16V251000
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
Poor performance of the electronic stability control system when it is activated may result in a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
2015 SUBARU LEGACY
3 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 232 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints232
Complaints citing a crash32
Complaints citing a fire5
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 3 of 3
15V502000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
If the transmission oil leaks onto the exhaust pipe, there is a possible risk of fire.
15V366000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
If the automatic pre-collision braking system does not function as intended, the vehicle will not react to an obstacle in its path, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 37ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 36VISIBILITY/WIPER
- 27UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 23ENGINE
- 15POWER TRAIN
- 14FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 13VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 12SERVICE BRAKES
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2015 SUBARU LEGACYs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.