NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Subaru Legacy Recalls
The 2001 Subaru Legacy has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 16, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Subaru Legacy. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 77
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
side crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Subaru Legacy, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2001 Subaru Legacy
Vehicle speed control: cables
- Campaign
- 04V128000
- Reported
- March 16, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 127,580
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2004 Legacy, 2 other models
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 03V153000
- Reported
- April 22, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 170,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2003 Legacy, 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 02V282000
- Reported
- October 30, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 172,564
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2003 Legacy, 4 other models
Seats
- Campaign
- 01V034000
- Reported
- February 7, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,627
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2001 Subaru Legacy
Steering: linkages
- Campaign
- 00V391000
- Reported
- November 21, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,977
- Same campaign
- only the 2001 Subaru Legacy
Seat belts: rear/other
- Campaign
- 00V392000
- Reported
- November 21, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 368
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2001 Subaru Legacy
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 00V393000
- Reported
- November 21, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,456
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2001 Subaru Legacy
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 13E065000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 Legacy, 2 other models
2001 Subaru Legacy complaints by year
NHTSA has received 77 owner complaints about the 2001 Subaru Legacy, the newest on July 13, 2025. Of these, 11 describe a crash (14%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Subaru Legacy, the component group named most often is the fuel system, gasoline (22%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (14%) and the vehicle speed control (12%).
2 of the 2001 Subaru Legacy's 8 recalls also concern the fuel system, gasoline.
Where 2001 Subaru Legacy owners gave the mileage (39 complaints), the median was 62,540 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Fuel System, Gasoline17
- Engine And Engine Cooling11
- Vehicle Speed Control9
- Tires8
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic6
- Suspension6
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 11 | |
| 2002 | 13 | |
| 2003 | 7 | |
| 2004 | 8 | |
| 2005 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 9 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Subaru Legacy peaked in 2002, when NHTSA received 13. 52% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Subaru Legacy drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Subaru Legacy year in the same window: 11th highest of the 21 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Side: 4/5
The 77 complaints about the 2001 Subaru Legacy are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Legacy by model year
Other 2001 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: July 13, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted