NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Subaru Legacy Recalls
The 2021 Subaru Legacy has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 22, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 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
- 31
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2021 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 2021 Subaru Legacy
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification: front passenger
- Campaign
- 24V227000
- Reported
- March 22, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 118,723
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2020, 2022 Legacy, 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission: park/neutral start interlock switch
- Campaign
- 23V755000
- Reported
- November 9, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 95,830
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2022–2023 Legacy, 3 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Campaign
- 22V485000
- Reported
- July 8, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 182
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Legacy, 1 other model
2021 Subaru Legacy complaints by year
NHTSA has received 31 owner complaints about the 2021 Subaru Legacy, the newest on June 4, 2026. Owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2021 Subaru Legacy, the component group named most often is the air bags (19%), followed by the electrical system (16%) and the visibility/wiper (16%).
1 of the 2021 Subaru Legacy's 3 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other7
- Air Bags6
- Electrical System5
- Visibility/Wiper5
- Back Over Prevention2
- Engine2
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 8 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2021 Subaru Legacy peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 8. 77% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2021 vehicles, the 2021 Subaru Legacy drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Subaru Legacy year in the same window: 12th highest of the 21 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 31 complaints about the 2021 Subaru Legacy are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Legacy by model year
Other 2021 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: June 4, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted