Federal complaint record · Subaru Legacy · model year 2003

2003 Subaru Legacy

Owners submitted 60 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 6th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2001 to 2005 midsize sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is airbags. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Airbags · 23% · group n = 16Engine · 19% · group n = 13Fuel system · 13% · group n = 9Powertrain · 7% · group n = 5Speed control · 7% · group n = 5
60
Complaint records on file
79,800
Median mileage at the reported problem · 41 complaints reported mileage
23%
Of classified component reports name airbags · group n = 16
6th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 43 model years

Airbags · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Airbags23%

Airbags reports

Subaru Legacy · model year 2003

Reports in this group16
Share of classified reports23%
Component groups on file6
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From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Airbag concerns · 13 reports

Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns

Cluster 1 of 22003 Subaru Legacy
Stalling or shutdown · 5 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 2 of 22003 Subaru Legacy

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

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