Five problems related to tire have been reported for the 2001 Subaru Legacy. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Subaru Legacy based on all problems reported for the 2001 Legacy.
Headed home from a vet appointment in mountain home. Was driving on the freeway at 80mph when the tire blew at the wendell exit. Checked the tire to find that the inside wall had failed and had a blowout. The tire was installed June 8th 2025 and had less than 1,000 miles on it. I have never in 26 years of being around vehicles had a brand new tire fail in less than 1,000 miles. Tire was a good year reliant all season 195/65/r15. That tire blowout could have killed me and my family. I stopped at the walmart that I bought the tire from with the receipt and was told "OH that sucks. We can replace it for you if you want to buy a new one a full price. " how can a company sell a tire from a brand like good year that isn't even covered for a 1,000 miles? that's absolutely mind blowing. Had anyone gotten injured from the accident I would filling charges against walmart for selling me a faulty tire.
Blow out with complete detachment of tire tread from wheel at 50 mph; car crashed into stone wall; air bags deployed; fire in forward part of engine compartment put out by fire company; fire company comment that looked like tire failure; tires had only ~2000 miles on them; no injuries; only one car involved; police filed a report; car is a total loss; I have the tire tread which detached from the wheel and is a complete, single circular piece; about 1 inch of tire rubber remained attached to each rim of the wheel.
Rear passenger side bridgestone potenza re950 205/55r16 91 h blew out for no apparent reason. Mileage on tire was 25000. No crash or injury. Must replace tire prematurely since tread wear was good.
All four tires were replaced 3 times within 35,000 miles due to premature wear. The tires were replaced with different model tires, but failure recurred.
Bridgestone potenza 205/60r15----the tire went flat while turning a corner with no prior warning--this tire was not repairable & was replaced----second incident occured with 17944 miles on the car however it was the new tire on the same wheel-right rear--it blewout with only 2058 miles on the tire--there was no warning--it blewout, shredded & made black smoke while driving 70mph.
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