Three problems related to power train have been reported for the 2005 Subaru Legacy. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Subaru Legacy based on all problems reported for the 2005 Legacy.
When I engage the clutch in the morning, the transmission makes a whine sound. It goes away after two to three minutes of driving the car. I replaced all the components of the clutch two years age and drive he car gently. I read online and read that people with cars such as the impreza wrx and my model suffer from the same thing. Since the transmission on my car and the wrx are the same and their cars cars were under 2,500 miles it makes me think that there is an issue with the throwout bearing.
Vehicle was traveling on highway and encountered wet road conditions. Vehicle began to pull to the left and the driver side front bumper collided with center concrete median. Vehicle continues to spin counterclockwise and the passenger side rear bumper collides with the center concrete median before coming to a stop. No other vehicles were involved in the crash. Highway patrol writes up the accident and vehicle was able to be driven home. Vehicle was brought to the insurance collision repair center and insurance determines vehicle to be a total loss. Vehicle has a touted reputation for having a symmetrical awd system for superior traction and control. Based on the experience of the accident, the vehicle loss traction and the symmetrical awd did not perform to maintain traction and control.
Vehicle studders on acceleration, not a constant problem that would be associated with turbo lag, but an occassional, infrequent problem, not a lag, but a studder or flutter in acceleration from a dead stop or at highway speeds.