Ownership Cost for 1998 Subaru Legacy Wagon (Outback Limited AWD)
Estimated: $34527 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$984
$472
$413
$374
$335
$2578
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$1660
$1709
$1769
$1840
$1923
$8901
Maintenance
$2763
$2020
$908
$427
$2291
$8409
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$271
$271
$271
$271
$271
$401
Total Ownership Costs
$8105
$6873
$5982
$5692
$7876
$34527
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Wagon
Displacement CC: 2500.0
Displacement CI: 152.55936023683
Displacement L: 2.5
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: 1998
Note: Transmission Type: Full-time AWD 5MT, Body Type: Station Wagon with Stepped Roof
Plant City: Lafayette
Plant Company Name: SIA
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Indiana
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: SUS (sedan)
Transmission Speeds: 5
Transmission Style: Manual/Standard
Trim2: OUTBACK (wagon)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1996
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE LIGHT BECOMES ILLUMINATED, THEN CUTS OFF. ENGINE WILL TURN OVER WHEN RESTARTED. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE WILL FAIL AT THE SAME PLACE DAILY, WAS TOLD BY A SUBARU ENGINEER THAT THE VEHICLE HAD LIFTERS INSTALLED WHICH WERE TOO SMALL AND SUGGESTED THAT ONLY VERY THIN SYNTHETIC OIL BE USED, CONSUMER TRIED THIS AND VEHICLE OPERATES NORMALLY FOR ABOUT 1200 MILES, DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FOLLOWING TO TRY AND CORRECT PROBLEML MAF SENSOR, CRANK AND CAM SENSORS, PLUGS AND WIRES, COIL, COMPUTER, STARTER, ALTNERNATOR, IGNITION SWITCH, AND TIMING BELT. *SLC
1998
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS, 4/15 AND 4/16, WHILE STOPPING FROM A <5 MPH SPEED, THE CAR SURGED AHEAD 2-4 FEET, STOPPED, AND IMMEDIATELY SURGED AHEAD 2-4 FEET AGAIN, AND STOPPED. THE FIRST TIME IT ALMOST PUT ME OUT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON A 4 LANED HIGHWAY. THE SECOND TIME I WAS PULLING INTO MY DAUGHTER'S DRIVEWAY AND WAS STOPPING WHEN IT SURGED AHEAD TAKING OUT THE POST SUPPORTING THEIR FRONT PORCH, STOPPED, THEN IMMEDIATELY SURGED AHEAD TAKING OUT THE LATTICE WORK UNDER THEIR PORCH. BOTH TIMES THE CAR WAS ON AN UPHILL INCLINE. DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE INCLUDED THE RIGHT FRONT FOG LIGHT, POPPED OUT AND PUT A "WRINKLE" IN THE RIGHT FRONT BUMPED AND SCRATCHED THE HOOD. THE MILEAGE IS APPROXIMATE BECAUSE THE CAR IS STILL AT THE DEALERS. WHEN I CALLED TO CHECK ON IT 4/19 THEY HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE IT AND STATED THEY HAD ONE MORE TEST TO RUN AND THEN I COULD PICK IT UP. THAT IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE! *AK