NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Subaru Legacy Recalls
The 2002 Subaru Legacy has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 16, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Subaru Legacy. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 54
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Subaru Legacy, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2002 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 2001, 2003–2004 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 2000–2001, 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 2001, 2003 Legacy, 4 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- Campaign
- 02V079000
- Reported
- March 12, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,252
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 13E065000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Legacy, 2 other models
2002 Subaru Legacy complaints by year
NHTSA has received 54 owner complaints about the 2002 Subaru Legacy, the newest on April 10, 2023. Of these, 5 describe a crash (9%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2002 Subaru Legacy, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (17%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (15%) and the fuel system, gasoline (13%).
1 of the 2002 Subaru Legacy's 5 recalls also concerns the fuel system, gasoline.
Where 2002 Subaru Legacy owners gave the mileage (32 complaints), the median was 65,501 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling9
- Fuel/Propulsion System8
- Fuel System, Gasoline7
- Power Train7
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic6
- Suspension6
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 9 | |
| 2004 | 5 | |
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2002 Subaru Legacy peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 9. 39% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Subaru Legacy drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Subaru Legacy year in the same window: 18th highest of the 21 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 54 complaints about the 2002 Subaru Legacy are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Legacy by model year
Other 2002 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: April 10, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted