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2015 Subaru Legacy Electrical system Problems

Complaints
37about this part
Share
23%of 160 total for the year
Median mileage
11,806miles
Trend
FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 37 complaints about the electrical system of the 2015 Subaru Legacy, 23% of the 160 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 11,806 miles. 2 of these say a crash was involved and 2 a fire, according to the filers.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“The vehicle has been stopped while driving, on 5 occasions. My mechanic replaced the battery terminal part on 3/31/21 on 5/12/21 40 minutes into my drive, the airbag malfuncation icon came on. As well as an idiot light in the center panel of the dash board by the mphil guage.two hours later the ignition lock light began blinking and car would not start. Concurrent to this the front passenger window can not be operated from drivers side. On 5/14/21, 40 minutes into my drive the airbag warning light came on again on the dashboard. All the same stuff happened again.”

NHTSA complaint #11416609, filed 2021-05, 41,600 miles

“After turning onto my inclined, somewhat long driveway, and applying a soft braking when entering my garage, the car suddenly sped up to a high speed and crashed into the wall which had two layers of plastic storage boxes in front of it. The boxes pushed the wall into my house which pushed my dining room hutch forward causing the top part to fall back and break just about all the crystal and heirloom items inside it. The top part of the hutch is unrepairable. My car was damaged, my home is damaged, and my hutch is ruined. I am now afraid to ever park in my garage again with this vehicle. …”

NHTSA complaint #11078561, filed 2018-03, 60,000 miles

“On april 11th we bought our brand new Subaru Legacy it had maybe 34 miiles on it (give or take) my husband drives the car and a couple of days having the car the radio/backup camera/phone system crashes- it happened a couple of times. On april 14th my husband brought the car into service. Now I am going to just speed things up put all service visits in one explanation as I do not have many characters left. In the 8 times that we have been to service with loaner cars, they replaced the radio once. They couldn't replicate the issue, so we sent them video of it. …”

NHTSA complaint #10724952, filed 2015-06, 100 miles

“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. …”

NHTSA complaint #10715800, filed 2015-05, 12,412 miles

“I have a 2015 Subaru Legacy and the srvd (blind spot & rear backup detection) system keeps malfunctioning. Happens when the vehicle is started and does not go away when driving. Took the car to the Subaru dealer and they could not solve the issue. This is a designed safety system and not working it becomes as safety issue.”

NHTSA complaint #10679653, filed 2015-01, 2,201 miles

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Electrical system: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2024529%
2023110%
202239%
2021516%
20201512%
20193528%
20184034%
20173025%
20165135%
20153723%
20141121%
201369%
201244%
20111911%
2010128%
200946%
2008914%
2007515%
20061720%
20052514%
200412%
200323%
200224%
200111%
200066%
199922%
199898%
19971712%
19962117%
19952011%
199412%
199334%
199235%
199134%
199011%

Other parts of the 2015 Subaru Legacy

Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
41 complaints
Other or unknown
28 complaints
Engine
23 complaints
Fuel system
15 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
15 complaints
Vehicle speed control
14 complaints
Brakes
13 complaints
Air bags
10 complaints
Body and structure
10 complaints
Forward collision avoidance
4 complaints
Suspension
4 complaints
Exterior lighting
3 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2015 Subaru Legacy

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 28, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology