{"id":"2022_subaru_legacy","make":"Subaru","make_slug":"subaru","model":"Legacy","model_slug":"legacy","year":2022,"url":"/subaru/legacy/2022/","pts":["gas"],"configs":[{"id":43848,"model":"Legacy AWD","pt":"gas","drive":"All-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (AV-S8)","cyl":4,"displ":2.5,"eng":"SIDI","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":true,"city":27,"hwy":35,"comb":30,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Large Cars","co2":295,"fe_score":6,"ghg_score":6,"fuel_cost":2100,"save_spend":750,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"FJX","modified":"Tue Jan 25 00:00:00 EST 2022"},{"id":43849,"model":"Legacy AWD","pt":"gas","drive":"All-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (AV-S8)","cyl":4,"displ":2.4,"eng":"SIDI","turbo":true,"super":false,"start_stop":true,"city":24,"hwy":32,"comb":27,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Large Cars","co2":330,"fe_score":6,"ghg_score":6,"fuel_cost":2300,"save_spend":-250,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"FJX","modified":"Tue Jan 25 00:00:00 EST 2022"}],"vclass":"Large Cars","segment":"Large car","epa_certified":true,"recalls":[{"campaign":"24V227000","component":"AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER","mfr":"Subaru of America, Inc.","reported":"2024-03-22","owner_notified":"2025-02-03","units":118723,"summary":"Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2020-2022 Outback and Legacy vehicles.  A capacitor in the sensors for the Occupant Detection System (ODS) may crack and short circuit, which can prevent the front passenger air bag from deploying in a crash.","consequence":"An air bag that does not deploy during a crash can increase the risk of injury.","remedy":"Dealers will replace the ODS sensors on the front passenger seat, free of charge.  Owner notifications were mailed February 3, 2025.  Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-844-373-6614.  Subaru's number for this recall is WRA-24.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"WRA-24","initiated_by":"ODI","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"23V755000","component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH","mfr":"Subaru of America, Inc.","reported":"2023-11-09","owner_notified":"2024-01-08","units":95830,"summary":"Subaru of America, Inc. is recalling certain model year 2021 Crosstrek, 2022 Forester, 2021-2023 Legacy, and Outback vehicles.  An insufficient weld may allow water to enter the inhibitor switch, causing it to fail.","consequence":"An inoperative inhibitor switch may prevent the reverse lights from illuminating and the rearview camera image from displaying, increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Dealers will replace the inhibitor switch, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed January 8, 2024.  Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-800-782-2783.  Subaru's number for this recall is WRQ-23.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"WRQ-23","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"}],"recall_count":2,"critical_count":0,"park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"score":84,"grade":"B","complaints":{"count":32,"crash":3,"fire":1,"injured":0,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Visibility/Wiper",16],["Unspecified",8],["Forward Collision Avoidance",5],["Electrical System",3],["Lane Departure",2],["Vehicle Speed Control",2]],"by_year":{"2021":2,"2022":7,"2023":9,"2024":10,"2025":1,"2026":3},"excerpts":[["2024-05-01","Vehicle Speed Control","The contact owned a 2022 Subaru Legacy. The contact stated that while driving into their driveway at unknown speeds, the vehicle independently accelerated forward. The contact placed the vehicle in reverse, however, the vehicle continued to accelerate independently, and the contact's rear bumper crashed into the neighb\u2026"],["2024-03-27","Visibility/Wiper","In 2022, a piece of small gravel fell off the back of a dump truck, bounced off the road, and struck the windshield of my 2022 Subaru Legacy. Based on past experience with other vehicles, this should have resulted in a round or star-shaped crack to the glass but this caused cracks that continue to grow and branch off. \u2026"],["2024-03-14","Visibility/Wiper","Vehicles windshield appears to be defective. Small rock hit windshield I. 2/18, got replaced immediately after for around 1000 dollars. Not even three weeks later on 3/14 a semi kick up a rock and my windshield has a crack that can not be patched up, it has to be repaired. I went immediately to Safelite after second ro\u2026"]]},"investigations":[],"ncap":[{"desc":"4 DR AWD","overall":5,"frontal":5,"side":5,"rollover":5,"rollover_risk":0.101,"seats":5,"fcw":"Standard","ldw":"Standard","aeb":"Standard","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null}],"popularity":999,"headline":{"range":null,"mpg":30,"ncap":5,"complaints":32},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 06:27 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}