Subaru Legacy vs Nissan Pathfinder

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Subaru Legacy	Nissan Pathfinder
Complaints on file	4,171	10,311
Model years covered	1987–2025	1986–2026
Worst model year	2015	2014
Best model year	2024	2026
Crashes reported	394	418
Fires reported	75	71
Injuries reported	206	248
Deaths reported	6	14
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	16.3%	7.3%

Subaru Legacy by year

1 1 1 103 121 66 90 67 230 161 179 155 119 119 90 71 69 55 250 135 45 83 75 218 236 119 84 73 232 194 141 165 143 143 43 42 12 30 10

87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 473 11.3%

Electrical System 439 10.5%

Airbags 407 9.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 378 9.1%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 369 8.8%

Brakes 336 8.1%

Other & Unspecified 290 7.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 222 5.3%

Nissan Pathfinder by year

1 31 17 19 44 49 38 67 108 218 214 293 194 144 166 299 206 147 86 1,560 1,224 846 458 51 61 59 35 1,209 750 434 130 256 124 122 72 199 158 128 83 11

86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 2,510 24.3%

Engine & Cooling 1,921 18.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 964 9.3%

Other & Unspecified 673 6.5%

Airbags 605 5.9%

Suspension 571 5.5%

Brakes 488 4.7%

Body & Structure 475 4.6%