NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Subaru Legacy Recalls
The 2018 Subaru Legacy has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 29, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 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
- 117
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 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 2018 Subaru Legacy
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 21V587000
- Reported
- July 29, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 175,968
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2020 Legacy, 7 other models
Visibility: rearview mirrors/devices
- Campaign
- 18V935000
- Reported
- December 31, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 71,190
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Electrical system: software
- Campaign
- 18V773000
- Reported
- November 1, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 228,648
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2018 Subaru Legacy complaints by year
NHTSA has received 117 owner complaints about the 2018 Subaru Legacy, the newest on August 27, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (6%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2018 Subaru Legacy, the component group named most often is the electrical system (34%), followed by the visibility/wiper (21%) and the engine (9%).
1 of the 2018 Subaru Legacy's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2018 Subaru Legacy owners gave the mileage (54 complaints), the median was 20,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System40
- Unknown Or Other29
- Visibility/Wiper25
- Engine10
- Fuel/Propulsion System8
- Visibility8
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 19 | |
| 2020 | 17 | |
| 2021 | 18 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 13 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 22 | |
| 2026 | 7 |
Complaints about the 2018 Subaru Legacy peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 22. 53% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Subaru Legacy drew 1.9× the complaints of the median Subaru Legacy year in the same window: 5th highest of the 21 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 117 complaints about the 2018 Subaru Legacy are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Legacy by model year
Other 2018 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: August 27, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted