NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Subaru Legacy Recalls
The 2012 Subaru Legacy has 16 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 2, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Subaru Legacy. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 16
- Owner complaints
- 90
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2012 Subaru Legacy, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
16 recalls on the 2012 Subaru Legacy
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V001000
- Reported
- January 2, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 258,813
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2011, 2013–2014 Legacy, 6 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V002000
- Reported
- January 2, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 127,547
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2011, 2013–2014 Legacy, 6 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V003000
- Reported
- January 2, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 111,562
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2011, 2013–2014 Legacy, 6 other models
Electrical system: ignition: switch
- Campaign
- 19V297000
- Reported
- April 11, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 511
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2011, 2013–2014 Legacy, 5 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V007000
- Reported
- January 9, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 43,394
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011, 2013–2014 Legacy, 5 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V008000
- Reported
- January 9, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 330,120
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011, 2013–2014 Legacy, 5 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V009000
- Reported
- January 9, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 452,630
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011, 2013–2014 Legacy, 5 other models
Parking brake
- Campaign
- 18V626000
- Reported
- September 13, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 27,175
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011, 2013–2014 Legacy, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V012000
- Reported
- January 9, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 64,179
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2011, 2013 Legacy, 5 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V014000
- Reported
- January 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 53,480
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2011 Legacy, 6 other models
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor
- Campaign
- 16V694000
- Reported
- September 27, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 592,647
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011, 2013–2014 Legacy, 1 other model
Visibility: sun/moon roof assembly
- Campaign
- 13V077000
- Reported
- March 5, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 14
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Visibility/wiper
- Campaign
- 13V078000
- Reported
- March 5, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 16
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 13V061000
- Reported
- February 25, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 47,419
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011, 2013 Legacy, 3 other models
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 12V047000
- Reported
- February 9, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 381
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages
- Campaign
- 11V562000
- Reported
- November 29, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 32,685
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2012 Subaru Legacy complaints by year
NHTSA has received 90 owner complaints about the 2012 Subaru Legacy, the newest on June 7, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (8%); owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Subaru Legacy, the component group named most often is the power train (38%), followed by the engine (26%) and the air bags (12%).
9 of the 2012 Subaru Legacy's 16 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2012 Subaru Legacy owners gave the mileage (66 complaints), the median was 87,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train34
- Engine23
- Unknown Or Other12
- Air Bags11
- Steering7
- Service Brakes6
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 15 | |
| 2019 | 21 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2012 Subaru Legacy peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 21. 12% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Subaru Legacy drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Subaru Legacy year in the same window: 21st highest of the 21 ranked years.
That makes 2012 one of the three best-measured Subaru Legacy years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 90 complaints about the 2012 Subaru Legacy are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Legacy by model year
Other 2012 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: June 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted