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2011 Legacy 2.5L Limited
glee88, 08/23/2011
2011 Subaru Legacy 2.5i Limited 4dr Sedan AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
3 of 6 people found this review helpful
My car has 2,500 on it now. It drives nicely and has a superior ride. I have a young child and the access is commendable. The 2.5L is sluggish but is enough; it doesn't match the soothness or quietness of the Toyota and Honda engines. MPG with the CVT is good. I had to bring this car to a tire shop because of a leaky tire bead and the factory Bridgestone tires exhibited significant road noise at highway speeds. The hood shakes at highway speeds and when going over a bump. The AC struggles on hot days; getting the windows tinted helped. Visibility is excellent. Overall a very good vehicle if one can put up with those few minor issues.
5 Year Review - Accelerating Misery
foonman_2000, 11/21/2014
2011 Subaru Legacy 2.5i Premium 4dr Sedan AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
7 of 18 people found this review helpful
Is there a limit to how much you can hate your car? After trying to get the dealer to fix the Subaru Shimmy for two years didnt help the relationship. After ten emails to SOA, I gave up. The car simply has never handled well. With each passing year other unpleasant features of the car are started to surface. Cheap interior, uncomfortable seats, poor heating and cooling, weird brakes come to mind. Not to mention the CVT. While driving over a mountain pass, every light on dash board lit up and the car just stopped dead. This was at 44K miles (covered under power train). How could Subaru make a car this bad?
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Rusty Trunk
NoMoreLegacy, 07/14/2015
2011 Subaru Legacy 2.5i Premium 4dr Sedan AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
3 of 7 people found this review helpful
The inside of the truck lid rusts where the water drain holes are. Brought the car back there, less than 3 years old and they did a "goodwill gesture" in repairing. Supposedly took the lid apart and redid it. About 13 months later its back and rustier than ever and the dealer wants no part of it saying the first time was a "goodwill gesture" so they are done. Corporate is working with me and will pay half the cost of the repair. I just dont understand how they can say its normal for a trunk lid to rust on a 3 year old car, fix it and dont stand behind the fix. I love my car but will never buy another - Will Subaru buy this car from me with a rusty trunk lid - probably not.
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Like the car but some oddball early issues
wmasubie11, 09/23/2011
2011 Subaru Legacy 2.5i Limited 4dr Sedan AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
2 of 4 people found this review helpful
The interior front driver's sill trim recently popped up and won't stay down (will address that on next service). Bridgestone tires leave much to be desired. Noisy, and at 4,800 miles I had to replace one due to a non-repairable punture. I then found out these tires are very pricey ($175), don't have a good wear rating (260), and on Tire Rack on a scale of 1-10 only 1.9 said they would buy again. Got a check engine light on a trip and Subaru had the car towed. In the end it was a ripped gas filler gasket that caused the problem, but the dealer in Upstate NY said they've seen more and more of this issue. A nice car but Subaru has some work to do to get it to the next level.
The most safe I have ever felt in a car
randy mchone, 06/10/2016
updated 06/17/2022
2011 Subaru Legacy 3.6R Premium 4dr Sedan AWD (3.6L 6cyl 5A)
2 of 4 people found this review helpful
Just hit 68,000 miles on this car and still only oil changes. Doesn't even need tire rotations because they all wear at the same pace. Still have to do the brakes, although they are not overdue. They're the same as the tires - wear at the same pace - front or back.
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