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Subaru Legacy
2020 · gas
9 measured figures
9 of the 9 figures this market publishes for a car like this one are measured for this car. This market publishes no overall score, so there is no share of a composite weight to measure confidence against; figures_measured says how many of this market's figures the row carries, and contributing_publishers says who measured them
Measured figures
Fuel economy29.8 mpg (US gallons)Measured by NRCan · configuration: Legacy AWD · also 7.9 L/100 km
Tailpipe CO₂185 g/kmMeasured by NRCan · CO₂ basis: tailpipe_rated · configuration: Legacy AWD · also 298 g/mile
HorsepowerFree with an accountMeasured for this car, with its publisher and basis
Kerb weightFree with an accountMeasured for this car, with its publisher and basis
EPA test weightFree with an accountMeasured for this car, with its publisher and basis
WarrantyFree with an accountMeasured for this car, with its publisher and basis
Recall campaignsFree with an accountMeasured for this car, with its publisher and basis
NHTSA overall ratingFree with an accountMeasured for this car, with its publisher and basis
Complaints per 10,000 builtFree with an accountMeasured for this car, with its publisher and basis
7 more measured figures for this car — Horsepower, Kerb weight, EPA test weight, Warranty, Recall campaigns, NHTSA overall rating, Complaints per 10,000 built — each with the publisher that measured it and the basis it is on. Free to read with an account.
Figures this car does not carry
Fuel economy (MPGe)Not published for this carFuel economy (MPGe) is published for electric and hydrogen cars, whose economy is published as MPGe: energy converted at 33.7 kWh per gallon, not fuel burned; this car is not one of them, so the figure is not the same quantity for it
Tailpipe CO₂ (charge-weighted)Not published for this carthis car's CO₂ is published as the tailpipe rating for the car driven as rated on the test cycle (185 g/km), not as a composite weighted across electric and fuel-burning miles, so it is not the quantity this list orders. It is published as Tailpipe CO₂
Engine horsepowerNot published for this carNot published for this car. The record's own reason is free to read with an account.
PriceNot published for this carNot published for this car. The record's own reason is free to read with an account.
5-Year Running Costs
| Fuel | US$7,517 |
| Insurance | US$6,815 (modelled) |
| Maintenance | US$5,200 (class estimate) |
| Repairs | US$8,000 (modelled) |
| Depreciation | not estimated — we hold no purchase price for this car, and it is not assumed. |
| Total | not estimated — a component above is unknown or modelled |
Running costs only — the purchase price is not included. The five-year running cost is an ESTIMATE, not a measurement of this car: only its fuel half is computed from the car's own measured consumption and a dated pump price (see fuel_price_source and fuel_price_as_of in the market's own figures); insurance, maintenance and repairs are class models. It orders no list and is not one of this market's published figures. Fuel is this car's own combined consumption over 15,000 km a year at 1.738 CAD a litre of petrol (Statistics Canada. Table 18-10-0001-01 Monthly average retail prices for gasoline and fuel oil, by geography; Canada; regular unleaded gasoline at self service filling stations, 2026-08). Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0001-01 Monthly average retail prices for gasoline and fuel oil, by geography, August 2026. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. Costs are in US dollars; the CAD pump price is converted at 1 CAD = 0.73 USD, the rate set on 2026-09-13. Insurance, maintenance and repairs are models, not figures for this car: insurance from its power, weight and crash rating, maintenance from its make's class, repairs from its complaint and recall counts. They are shown for scale and are not used to rank it. Confidence is low: several components are modelled from class averages.
Known Issues
VISIBILITY/WIPER
57 complaint(s)
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 SUBARU LEGACY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SOUND EMITTING FROM THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT BECAME AWARE FRACTURES TO THE…
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
26 complaint(s)
2020 SUBARU LEGACY XT WINDSHIELD CRACKING ON IT OWN WENT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY REFUSED TO WARRANTY THE DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD I HEARD A POP ONE EVENING AND COULD NOT NOT FIND THE REASON WHY WHILE RETU…
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
15 complaint(s) · 1 reports a crash, fire, injury or death
BATTERY DRAIN
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
8 complaint(s)
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 SUBARU LEGACY. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE WINDSHIELD EXHIBITED A CRACKED LINE ON THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED N…
POWER TRAIN
7 complaint(s)
MY CAR BEGINS TO JERK OR PULSATE, AS IF POWER IS BEING APPLIED AND REMOVED QUICKLY, WHILE THE CAR IS UNDER LOAD. I FIRST NOTICED THIS PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING UP LONG INCLINES ON THE INTERSTATE. THEN, I…
ENGINE
4 complaint(s) · 1 reports a crash, fire, injury or death
The engine thermo control valve has been defective and Subaru has known this issue since 2022 and has tried to do some software update but it is defective [XXX] ) despite multiple tries. This can ove…
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
4 complaint(s)
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
3 complaint(s)
TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS DISPLAYED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER. UNABLE TO PUT IT IN PARK. TURNED IT OFF AND ON A COUPLE OF TIME…
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
2 complaint(s)
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
2 complaint(s)
Since last October when a software update was performed on the vehicle I have had multiple(8-10) instances where the EyeSight system caused the emergency braking to activate when no other vehicles wer…
The 10 components named in the most complaints are shown, of 23 named in all.
These complaints are filed under LEGACY, a name NHTSA also uses for other versions of this car, so some may concern those versions.
Data sources
- NRCan — fuel consumption ratings and vehicle class
- NHTSA — crash-test ratings, recalls and owner complaints
- New York State DMV — New York registrations, the cross-check on that denominator
- NHTSA — vehicles built for the US market, the complaint-rate denominator
- NHTSA — system horsepower, and curb weight averaged across a compliance configuration's trims, from the CAFE analysis fleet
- carstandings.com — basic-warranty terms, from this site's reviewed table
- EPA — horsepower and EPA test weight, from the Test Car List
- EPA — production volumes by make, from Automotive Trends
- NHTSA — body style and the crash-tested vehicle's curb weight, from the NCAP crash-test file
- NHTSA — body style and engine horsepower, from the vPIC VIN decoder