Car Will Not Start Problems of Subaru Legacy

Subaru Legacy owners have reported 4 problems related to car will not start (under the electrical system category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Subaru Legacy based on all problems reported for the Legacy.

1 Car Will Not Start problem of the 2015 Subaru Legacy

Failure Date: 05/11/2021

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.

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2 Car Will Not Start problem of the 2018 Subaru Legacy

Failure Date: 05/19/2019

While exiting off highway, the can unexpectedly shut off nearly causing a wreck. Car would not restart. The entertainment screen remained working the entire time. The instrument cluster went black and remained this way. Automatic windows, entertainment screen, radio all worked but car would not start. A similar issue had happened two weeks ago but we were not driving. . . The car would not start and a master Subaru tech looked at car and they said nothing was wrong with it. . Obviously they were wrong. Very disappointed in Subaru. This is a very dangerous issue.

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3 Car Will Not Start problem of the 1997 Subaru Legacy

Failure Date: 08/09/2011

The contact owns a 1997 Subaru Legacy. The contact attempted to start the ignition and the engine failed to start. The battery was jump started; however the failure recurred while driving. The battery was recharged for a second time. The contact replaced the battery terminal due to severe rust and corrosion. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 75,000. Updated 02/28/12 the consumer stated battery corrosion destroyed the negative terminal. Updated 03/08/12.

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4 Car Will Not Start problem of the 1996 Subaru Legacy

Failure Date: 12/11/2000

Car wouldn't start after warm. Took 6 times to get it corrected. Also, has had three oil leaks in 6 years.

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