NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Subaru Legacy Recalls
The 2016 Subaru Legacy has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 11, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 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
- 147
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 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 2016 Subaru Legacy
Steering: column
- Campaign
- 16V292000
- Reported
- May 11, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 48,819
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Legacy, 1 other model
Power train: driveline: driveshaft
- Campaign
- 15V794000
- Reported
- November 24, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,251
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- 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 2015 Legacy, 1 other model
2016 Subaru Legacy complaints by year
NHTSA has received 147 owner complaints about the 2016 Subaru Legacy, the newest on September 12, 2026. Of these, 9 describe a crash (6%); owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Subaru Legacy, the component group named most often is the electrical system (35%), followed by the visibility/wiper (12%) and the steering (11%).
1 of the 2016 Subaru Legacy's 3 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2016 Subaru Legacy owners gave the mileage (81 complaints), the median was 35,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System51
- Unknown Or Other41
- Visibility/Wiper17
- Steering16
- Power Train13
- Vehicle Speed Control9
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 15 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 19 | |
| 2020 | 20 | |
| 2021 | 27 | |
| 2022 | 15 | |
| 2023 | 12 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 8 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2016 Subaru Legacy peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 27. 38% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Subaru Legacy drew 1.6× the complaints of the median Subaru Legacy year in the same window: 6th highest of the 21 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 147 complaints about the 2016 Subaru Legacy are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Legacy by model year
Other 2016 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: September 12, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted