2015 SUBARU LEGACY Complaints

STARLINK MULTIMEDIA FEATURES/SCREEN IS TOTALLY OBSTRUCTED DURING DAYLIGHT DRIVING AND THE SUN IS REFLECTED OFF THE FACTORY INSTALLED NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM. THE SCREEN DISPLAYS SQUIGGLY LINES ON A GRAY/BLACK SCREEN UNTIL SUN IS NOT REFLECTING

THE TIRES I HAD ON MY VEHICLE WERE PRIMEWELL VALERA TOURING 2. THE ISSUE WITH THESE TIRES WAS THE SIDEWALLS WERE SHREDDING. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS SAME ISSUE BUT THE TIRES I HAVE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND THEY SHOULD BE. ...UPDATED 03/29/17 *BF *AS

AFTER SITTING IN DRIVEWAY FOR 3 DAYS, VEHICLE WOULD BARELY START, STRONG EXHAUST SMELL, RAT NEST ON TOP OF ENGINE AND CHEWED HOSES AND WIRING. HAD TOWED INTO DEALERSHIP. ADVISED OF RODENT DAMAGE. REPLACED: ENGINE WIRING HARNESS, TRANSMISSION HARNESS, TRANSMISSION INSULATION, FIREWALL INSULATION, HOOD INSULATION, FUEL TRANSFER PIPES, AND FUEL LINES AT ENGINE BAY. CLEANED EXCESS DEBRIS FROM ENGINE BAY AND FUEL BAY (THEY HAD TO DROP THE FUEL TANK). REASSEMBLED. FINAL COST, INCLUDING TOW CHARGE: $4557.42. THANKFULLY, INSURANCE COVERED, MINUS OUR $1000.00 DEDUCTIBLE. GREEN CARS, NOT GREEN IN THE WALLET.

TAKATA RECALL WHILE DRIVING APPROX 60-65 MPH IN THE FAST LANE OF I-24 INTERSTATE WITH DRIVER'S FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL, ALL LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD SUDDENLY CAME ON AND THE SUBARU WENT INTO AUTOMATIC BRAKING SYSTEM, CAUSING THE FRONT TO GO INTO A NOSE DIVE, AND THE BRAKES STAYED LOCKED. AN ACCIDENT INCURRED AND THE SUBARU AS WELL AS A VEHICLE BEHIND WERE TOTALED. LOW BACK, WRIST AND NECK INJURIES OCCURRED TO THE DRIVER OF SUBARU LEGACY. A CLAIM WAS SUBMITTED TO SUBARU. IT HAS BEEN TWO MONTHS AND NO FOLLOW UP HAS OCCURRED. FINALLY WITH LEGAL ASSIST, THE LEGACY WILL BE EXAMINED BY A "SUBARU" ENGINEER TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH WHEN THE CAR AHEAD OF ME MUST HAVE KICKED UP A SMALL PEBBLE THAT HIT THE WINDSHIELD. THE PEBBLE PUT A SMALL CHIP IN THE PASSANGER SIDE WINDSHIELD & WITHIN 1/2 AN HOUR THERE WAS A CRACK ABOUT 6" LONG RUNNING TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD. WHEN I WENT AROUND A CLOVER LEAF EXIT TO GET OFF THE INTERSTATE THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED ANOTHER 6" TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE PEBBLE WAS VERY SMALL & SHOULD HAVE MADE NO MORE THAN A SMALL CHIP IN THE WINDSHIELD. I HOPE THE CRACK WILL NOT CONTINUE TO GROW; THE WINDSHIELD MUST HAVE SOME KIND OF MANUFACTURING FLAW IN IT. I HOPE IT IS STILL SAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AS I DO NOT HAVE THE $500.00+ TO REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD AT THIS TIME.?

THE HEADLIGHTS HAVE DIMMED. THE LENSES HAVE CLOUDED ON THE INSIDE SURFACE SO THERE IS NO WAY TO REMOVE THE CLOUDING. IT IS NOT DUE TO MOISTURE. I HAVE HAD THE DEALER LOOK AT IT TWICE. IT IS PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE DEALER SAID THE REGIONAL REP SAID IT IS A NORMAL FINDING SO THE LENSES WILL NOT BE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. HE POINTED OUT THAT NEW LENSES WOULD DEVELOP THE SAME CLOUDING.

IN JANUARY OF 2015, I PURCHASED A NEW 2015 SUBARU LEGACY WITH THE LATEST SAFETY FEATURES AND EQUIPMENT. WITHIN 3 MONTHS OF PURCHASE OF THE LEGACY BEGINNING IN APRIL OF 2015 THE RADIO/NAVIGATION/DRIVER ASSISTANCE DISPLAY CONSOLE BEGAN TO LOCK UP AND BECOME NON-OPERABLE AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF OPERATION. THE DEALER (MATT SLAPP SUBARU OF NEWARK, DELAWARE) HAD DIFFICULTY DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM AND CALLED IN THE SUBARU REGIONAL TECHNICIAN TO TRY TO RECOMMEND A FIX. HE RECOMMENDED A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THE CENTER CONSOLE RADIO AND DISPLAY. THIS ALL TOOK SEVERAL MONTHS. WHEN THE REPLACEMENT UNIT CAME IN, WE BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR THE REPAIRS SHORTLY AFTER THE NEW RADIO/DISPLAY CONSOLE HAD BEEN INSTALLED, THE SAME PROBLEM WE HAD BEFORE WAS EVIDENT. IN ADDITION, WE WERE UNABLE TO ACCESS THE MAP AND NAVIGATIONAL FUNCTION AT ALL WITH THE NEW UNIT. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS WE WERE DISCOVERING THIS, THE DEALER CALLED TO TELL US THAT THE COMPUTERIZED INVENTORY ACCOUNTING SYSTEM HAD FLAGGED THE MISMATCH BETWEEN OUR MODEL AND THE RADIO/NAVIGATION CONSOLE THAT HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN MY SUBARU. WE RETURNED THE CAR TO THE DEALER AGAIN AND FOR THE SECOND TIME A NEW AND CORRECT MODEL RADIO/NAVIGATION CONSOLE WAS INSTALLED. WE NOW HAD ACCESS TO THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM SCREEN AND MAPS AGAIN GOING INTO THE FALL OF 2015 AND FOR THE REST OF THE WINTER EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE WORKING FINE. BUT DURING A WARM SPELL IN APRIL OF 2016 THE PROBLEM CROPPED UP AGAIN AND I BEGAN TO MAINTAIN A LOG (ATTACHED) OF THE OCCURRENCES WHICH BECAME MORE AND MORE FREQUENT AS WE MOVED INTO SUMMER DURING THE MONTH OF JULY THE SYSTEM LOCKED UP ON THE RIDE HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY ON ALMOST EVERY SUNNY, WARM DAY. SINCE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN UNTIL I'M ON MY WAY AND TRAVELING ON HIGH SPEED, LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAYS FOR 90% OF MY COMMUTE WHEN IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD,

REPLACING THE WINDSHIELD 3 TIMES ALREADY IN A 2 YEAR PERIOD. NO CHIPS ARE CREATED FROM SMALL INTERACTIONS WITH OBJECT LIKE LITTLE STONES BUT IMMEDIATE CRACKS. THE VEHICLE WAS IN STATIONARY AND MOVING POSITIONS ON A STREET AND HIGWAY. MAKES ME WONDER WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF THERE WOULD BE MORE SERIOUS COLLISION THAN JUST A SMALL ROCK.

MY 2015 SUBARU LEGACY HAS AT DIFFERENT TIMES (AT IDLE IN GEAR, COMING UP TO A RED LIGHT WHILE MOVING, PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT OR DRIVING AT 45 MILES AN HOUR) ACCEREATED ON ITS OWN AND WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN UNTILL I PUT IT IN NUETRAL. I HAVE TO DRIVE WITH MY HAND ON THE SHIFTER AT ALL TIMES TO PUT INTO NUETRAL. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW IN 2015 AND HAVE 13900 MILES ON IT NOW IN JULY 2016.

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW IN FEBRUARY 2015 AND MY WINDSHIELD HAS REQUIRED REPLACEMENT THREE TIMES. THE SLIGHTEST IMPACT (E.G.: A SMALL PIECE OF GRAVEL COMMON ON ROADWAYS) TO THE WINDSHIELD RESULTS IN HUGE CRACKS IMPEDING MY VISION. THE WINDSHIELD DOES NOT SIMPLY CHIP; IT ALWAYS INSTANTLY CRACKS AND REQUIRES REPLACEMENT. I HAVE REPLACED MORE WINDSHIELDS ON THIS VEHICLE THAN ALL OTHER VEHICLES I HAVE EVER OWNED COMBINED. BECAUSE I HAVE THE SUBARU EYESIGHT SYSTEM, I AM REQUIRED TO REPLACE WITH FACTORY GLASS WHICH IS USUALLY ON BACK-ORDER; THIS GLASS IS CLEARLY DEFECTIVE.