Ownership Cost for 2008 Subaru Legacy (3.0 R Limited)
Estimated: $43597 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2665
$1279
$1119
$1013
$906
$6982
Insurance
$1712
$1772
$1834
$1898
$1964
$9180
Fuel
$1902
$1960
$2028
$2109
$2204
$10203
Maintenance
$2763
$2019
$1171
$1221
$2291
$9465
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$885
$885
$885
$885
$885
$1310
Total Ownership Costs
$10904
$8268
$7578
$7740
$9107
$43597
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 3000.0
Displacement CI: 183.07123228419
Displacement L: 3.0
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: 2008
Plant City: Lafayette
Plant Company Name: SIA
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Indiana
Seat Belts All: Manual
TPMS: Direct
Transmission Speeds: 5
Transmission Style: Automatic
Trim: 3.0R-LTD
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1996
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
VEHICLE DESIGNED WITH LOW REAR BENCH SEAT AND NO HEAD RESTRAINTS.
2008
EQUIPMENT
VEHICLE HAS A SUBSTANDARD POORLY FUNCTIONING AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. IT HAS A DEFECT WHEREBY IT CYCLES ERRATICALLY AND THEREBY CREATES WARM/COLD/WARM/COLD AIR CYCLES. ON HOT HUMID DAYS, THE PROBLEM IS SO BAD, THE CABIN CANNOT COOL. THE MANUFACTURER, SUBARU OF AMERICA HAS DETERMINED THIS IS A "NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE" ALTHOUGH IT TOOK THEM OVER A MONTH TO COME TO THIS CONCLUSION. MANY OTHER SUBARU LEGACY OWNERS REPORT THIS SAME PROBLEM ONLINE, HOWEVER NO FIX SEEMS TO BE COMING. THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. *TR