Federal complaint record · Subaru Legacy · model year 2001

2001 Subaru Legacy

Owners submitted 77 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 6th percentile for complaint intensity within its 1999 to 2003 midsize sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is fuel system. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Fuel system · 23% · group n = 21Engine · 16% · group n = 14Speed control · 11% · group n = 10Brakes · 10% · group n = 9Tires · 9% · group n = 8
77
Complaint records on file
62,540
Median mileage at the reported problem · 39 complaints reported mileage
23%
Of classified component reports name fuel system · group n = 21
6th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 39 model years

Fuel system · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Fuel system23%

Fuel system reports

Subaru Legacy · model year 2001

Reports in this group21
Share of classified reports23%
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 · 10 reports

Reports describe smoke, burning smells, or fire

Cluster 1 of 32001 Subaru Legacy
Brake performance · 9 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 2 of 32001 Subaru Legacy
Stalling or shutdown · 7 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 3 of 32001 Subaru Legacy

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

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