and blocked my field of vision. I ended up hitting an electrical pole. There was no need for the airbags to go off.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11491503
“The car (#1) came to a sudden stop on a freeway without the driver stepped on the brake pedal. Front dash cam video on car #1 is available. Car #1 was then hit from behind by another car (#2) which could not stop in time.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11432159
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2018 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.