Ownership Cost for 2004 Subaru Legacy (L 35th Anniversary Edition)
Estimated: $36106 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1515
$727
$637
$576
$515
$3970
Insurance
$1459
$1510
$1563
$1617
$1674
$7823
Fuel
$1625
$1674
$1732
$1802
$1883
$8716
Maintenance
$2763
$1872
$956
$639
$2291
$8521
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$418
$418
$418
$418
$418
$620
Total Ownership Costs
$8757
$6969
$6246
$6090
$8044
$36106
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 2500
Displacement CI: 152.559360236
Displacement L: 2.500000
Drive Type: AWD/All Wheel Drive
Make: SUBARU
Manufacturer: FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES U.S.A., INC. (C/O SUBARU OF AMERICA)
Manufacturer Id: 1075
Model: Legacy
Model Year: 2004
Plant City: Lafayette
Plant Company Name: SIA
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Indiana
Seat Belts All: Manual
Transmission Speeds: 4
Transmission Style: Automatic
Trim: L-S
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1996
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
WAS RETURNING FROM A FRIENDS HOUSE AND THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUT DOWN. CAR WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL SUBARU DEALERSHIP, WHERE IT WAS WORKED ON FOR 3 1/2 WEEKS. THEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED, SO THEY TOLD SUBARU OF AMERICA THAT IT WAS AN "OUTSIDE SOURCE" (WHATEVER THAT IS) THAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM. THEY ALSO INSINUATED THAT I HAD DONE SOMETHING AND HAD NEGLECTED TO TELL THEM. THEY WERE VERY RUDE, AND NOT AT ALL HELPFUL. I RECENTLY FOUND OUT FROM A CERTIFIED SUBARU MECHANIC THAT THERE WERE SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE ALTERNATORS IN SOME OF THE SUBARU'S WHICH CAUSED THE MAIN FUSE TO BLOW. INTERESTING THAT THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CAR, BUT NO ONE SEEMED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE CONNECTION. I HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS, AND DEAL WITH THE RUDENESS OF THE DEALER AS WELL AS THE CUSTOMER SERVICE FOLKS AT SUBARU OF AMERICA. I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED SOMEONE ALONG THE WAY TO HAVE HAD SOME KNOWLEDGE OF PROBLEMS SUCH AS THIS, AND I WOULD ALSO HAVE EXPECTED TO HAVE BEEN TREATED A LITTLE BETTER AS A PAYING CUSTOMER WHO SIMPLY WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THEIR CAR. THEY SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A BETTER ANSWER TO MY QUESTIONS THAN THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY AN "OUTSIDE SOURCE". WHEN THERE ARE EQUIPMENT OR PARTS PROBLEMS, PEOPLE SHOULD BE NOTIFIED. MINIMALLY, THE SUBARU MECHANICS SHOULD BE AWARE OF PROBLEMS. WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT IT HAS BEEN TO OWN A SUBARU.
2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT LOW SPEEDS ENGINE IDLES , CAUSING THE DRIVER TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL. *AK SUDDEN RANDOM ENGINE SURGE WHILE GOING FROM PARK TO DRIVE. ENGINE SURGE HAPPENED 6 TIMES ALREADY, 4 OF WHICH HAPPENED IN A WEEK. *LA