2015 SUBARU LEGACY Complaints

WHEN GETTING INTO THE CAR IN THE AFTERNOON, NOTICED A HUGE CRACK ON THE WINDSHIELD STARTING BETWEEN THE WIPER BLADES AND GOING TO THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD. THERE WAS NO IMPACT TO HAVE CAUSED THIS. THE CAR WAS PARKED IN THE OPEN ON A DAY WHERE TEMPERATURES WERE MILD. LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE QUITE A FEW COMPLAINTS IN THE SUBARU FORUMS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SUBARU LEGACY AND OUTBACK WHICH SHARE THE SAME PLATFORM. THE ISSUES DISCUSSED MATCHES MY SPECIFIC CASE. SUBARU SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO PERFORM A RECALL.

MY 2015 SUBARU LEGACY HAS A VERY ABRUPT THROTTLE TIP-IN (THE MANNER IN WHICH POWER IS DELIVERED UPON DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL). PUSH THE THROTTLE A LITTLE AND NOTHING HAPPENS AND THEN A LITTLE MORE AND IT TAKES OFF LIKE A SHOT! NOT SAFE WHEN PULLING INTO TIGHT PARKING SPACES. I CALLED MY SUBARU DEALER AND I WAS TOLD IT IS CAUSED BY THE CVT TRANSMISSION DESIGN. SUBARU NEEDS TO REDUCE THE ABRUPTNESS OF THE THROTTLE TIP-IN FOR SAFE OPERATION. THIS IS UNSAFE AND SCARY IN TIGHT PARKING SITUATIONS.

SUDDEN LOUD CRACKING SOUND WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE. NOW THERE IS A 3 FOOT WINDING CRACK ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD. NO EVIDENCE OF ANYTHING STRIKING THE GLASS. REPLACEMENT NOT AVAILABLE FOR 6 WEEKS. DEALER ADVISES 500 WINDSHIELDS ON BACKORDER FOR 2015 LEGACY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 SUBARU LEGACY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FRACTURE WAS DUE TO STRESS ON THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,500.

THE GAS LID WOULDN'T OPEN WHEN THE LEVER WAS PULLED. I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER FOR IT TO GET FIXED.

JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR (2015 SUBARU LEGACY PREMIUM) A MONTH AGO. AM GETTING WATER INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FROM MERELY CAR WASHING AND I ASSUME FROM RAIN AS WELL. THIS IS DUE FROM THE LACK OF PROPER WEATHER STRIPPING ON BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE OF THE HOOD. MY DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN ADVISED AND I AM AWAITING TO HEAR IF ANY RESOLUTION. THE FOLLOWING WAS LISTED ON A WEBSITE FROM ANOTHER CURRENT OWNER: 2015 LEGACY - WATER / SNOW ENTERING TOP OF ENGINE BAY & BURNING SMELL HI FELLOW 2015 LEGACY OWNERS. HAS ANYONE ELSE DISCOVERED THIS DESIGN / SAFETY / MECHANICAL DEFECT YET? I LIVE IN THE NORTHEAST USA; OWNED MY 2015 LEGACY FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS, AND HAVE BEEN SMELLING THE ENGINE BURNING SINCE I PURCHASED. AT FIRST, THE DEALER SAID THE SMELL WAS CAUSED BY THE RUSTPROOFING SPRAYED ON THE EXHAUST, HOWEVER DURING A SNOW STORM I DISCOVERED SNOW & WATER ENTERING THE TOP OF MY ENGINE BAY, DRENCHING / FLOODING OVER ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL COMPONENTS AND CAUSING THE TOXIC BURNING SMELL FROM THE BURN OFF OF DEICING CHEMICALS / SALTS USED ON ROAD SURFACES ENTERING THE ENGINE BAY DUE TO A LACK OF WEATHER STRIPPING. MY DEALER INSPECTED MY CAR LAST WEEK AND CONFIRMED THE LACK OF INSTALLED WEATHER STRIPPING AND WATER ENTERING THE ENGINE BAY AS AN ISSUE. THEY CONFIRMED ALL 2015 LEGACYS ARE DESIGNED THIS WAY. THEY SUBMITTED A EQMR (ELECTRONIC QUALITY MONITORING REPORT) TO SUBARU OF AMERICA; NO RESPONSE YET. (THE DEALER SENDS THE EQMR TO SUBARU WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER AN ISSUE THAT THEY CANNOT FIX) I AM SHARING THIS VIDEO TO ALERT ALL 2015 LEGACY OWNERS TO THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY & MECHANICAL DEFECT. CHECK YOUR ENGINES; CONDUCT YOUR OWN WATER/SNOW TESTS AND SHARE RESULTS. CONTACT SUBARU OF AMERICA, YOUR DEALER AND THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY

CRACK IN WINDSHIELD APPEARED WITHOUT KNOWN CAUSE. IN SEARCHING THE INTERNET FOR SIMILAR INCIDENTS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NEW SUBARU LEGACY OWNERS WHO HAVE THIS SAME EXPERIENCE. THE GLASS IS ON BACKORDER SO REPAIRS MAY BE SEVERAL WEEKS OUT. SOME OF THE OWNERS HAVE REPORTED MORE THAN ONE CRACKED WINDSHIELD ON THE SAME NEW VEHICLE.

AT 300 MILES, COMING OFF HIGHWAY, SLOWED DOWN TO 5 MPH AND WENT THRU TOLL BOOTH. I THEN STEPPED ON GAS, HAD HESITATION, NO RESPONSE THEN ACCELERATION. HAPPENED AGAIN ON 5/11/15 WHEN I HAD 900 MILES. CAME OFF HIGHWAY ON TO LOCAL STREETS. THIS TIME HAD 5-7 BIG HESITATIONS OVER 10 MINUTE PERIOD. VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE I WAS MAKING A U-TURN AND CAR HESITATED THEN ACCELERATED AS I WAS MAKING U-TURN !! RETURNED CAR TO DEALER. DO NOT WANT TO DRIVE IT UNTIL FIXED.

I THINK THERE IS A POTENTIAL RECALL PROBLEM WITH EYESIGHT-EQUIPPED 2015 LEGACY MODELS. I TOOK MY CAR IN SEVERAL WEEKS AGO BECAUSE ONE DAY ALL OF THE HAZARD LIGHTS CAME ON, INCLUDING THE ABS LIGHT AND THE BRAKE LIGHT (FLASHING RED) ON THE SPEEDOMETER GAUGE, THE EYESIGHT AND THE ANTI-SKID LIGHT ON THE CENTER CONSOLE, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, THE ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT, AND THE LANE DEPARTURE LIGHT ON THE TACHOMETER. I STOPPED DRIVING IT FOR TWO DAYS WHILE I WAITED FOR MY SERVICE APPOINTMENT DAY TO ARRIVE. THE LIGHTS DID NOT COME BACK ON WHEN I DROVE IT TO THE DEALER. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT KEPT MY CAR FOR A DAY AND SAID THAT THE LIGHTS MUST HAVE COME ON AS AN "ATTENTION GETTING DEVICE" TO ALERT ME THAT THE CAR WAS ABOUT A QUART LOW ON OIL (EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT QUITE YET TIME FOR MY 6 MONTH/6,000 MILE OIL CHANGE). AFTER GETTING THE RECOMMENDED OIL CHANGE, I DROVE THE CAR WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. THIS PAST WEEKEND, THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. ALL OF THE LIGHTS MENTIONED ABOVE CAME ON AND STAYED ON WHEN I STARTED IT AND PULLED OUT OF MY GARAGE. BASED ON MY LAST EXPERIENCE, I DROVE THE CAR ANYWAY. LATER IN THE DAY, WHEN I TURNED THE CAR ON AGAIN, ALL OF THE LIGHTS ONCE AGAIN CAME ON AND STAYED ON, EXCEPT THAT THIS TIME THE BRAKE AND THE ABS LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATED. THE CAR CAN BE DRIVEN, BUT CRUISE CONTROL AND ASSOCIATED FEATURES (LANE DEPARTURE, ETC.) DO NOT WORK WHEN THESE LIGHTS ARE ON. AFTER DRIVING THE CAR WITH THESE LIGHTS ON ALL DAY SATURDAY (INCLUDING SEVERAL COMPLETE SHUTDOWNS FOLLOWED BY RESTARTS AN HOUR OR TWO LATER), THE PROBLEM DISAPPEARED THE NEXT DAY, JUST AS IT DID LAST MONTH. I TOOK PICTURES OF MY DASH BOTH TIMES WHEN THE LIGHTS CAME ON THIS PAST WEEKEND. I CAN SUPPLY THEM ON REQUEST. IT HAS ONLY BEEN A FEW WEEKS AND 1000 MILES OR SO SINCE MY LAST OIL CHANGE, SO I THINK WE CAN RULE OUT THAT EXPLANATION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 SUBARU LEGACY. WHILE DRIVING IN THE SNOW, WATER STARTED TO LEAK INSIDE THE ENGINE CAUSING A BURNING SMELL. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS WORKING UP TO SPECIFICATIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,400. ..UPDATED 06-18-15 *BF UPDATED 10/3/2017*CN