NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Subaru Legacy Recalls
The 2015 Subaru Legacy has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 27, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 Subaru Legacy. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 160
- Crashes reported
- 15
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 Subaru Legacy, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2015 Subaru Legacy
Electronic stability control (esc)
- Campaign
- 16V251000
- Reported
- April 27, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 766
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 126, electronic stability control
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Power train: driveline: driveshaft
- Campaign
- 15V502000
- Reported
- August 10, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,893
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2016 Legacy, 1 other model
Forward collision avoidance: crash imminent braking
- Campaign
- 15V366000
- Reported
- June 12, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 71,710
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
2015 Subaru Legacy complaints by year
NHTSA has received 160 owner complaints about the 2015 Subaru Legacy, the newest on October 5, 2026. Of these, 15 describe a crash (9%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries.
In complaints about the 2015 Subaru Legacy, the component group named most often is the electrical system (23%), followed by the visibility/wiper (23%) and the engine (14%).
None of the 2015 Subaru Legacy's 3 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2015 Subaru Legacy owners gave the mileage (104 complaints), the median was 15,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System37
- Visibility/Wiper36
- Unknown Or Other28
- Engine23
- Power Train15
- Fuel/Propulsion System14
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 46 | |
| 2016 | 18 | |
| 2017 | 11 | |
| 2018 | 13 | |
| 2019 | 11 | |
| 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 19 | |
| 2022 | 12 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2015 Subaru Legacy peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 46. 56% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Subaru Legacy drew 2.7× the complaints of the median Subaru Legacy year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 21 ranked years.
That makes 2015 one of the Subaru Legacy years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 160 complaints about the 2015 Subaru Legacy are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Legacy by model year
Other 2015 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: October 5, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted