Federal complaint record · Subaru Legacy · model year 2000

2000 Subaru Legacy

Owners submitted 94 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 15th percentile for complaint intensity within its 1998 to 2002 midsize sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is engine. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Engine · 15% · group n = 18Tires · 15% · group n = 18Powertrain · 12% · group n = 14Suspension · 12% · group n = 14Speed control · 8% · group n = 10
94
Complaint records on file
94,815
Median mileage at the reported problem · 36 complaints reported mileage
15%
Of classified component reports name engine · group n = 18
15th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 37 model years

Engine · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Engine15%

Engine reports

Subaru Legacy · model year 2000

Reports in this group18
Share of classified reports15%
Component groups on file6
Open the failure files

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Fire or smoke · 12 reports

Reports describe smoke, burning smells, or fire

Cluster 1 of 32000 Subaru Legacy
Transmission behavior · 12 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 2 of 32000 Subaru Legacy
Stalling or shutdown · 8 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 3 of 32000 Subaru Legacy

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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