Used 2006 Subaru Legacy Sedan Consumer Reviews
Used Legacy for sale
fast car, small price.
matt, 09/04/2005
2006 Subaru Legacy 2.5i Special Edition 4dr Sedan AWD (2.5L 4cyl 4A)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
I just bought this car a few days ago and it is really a joy to own! The selling points for me were the 30 mpg along with the AWD. The handling is great and the Yokohama tires along with the 17" rims are very sharp. The 4 cylinder 168 hp engine is surprisingly quick and I like the available sport mode. At just over $23k it is a great buy. The only negative aspect is that the rear legroom is minimal.
2006 Subaru Legacy Limited junk
subarujunk, 02/20/2014
2006 Subaru Legacy 2.5i Limited 4dr Sedan AWD (2.5L 4cyl 4A)
10 of 15 people found this review helpful
Head gasket needs replacement at 79,000 gentle miles!! $1800! Outrageous. It is apparently a very common problem, despite what ANYONE says about the issue having been resolved from 2005 and newer. I'd expect that from 1979 Chevy Chevette, not a 2006 Subaru Car is only mediocre at every level. My 1992 Camry (that I kept as a spare car till a couple years ago) did everything better (except for winter traction of course). Transmission shifts poorly (again, my 92 Camry shifted more smoothly and confidently). First and last Subaru. My Toyotas and Nissans have all gone over 250k and never needed a head gasket replacement. DON'T BUY A SUBARU!!
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John, 10/18/2006
2006 Subaru Legacy 2.5i 4dr Sedan AWD (2.5L 4cyl 4A)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
Wow. I had a Honda before and it pales in comparison to this vehicle. I have always noticed Subaru's, but never thought I could be this happy with one. I love driving it. The sport shifter is perfect for me, since I have always had a manual up until now. I still get to go through the motions and control the engine. I am at one with the road in this vehicle it is such a smooth drive. Everyone comments on it. You will not be disappointed.
Ride and handling are nice but too many repairs
Jude, 04/05/2017
updated 11/15/2018
2006 Subaru Legacy 2.5i 4dr Sedan AWD (2.5L 4cyl 5M)
5 of 7 people found this review helpful
I've owned this car since it was new and it's now got 104000 miles. I was looking to trade it in a year ago because I was looking at about $4000 of repairs: new timing belt, which is normal, but also a new head gasket and new rack and pinion steering, which is not. The fabric on the driver's seat wore through to the foam rubber after a couple of years and I've been making do with duct tape. I used to get rattling in the driver's side duct work, which I addressed by pulling the grill and jamming shop rags around the duct. This got fixed when the dealer pulled the dash to install new airbags per a recall. But I have other dash rattles showing up when the car's been sitting in the hot sun. I remedy it by blowing the defrost on cold for a while and it seems to make the rattle go away. The car ate up the power steering belt for some reason (bad rack and pinion?) but I haven't had any problems since I replaced the belt. I shopped around for other cars and wound up not liking much of anything I saw. I'm looking for a car with a manual transmission. That gave me about 5 cars in my price range, and none of them handled as well as the Subaru, very jewell-like precision and solid-feeling. And I like the size of the car, it's smaller than the current Legacy but bigger than the Impreza. So I went ahead and got the new timing belt and rack and pinion and plan on keeping the car another couple of years and go from there. The head gasket thing turned out to be something I'm not going to spend money on because some mechanics say it's an issue ("These Subarus have problems with the head gasket") and others tell me it's just fine. So it looks like one of those things some garages come up with to generate revenue. So I'll hang on to the car but I'm not sure I'd get another Subaru. I've never had a car for which I had to replace the steering, neither have I had a car with all the dashboard rattles. It's one thing for me to adapt to my current car but I don't know that I'd want to buy in to another round of these issues. Update 11/2018: Went to the mechanic for an oil change, to have a buzzing sound in the exhaust looked at and to figure out why the engine was smelling like burning oil. The buzzing was a heat shield, the smell was caused by leaking transmission seals. I found that I need a new front wheel bearing (this would be the second replacement wheel bearing), the power steering's leaking, it needs new bushings, and it looked like it might need a transmission rebuild. At the prospect of spending another couple thousand bucks on this car in the next year, and who knows how much after that, I sold it and got a Mazda 6.
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2006 Subaru Legacy 2.5i SE
kellyfolse, 06/13/2007
2006 Subaru Legacy 2.5i Special Edition 4dr Sedan AWD (2.5L 4cyl 4A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
First, I have to say people just don't get it; otherwise Subaru would be selling more than 300,000 vehicles a year in America. My overall opinion, I'll use one of Valvoline's old slogans: people who know buy Subarus! This was my first brand new car purchase. I did painstaking research before purchasing, and I have no regrets! This particular Subaru is the best buy in its class for the money, period. I like the clean, modern exterior styling, the interior is clean, stylish, and comfortable (still with a few annoying quirks that most cars have). The handling is nothing short of impressive. Test driving this car sells it, especially if you test drive it in the rain or snow. Hurry, go now!