Three problems related to vehicle shudder have been reported for the 2012 Subaru Legacy. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2012 Subaru Legacy based on all problems reported for the 2012 Legacy.
Car shakes then stalls when coming to a stop. Stalling began at approximately 75,000 miles(November 2018) but happened only twice in 4 months so I didn't think much of it, but today 3/5/19 it happened twice(I now have 79,000 miles). Have an appointment at Subaru to have car serviced on 3/11/19. However, from reading the complaints, I don't think I am going to be happen with the outcome.
Wife was driving car with newborn son when she came to an abrupt stop because someone slammed on the brakes in front of her so she did and the car stalled and stopped on her nearly avoiding being rear ended. On other occasions she would stop on a hill and the car would shudder and come to a stop and die. This is a very dangerous safety concern for any of these vehicles equipped with this cvt transmission. Especially when Subaru boasts about how this transmission is completely maintenance free for the life of the car what a joke rectify the problem before somebody dies.
When coming to a stop, the car shudders and may stall. This is especially problematic if I'm turning left and the car stalls at an intersection. This has occurred on a busy city street in the northern virginia area. This has happened on multiple occasions.