NHTSA Safety Recalls
2019 Subaru Legacy Recalls
The 2019 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 2019 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
- 123
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2019 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 2019 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 2018, 2020 Legacy, 7 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 20V218000
- Reported
- April 16, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 188,207
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Structure
- Campaign
- 19V493000
- Reported
- June 26, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,107
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2019 Subaru Legacy complaints by year
NHTSA has received 123 owner complaints about the 2019 Subaru Legacy, the newest on July 17, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (2%) and 1 a fire.
In complaints about the 2019 Subaru Legacy, the component group named most often is the visibility/wiper (40%), followed by the electrical system (28%) and the engine (5%).
None of the 2019 Subaru Legacy's 3 recalls concerns the visibility/wiper.
Where 2019 Subaru Legacy owners gave the mileage (43 complaints), the median was 6,125 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Visibility/Wiper49
- Electrical System35
- Unknown Or Other20
- Engine6
- Forward Collision Avoidance5
- Fuel/Propulsion System4
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 13 | |
| 2020 | 25 | |
| 2021 | 15 | |
| 2022 | 14 | |
| 2023 | 16 | |
| 2024 | 22 | |
| 2025 | 10 | |
| 2026 | 6 |
Complaints about the 2019 Subaru Legacy peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 25. 56% arrived between 2018 and 2022, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2019 vehicles, the 2019 Subaru Legacy drew 2.1× the complaints of the median Subaru Legacy year in the same window: 4th highest of the 21 ranked years.
That makes 2019 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 123 complaints about the 2019 Subaru Legacy are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Legacy by model year
Other 2019 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: July 17, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted